Kevin Sheedy (Irish footballer)

Kevin Sheedy
Personal information
Full name Kevin Mark Sheedy
Date of birth (1959-10-21) 21 October 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth Builth Wells, Wales
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s) Left midfielder
Youth career
Hereford Lads Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1978 Hereford United 51 (4)
1978–1982 Liverpool 3 (0)
1982–1992 Everton 274 (67)
1992–1993 Newcastle United 37 (4)
1993–1994 Blackpool 26 (1)
Total 391 (76)
International career
1978–1981 Republic of Ireland U21 5 (0)
1984–1993 Republic of Ireland 46 (9)
Managerial career
2001 Tranmere Rovers (caretaker)
2016–2017 Everton U18
2017–2020 Al-Shabab (youth)
2021 Waterford
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kevin Mark Sheedy (born 21 October 1959) is a football coach and former Republic of Ireland international player.

He spent the largest portion of his playing career with Everton – with whom he won the FA Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup and two Football League titles – and also played for Hereford United, Liverpool, Newcastle United and Blackpool. Born in Builth Wells, Wales, he played 46 times for the Republic of Ireland national team and scored the country's first ever goal in a FIFA World Cup finals.

  1. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.