Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 12 July 1967 | ||
Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Cape Town Spurs (technical director) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1987–1988 | Distillery | ||
1988–1990 | Port Vale | 0 | (0) |
1989–1990 | → Macclesfield Town (loan) | ||
1990–1991 | Ards | ||
1991 | Cliftonville | ||
Managerial career | |||
2004–2006 | Sligo Rovers | ||
2006–2007 | Bohemians | ||
2008–2009 | Dundalk | ||
2010–2011 | Galway United | ||
2012 | CAPS United | ||
2014 | Black Leopards | ||
2019–2021 | Institute | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sean Connor (born 12 July 1967) is a Northern Irish football manager and former player who is the technical director at South African Premier Division club Cape Town Spurs.
He had a brief playing career which included spells at Distillery, Port Vale, Macclesfield Town, Ards, and Cliftonville. He spent some years as a coach in the United States and England before he was appointed as manager of Sligo Rovers in September 2004. He led the club to the League of Ireland First Division title in 2005. He took charge at Bohemians in November 2006 before losing his job in December 2007. He was appointed Dundalk manager in December 2008 and then joined Galway United as manager in December 2010. He then had brief and highly unsuccessful spells coaching in Africa with the Zimbabwean side CAPS United in 2012 and the South African club Black Leopards in 2014. He returned to management in Northern Ireland with Institute in September 2019, where he would remain for two years. He returned to South Africa as technical director at Cape Town Spurs in October 2023.