Kenny Black
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kenneth George Black | ||
| Date of birth | 29 November 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Stenhousemuir, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1983 | Rangers | 24 | (1) |
| 1983–1984 | Motherwell | 17 | (0) |
| 1984–1989 | Heart of Midlothian | 178 | (15) |
| 1989–1991 | Portsmouth | 62 | (3) |
| 1991–1999 | Airdrieonians | 256 | (20) |
| 1999–2001 | Raith Rovers | 55 | (3) |
| 2002–2004 | Airdrie United | 5 | (0) |
| Total | 597 | (42) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006–2010 | Airdrie United | ||
| 2014 | Motherwell (caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Kenneth George "Kenny" Black (born 29 November 1963) is a Scottish football player and manager.
A left-sided defender or midfielder, Black began his playing career with Rangers in 1980 but was farmed out to Junior side Linlithgow Rose to gain competitive experience. He left Ibrox permanently in 1983 for Motherwell, before joining Heart of Midlothian for £30,000 a year later.
Black was part of the Maroons side that missed out on a League and Cup double in 1985–86 before moving south when Portsmouth's £350,000 bid was accepted in 1989. He was reunited with former boss Alex MacDonald in 1991 when he joined Airdrieonians and won his first senior medal with the Diamonds, when they defeated Dundee in the 1994–95 Scottish Challenge Cup.
In 1999 Black moved to Raith Rovers. By now a veteran, he played there for a further two seasons.
Black was appointed joint assistant-manager of the Kirkcaldy side in 2001. Managerial changes saw him leave Starks Park in early 2002 but he found a new position as assistant to former Airdrie team-mate Sandy Stewart at Airdrie United, the reincarnation of Airdrieonians, later that year.
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