Felix Healy

Felix Healy
Personal information
Full name Patrick Joseph Healy[1]
Date of birth (1955-09-27) 27 September 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Derry, Northern Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder; forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1976 Sligo Rovers 24 (2)
1976–1977 Distillery
1977–1978 Finn Harps 33 (5)
1978–1980 Port Vale 41 (2)
1980–1987 Coleraine
1987–1991 Derry City 114 (23)
1991–1992 Coleraine 26 (1)
International career
1982 Northern Ireland 4 (0)
1982–1986 Irish League XI 3 (1)
1989 League of Ireland XI 1 (1)
Managerial career
1993–1994 Coleraine
1994–1998 Derry City
2004–2005 Finn Harps
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Felix Healy (born 27 September 1955 as Patrick Joseph Healy) is a former Northern Ireland international footballer and singer who played for Coleraine and then became a football manager. He has also worked as a media pundit. He is currently part of the management team at First Division club Finn Harps, taking on the role of Director of football alongside manager Peter Hutton.

Starting his career at Sligo Rovers, he signed with Distillery in 1976. In 1978, he transferred to Finn Harps, before moving to England to play for Port Vale later that year. Two years later, he returned to his homeland to play for Coleraine. After seven years with the club, he moved on to Derry City. In 1993, he returned to Coleraine as player-manager before leaving his post and ending his playing career in 1994. He then spent four years in charge at Derry City. In 1982, he won four caps for Northern Ireland. Healy settled into a quiet retirement, becoming a popular local musician around Derry City and Inishowen.

  1. ^ "Felix Healy". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ Rollin, Jack (1980). Rothmans football yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 299. ISBN 0362020175. Retrieved 14 April 2020.