What other player had his way pioneered by the same Irish football player and manager that also pioneered the way for the Republic of Ireland national team's captain from March 2006-August 2016?
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Paddy Sloan Joshua Walter "Paddy" Sloan (30 April 1920 – January 1993) was an Irish football player and manager. His widely travelled career took Sloan to 20 different clubs in five different countries, including Northern Ireland, England, Italy, Malta and Australia. As a player, his clubs included Manchester United, Arsenal and Milan. He was a dual Irish international footballer, playing for both Ireland teams – the IFA XI and the FAI XI. Sloan pioneered the way for the likes of Liam Brady and Robbie Keane by becoming the first Irishman to play in Serie A.
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Robbie Keane Robert David "Robbie" Keane (born 8 July 1980) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Indian club ATK. He served as captain of the Republic of Ireland national team from March 2006 until his international retirement in August 2016.
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Didier Deschamps Didier Claude Deschamps (] ; born 15 October 1968) is a retired French footballer and current manager of the France national team. He played as a defensive midfielder for several clubs, in France, Italy, England and Spain, such as Marseille, Juventus, Chelsea and Valencia, as well as Nantes and Bordeaux. Nicknamed "the water-carrier" by former France team-mate Eric Cantona, Deschamps was an intelligent and hard-working defensive midfielder who excelled at winning back possession and subsequently starting attacking plays, and also stood out for his leadership throughout his career. As a French international, he was capped on 103 occasions and took part at three UEFA European Football Championships and one FIFA World Cup, captaining his nation to victories in the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.
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Sammy Traoré Sammy Traoré (born 25 February 1976 in Créteil) is a French and Malian football manager, as a player his preferred position was a defender. He made good use of the stepover technique, rarely seen in defenders, to maintain possession and also start attacking moves.
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Jimmy O'Neill (footballer, born 1931) James Anthony O'Neill (13 October 1931 – 15 December 2007) was an Irish international football goalkeeper. He played 405 league games in a 17-year career in the Football League, and also won 17 caps for the Republic of Ireland. Though only 5 ft , he was able to use his acrobatic ability to save the ball.
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Brian McEniff Brian McEniff (born 1 December 1942) is a former Gaelic football manager. Regarded as a Gaelic football Godfather-type figure, the high point of his managerial career was his masterminding of Donegal's 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final victory over Dublin. In his most recent spell as manager of his county team he led them to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-finals in 2003.
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Danny Culloty Danny Culloty (born 15 March 1964) is an Irish Gaelic football coach and former player. His league and championship career with the Cork senior team spanned twelve seasons from 1985 to 1996.
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Johnny Carey John James "Johnny" Carey (23 February 1919 – 22 August 1995), also known as Jackie Carey, was an Irish professional footballer and manager. As a player Carey spent most of his career at Manchester United, where he was team captain from 1946 until he retired as a player in 1953. He was also a dual internationalist, playing for and captaining both Ireland teams – the FAI XI and the IFA XI. In 1947 he also captained a Europe XI which played a Great Britain XI at Hampden Park. In 1949 he was voted the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year and in the same year captained the FAI XI that defeated England 2–0 at Goodison Park, becoming the first non-UK team to beat England at home. Carey was also the first non-UK player and the first Irishman to captain a winning team in both an FA Cup Final and the First Division. Like his contemporary Con Martin, Carey was an extremely versatile footballer and played in nine different positions throughout his career. He even played in goal for United on one occasion.
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Anthony Foley Anthony Gerard Foley (30 October 1973 – 16 October 2016) was an Irish rugby union player and head coach of Munster. He was attached to the same squad during his professional playing career. He was a member of the Munster team that won the 2002–03 Celtic League and was the winning captain during their 2005–06 Heineken Cup success. Foley played for Ireland from 1995 until 2005 and captained the squad on three separate occasions.
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Brian Mullins Brian Mullins (born 27 September 1954 in Dublin, Ireland) is a former Gaelic football manager and former player. He played football with his local club St. Vincent's and was a member of the Dublin senior inter-county team from 1974 until 1985. Mullins later served as manager of both Dublin and Derry. He is regarded as one of Dublin's greatest-ever players. He is a nephew of former Kerry great Bill Casey, who played with Kerry in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Richie Foran Richard Foran (born 16 June 1980) is an Irish football player and coach.
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Eddie Gormley Eddie Gormley (born 23 October 1968) is an Irish football coach and former player who is currently manager of Cabinteely.
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Tommy Casey Thomas "Tommy" Casey (11 March 1930 – 13 January 2009) was a Northern Ireland international footballer, coach and football manager, whose career in professional football spanned 30 years.
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Val Harris Valentine Harris (Irish: "Vailintín Ó hEarchaí", born 23 June 1884, Ringsend, Dublin, Republic of Ireland), commonly referred to as Val Harris, was an Irish footballer who played Gaelic football for Dublin and soccer for, among others Shelbourne, Everton and Ireland. Harris was regarded as one of the finest soccer players of his generation and in 1906 became the first Shelbourne player capped by Ireland. He still remains the club's most capped player. In 1913 he captained the first Ireland team to beat England and in 1914 he was a member of the Ireland team that won the British Home Championship. Harris has been described as an extremely hard player in the mode of Kevin Moran or Paul McGrath and like his Shelbourne, Everton and Ireland team mate, Bill Lacey, he was also very versatile, covering just about every outfield position during his career.
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Wes Hoolahan Wesley "Wes" Hoolahan (born 20 May 1982) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for English club Norwich City and the Republic of Ireland national team. Hoolahan began his playing career with Shelbourne and has previously played for Livingston and Blackpool. He was the subject of a contested transfer between these two clubs in 2007, eventually requiring mediation by FIFA before he was able to sign for Blackpool. Hoolahan has played more than 250 games for Norwich, where he earned nicknames like The Irish Messi or Wessi.
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John Martin (Irish footballer) John Martin (born 24 December 1979) is an Irish football coach and former player who is currently assistant manager of Shelbourne.
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Conor Pepper Conor Pepper (born 4 May 1994) is an Irish professional association football player, who generally plays as a midfielder but can also feature at right-back.
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2016 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. season The 2016 season was St. Patrick's Athletic F.C.'s 87th year in existence and was the Supersaint's 65th consecutive season in the top-flight of Irish football. It was the fifth year that Liam Buckley was the teams manager (in his current spell), following replacing Pete Mahon in December 2011. The league season was poor from the Saints, finishing 7th, meaning they would be without European football next season for the first time since 2010. They did however knock Jeunesse Esch out of the Europa League before being narrowly knocked out by Dinamo Minsk of Belarus. They also retained their League Cup crown by winning the 2016 League of Ireland Cup by beating Limerick 4–1 at the Markets Field on 17 September 2016.
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Tim O'Keefe Timothy James "Tim" O'Keefe (or O'Keeffe) was a Republic of Ireland international footballer.
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Gino Brazil Gino Brazil (born 28 March 1968 in Dublin, Ireland) is a former Irish footballer. He is currently working as a Football in Community Development Officer for the Football Association of Ireland.
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John Brennan (Derry Gaelic footballer) John Brennan (born 22 August 1942) is a Gaelic football manager. Labelled as the 'Godfather' of Derry football, Brennan played for his local club Erin's Own Lavey and with the Derry senior team.
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David O'Leary David Anthony O'Leary (born 2 May 1958) is an Irish football manager and former player. His managerial career began at Leeds United and later he managed Aston Villa. He most recently worked as the manager of Al-Ahli Dubai. The majority of his 20-year playing career was spent as a central defender at Arsenal. O'Leary's tally of 722 appearances for the North London side stands as a club record.