Liam Kearney

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Personal information
Liam Kearney
Full name	Liam Kearney
Date of birth	October 1, 1983 (age 23)
Place of birth	Conna, Ireland
Nickname	The Conna Maradona
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Cork City
Number	24
Youth clubs
	Valley Rangers
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-2006 2006-2007 2007-Present	Nottingham Forest Cork City Shelbourne Cork City	10 (1)
National team
2004-2005	Republic of Ireland U21	7 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Liam Kearney (born October 1, 1983, Ireland), is an Irish professional footballer who currently plays for Cork City in the Football League of Ireland Premier Division. Kearney plies his trade on the left wing. Liam has represented the Republic of Ireland U21 team on 7 occasions, scoring once.

1 Career
2 Honours

[edit] Career

[edit] Nottingham Forest

Liam Kearney joined Nottingham Forest from his youth club Valley Rangers. Whilst with Forest, Kearney appeared many times for several of the underage Irish national teams, from U16 to U20.

[edit] Cork City

Kearney returned to Ireland in 2003, joining Cork City. In 2004, Liam made his Republic of Ireland U21 debut against Italian oppostion. Liam won 7 U21 caps whilst with Cork. 2005 saw Cork City and Kearney embark on a campaign that would ultimately see them win the league title, and progress into the First Round of the UEFA Cup, having started as an unseeded side in the first qualifying round, eliminating FK Ekranas from Lithuania and the eventual Swedish champions Djurgårdens IF, before being knocked out by Slavia Prague.Liam left Cork City for Shelbourne in 2005 following Cork's title win.

[edit] Shelbourne

Kearney joined Shelbourne from the then league champions, Cork City, on a free transfer in January 2006. Liam was limited to few first team opportunities, making just 10 league appearances throughout the season, scoring once. Shelbourne manager Pat Fenlon agreed to a temporary freezing of Liam's contract whilst he took a few weeks away from football during the 2006 season to regain his hunger and focus. Kearney returned in time to take a left wing berth in a friendly against English Championship side Sunderland. Kearney failed to break into the first team upon his return, but was rewarded with his second league winners medal in two years, as Shelbourne clinched the title on the last day.

[edit] Return to Cork City

Kearney departed Shelbourne on 22nd January 2007 to rejoin Cork City, signing a 2 year contract.

[edit] Honours

League of Ireland Championship: 2
- Cork City - 2005
- Shelbourne - 2006

Cork City F.C. - Current Squad
1 Devine \| 2 Horgan \| 3 Ryan \| 4 Farrelly \| 5 O'Callaghan \| 6 Dan Murray \| 7 O'Brien \| 8 Gamble \| 9 O'Flynn \| 10 O'Donovan \| 11 Woods \| 12 The Rebel Army Fans \| 14 Cillian Lordan \| 15 Healy \| 16 McNulty \| 17 Carroll \| 18 Softić \| 19 Murphy \| 21 Behan \| 23 Harrington \| 25 Kelly \| 26 Cathal Lordan \| 27 Lally \| 30 Kearney \| Manager: Richardson