Jeff Kenna
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jeffrey Jude Kenna | ||
| Date of birth | 27 August 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
|
IMG Academy (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1989 | Southampton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1995 | Southampton | 114 | (4) |
| 1995–2002 | Blackburn Rovers | 157 | (1) |
| 2001 | →Tranmere Rovers (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2001 | →Wigan Athletic (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | →Birmingham City (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Birmingham City | 69 | (3) |
| 2004–2006 | Derby County | 65 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Kidderminster Harriers | 57 | (1) |
| 2008 | Galway United | 6 | (0) |
| 2009 | St Patrick's Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 491 | (10) | |
| National team | |||
| 1988–1992 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 8 | (0) |
| 1994 | Republic of Ireland B | 1 | (0) |
| 1995–1999 | Republic of Ireland | 27 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2008–2009 | Galway United | ||
| 2009 | St Patrick's Athletic | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Jeffrey Jude "Jeff" Kenna (born 27 August 1970) is an Irish football manager and former player who played as a defender from 1989 until 2009 notably in the Premier League for Southampton and Blackburn Rovers.
He also played for Tranmere Rovers, Wigan Athletic, Birmingham City, Derby County and Kidderminster Harriers. He then went on to manage Galway United and St Patrick's Athletic whilst also being a player. In 2011, he joined the coaching staff of the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
Kenna was born in Dublin, but began his club career in England, beginning at Southampton in 1988. He made his debut on 4 May 1991 in a 6–2 league defeat by Derby County at the Baseball Ground. He became a first team regular in the 1992–93 season and remained a fixture in the first team until 15 March 1995, when he moved to Blackburn Rovers for a fee of £1.5 million, playing a part in the run-in to the club's Premier League title that year.
He had played 114 league matches for the Saints, scoring four goals.
He was a regular in the Blackburn team until the 1999–2000 season, after Blackburn had been relegated to Division One. He made his final six appearances for Rovers in the 2000–01 season. During that campaign he had loan spells with Tranmere Rovers and Wigan Athletic, before finally exiting Ewood Park after nearly seven years to join Birmingham City on a free transfer on 24 December 2001.
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