Paddy Kenny

Paddy Kenny
Personal information
Full name Patrick Joseph Kenny
Date of birth (1978-05-17) 17 May 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Halifax, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Ovenden West Riding
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Bradford Park Avenue 43 (0)
1998–2002 Bury 133 (0)
1999Whitby Town (loan) 12 (0)
2002Sheffield United (loan) 12 (0)
2002–2010 Sheffield United 266 (0)
2010–2012 Queens Park Rangers 77 (0)
2012–2014 Leeds United 76 (0)
2014–2015 Bolton Wanderers 0 (0)
2014Oldham Athletic (loan) 3 (0)
2015 Ipswich Town 0 (0)
2015 Bury 0 (0)
2016 Rotherham United 0 (0)
2016–2017 Northampton Town 0 (0)
2017–2018 Maltby Main 1 (0)
Total 623 (0)
International career
2004–2006 Republic of Ireland 7 (0)
Managerial career
2023 Goole (joint)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick Joseph Kenny (born 17 May 1978) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He recently served as joint manager of Goole A.F.C. alongside Nathan Helliwell.

Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, Kenny began his career with Bradford Park Avenue before turning professional in the summer of 1998 upon signing for Neil Warnock's Bury. He was reunited with Warnock in 2002 after he joined Sheffield United where he spent much of his career and enjoyed notable success; performing in League Cup and FA Cup semi-finals, two play-off finals, and then promotion to the Premier League in 2005–06.

Kenny would later sign for Warnock once again in 2010, joining Queens Park Rangers after his time at Sheffield United ended on a sour note when he spent much of his final season on the sidelines having failing a drugs test the previous summer. During his first season at QPR he would achieve his second promotion to the Premier League and his first Championship winners medal. He remained as first choice goalkeeper the next season as QPR beat relegation on the final day of the season, before he was reunited with Warnock for the fourth time when he signed for Leeds United in 2012. He stayed at Leeds for two years, before brief spells with Bolton Wanderers, Oldham Athletic (on loan), Ipswich Town, Bury, and Rotherham United.

  1. ^ "Premier League Player Profile". Premier League. Retrieved 17 May 2012.