Vinny Perth (born 2 August 1976) is an Irish football manager and former player who most recently was manager of Dundalk. He was confirmed as the new manager of Dundalk in January 2019, taking over from the departed Stephen Kenny. He had been Kenny's assistant at Dundalk since 2013.[1]
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Vincent Perth | ||
Date of birth | 2 August 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Dundalk (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Cherry Orchard | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2004 | Longford Town | ||
2005 | St Patrick's Athletic | ||
2006 | Shamrock Rovers | ||
2007 | Dundalk | 17 | |
Managerial career | |||
2008 | Longford Town (assistant) | ||
2008 | Longford Town (caretaker) | ||
2010–2012 | Malahide United | ||
2013–2018 | Dundalk (assistant) | ||
2019–2020 | Dundalk | ||
2021 | Dundalk | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
On 20 August 2020, Perth left his position as manager of Dundalk after they were eliminated from the UEFA Champions League.[2]
On 16 June 2021, Perth returned to the club as manager, appointed with the club sat in 8th place in the table.[3][4]
Managerial statistics
editTeam | Nation | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | F | A | Gd | Win % | ||||
Dundalk | Ireland | 4 January 2019[5] | 20 August 2020 | 65 | 43 | 10 | 12 | 121 | 49 | +72 | 66.15 |
Dundalk | Ireland | 16 June 2021[6] | 21 November 2021 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 46.88 |
Total | 97 | 58 | 17 | 22 | 161 | 89 | +82 | 59.79 |
- As of 22 November 2021
Honours
editPlayer
edit- Longford Town
- FAI Cup (2): 2003, 2004
- League of Ireland Cup (1): 2004
- Shamrock Rovers
- League of Ireland First Division (1): 2006
Manager
edit- Dundalk
- League of Ireland Premier Division (1): 2019
- League of Ireland Cup (1): 2019
- FAI President's Cup (1): 2019[7]
- Champions Cup (1): 2019[8]
Individual
editReferences
edit- ^ "Vinny Perth new Dundalk boss with John Gill as first team coach". RTE Sport. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ "Dundalk confirm Perth departure as boss in wake of Champions League exit". The 42. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "Vinny Returns to Oriel Park". 16 June 2021.
- ^ "'My wife tells me my name is muck on social media, but I haven't seen it myself, so it doesn't affect me'". The 42. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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- ^ "Vinny Perth: We had a point to prove". Irish Examiner. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ "Champions Cup: Dundalk 6-0 Linfield (7-1 on aggregate)". BBC Sport. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Shamrock Rovers star Jack Byrne named Player of the Year at PFAI Awards". The 42. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.