 O'Neill in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 March 1952[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Kilrea, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[2] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rosario | |||
| 1969–1971 | Derry City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971 | Distillery | 7 | (3) |
| 1971–1981 | Nottingham Forest | 285 | (48) |
| 1981 | Norwich City | 11 | (1) |
| 1981–1982 | Manchester City | 13 | (0) |
| 1982–1983 | Norwich City | 55 | (11) |
| 1983–1984 | Notts County | 64 | (5) |
| 1984 | Chesterfield | 0 | (0) |
| 1985 | Fulham[4] | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 435 | (68) | |
| International career | |||
| 1971–1984 | Northern Ireland | 64 | (8) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1987–1989 | Grantham Town | ||
| 1989 | Shepshed Charterhouse | ||
| 1990–1995 | Wycombe Wanderers | ||
| 1995 | Norwich City | ||
| 1995–2000 | Leicester City | ||
| 2000–2005 | Celtic | ||
| 2006–2010 | Aston Villa | ||
| 2011–2013 | Sunderland | ||
| 2013–2018 | Republic of Ireland | ||
| 2019 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill, OBE (born 1 March 1952) is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. After a brief early career in the Irish League, O'Neill moved to England where he spent most of his playing career with Nottingham Forest. He won the First Division title in 1977–78 and the European Cup twice, in 1979 and 1980. He was capped 64 times for the Northern Ireland national football team, also captaining the side at the 1982 World Cup.
O'Neill has managed Grantham Town, Wycombe Wanderers, Norwich City, Leicester City, Celtic, Aston Villa and Sunderland. He guided Leicester City to the Football League Cup final three times, winning twice. As Celtic manager between 2000 and 2005, he led that club to seven trophies including three Scottish Premier League titles and the 2003 UEFA Cup Final. After joining Aston Villa he achieved three consecutive sixth-place finishes in the English Premier League and guided them to the 2010 Football League Cup Final.
He became Republic of Ireland manager in 2013 and led them to qualification for the 2016 UEFA European Championship for the third time in the nation's history, beating the reigning world champions, Germany in the process.[5] He left the role with assistant Roy Keane by "mutual agreement" in November 2018.[6] He was appointed as Nottingham Forest manager in January 2019 but left six months later.
- ^ "Order of the British Empire: K-Z". BBC News. 31 December 2003. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
- ^ a b "Martin O'Neill". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Martin O'Neill". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ "Martin O'Neill". Flown From The Nest. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ Spellman, Damian (16 November 2015). "Republic of Ireland qualify for Euro 2016". Evening Standard. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "Martin O'Neill and Roy Keane leave Ireland jobs by mutual agreement". RTÉ Sport. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.