 Shiels in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 April 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Maghera, Northern Ireland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Bridgend United | |||
| Tobermore United | |||
| Coleraine | |||
| Distillery | |||
| Tobermore United | |||
| Larne | |||
| Ballymena United | |||
| –1992 | Tobermore United | ||
| Harland & Wolff Welders | |||
| 1992–1994 | Carrick Rangers | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| –1992 | Tobermore United | ||
| 1992–1994 | Carrick Rangers | ||
| 1994–2000 | Coleraine | ||
| 1999–2001 | Moyola Park | ||
| 2001–2005 | Ballymena United | ||
| 2005–2006 | Larne | ||
| 2006–2007 | Northern Ireland U-17 | ||
| 2007–2010 | Tranmere Rovers (youth coach) | ||
| 2010–2011 | Kilmarnock (assistant manager) | ||
| 2011–2013 | Kilmarnock | ||
| 2013–2014 | Greenock Morton | ||
| 2015 | BEC Tero Sasana | ||
| 2015–2018 | Derry City | ||
| 2019–2023 | Northern Ireland women | ||
| 2023– | Moyola Park | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kenneth Shiels (born 27 April 1956)[1] is a Northern Irish football manager and former player who is currently manager of NIFL Premier Intermediate side Moyola Park.
Shiels spent all of his playing career at different levels in the Irish Football League. He then began a career in coaching with the Northern Ireland national football team (under 17s) and English league side Tranmere Rovers (head of youth development). He moved to Scottish Premier League club Kilmarnock in 2010 to assist manager Mixu Paatelainen. Shiels was promoted to manager in 2011. Kilmarnock won the Scottish League Cup in his first season in charge, but he was sacked in June 2013 after he had been frequently punished by the Scottish Football Association for making controversial comments. Shiels was appointed manager of Scottish Championship club Greenock Morton in December 2013 but resigned in May 2014.[2]
After a spell with BEC Tero Sasana, Shiels managed League of Ireland club Derry City for three years. He was appointed manager of the Northern Ireland women's national team in May 2019.
- ^ Marshall Gillespie, The Northern Ireland Football Yearbook 1996/97, UTV Books, 1996, p. 59
- ^ Mitchell, Jonathan (6 May 2014). "Kenny Shiels resigns as Morton manager". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 6 May 2014.