Kenny Shiels was born on 27 April 1956 and is a Northern Irish football manager and former player who most recently managed the Northern Ireland women's national team.
33 Facts About Kenny Shiels
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Kenny Shiels then moved into coaching with the Northern Ireland national football team and English league side Tranmere Rovers.
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Kenny Shiels moved to Scottish Premier League club Kilmarnock in 2010 to assist manager Mixu Paatelainen.
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Kenny Shiels was promoted to manager in 2011, after Paatelainen was appointed manager of Finland.
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Kenny Shiels was appointed manager of Scottish Championship club Greenock Morton in December 2013, and resigned in May 2014.
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Kenny Shiels was appointed manager of the Northern Ireland women's national team in May 2019.
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Kenny Shiels spent his entire playing career in Northern Irish football, both in the Irish Football League and at lower levels.
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Kenny Shiels got his first league appointment in 1992 when he took charge of Carrick Rangers, his first Irish League side.
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Kenny Shiels left Carrickfergus in December 1994 to take charge of Coleraine.
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Nonetheless Kenny Shiels was in charge of the club and even signed a youthful Ivan Sproule for them.
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The club were battling relegation and ultimately Kenny Shiels was unable to prevent the club from dropping down at the end of the season.
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Kenny Shiels responded by making a number of big name signings, including Tommy Wright, Paul Beesley and Liberian international Leon Browne, but none of them proved a success and the club finished in fifth place.
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Kenny Shiels again signed some big names, bringing in Rory Hamill, Gary Smyth, Gordon Simms and Tim McCann but the club failed to make any headway.
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Alongside his club jobs, Kenny Shiels was employed by the Irish Football Association to manage the Northern Ireland national under-17 football team, a role he retained, until 2007, when new senior manager Nigel Worthington brought in his own men at youth levels.
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Kenny Shiels joined Tranmere Rovers in May 2007, as their head of youth.
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Kenny Shiels left Tranmere in June 2010 to become assistant manager to Mixu Paatelainen at Scottish Premier League club Kilmarnock.
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Kenny Shiels's first game in charge was a goalless draw with St Johnstone on 2 April 2011.
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Kenny Shiels wrote in his Daily Record columns that he was critical of fans would watch the Old Firm, rather than their local team.
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Kenny Shiels helped guide Killie to the League Cup semi-finals, beating rivals Ayr United.
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Kenny Shiels then told BBC Scotland's Jonathan Sutherland, winning the cup is "unbelievable", in addition "a great emotion" for the Kilmarnock supporters.
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On 28 October 2012, Kenny Shiels led Kilmarnock to a historic win at Celtic Park against Celtic.
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Kenny Shiels's actions attracted support from FIFA vice-president Jim Boyce, suggesting that the SFA should hire Shiels.
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Once again, Kenny Shiels received a four-game ban after being found guilty of two charges over comments made about Andrew Dallas.
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Kilmarnock were found guilty of failing to ensure that Kenny Shiels complied with SFA protocol.
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Kenny Shiels's sacking was criticised by many players past and present.
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Shortly after being sacked, Kenny Shiels spoke of his sacking by giving an interview to BBC Scotland and stated that his departure had left him "heartbroken".
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Kenny Shiels was appointed manager of Scottish Championship club Greenock Morton in December 2013.
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However, unlike his time at Kilmarnock, Kenny Shiels says he would instead keep himself distant from giving match-day interviews on advice from his doctor and leave this to his assistant manager David Hopkin.
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Immediately after the match, Kenny Shiels said in the post-match press conference, that he was embarrassed by the result and extremely disappointed with the performance.
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Kenny Shiels was appointed manager of the Northern Ireland women's national team in May 2019.
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Kenny Shiels hailed it as the "best ever sporting achievement in the UK".
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Kenny Shiels is the father of Northern Ireland international player Dean Kenny Shiels.
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Kenny Shiels is the father-in-law of former St Mirren manager Oran Kearney.