Kenny Cunningham
Warming up for Birmingham, April 2005
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kenneth Edward Cunningham | ||
| Date of birth | 28 June 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Home Farm | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1989 | Tolka Rovers | ||
| 1989–1994 | Millwall | 136 | (1) |
| 1994–2002 | Wimbledon | 250 | (0) |
| 2002–2006 | Birmingham City | 134 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Sunderland | 11 | (0) |
| Total | 531 | (1) | |
| National team | |||
| 1994 | Republic of Ireland B | 1 | (0) |
| 1996–2005 | Republic of Ireland | 72 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Kenneth Edward "Kenny" Cunningham (born 28 June 1971) is an Irish former footballer who played as a defender. He played international football for the Republic of Ireland until his retirement in 2005. He spent his entire professional club career, from 1989 to 2007, in England, making more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League playing for Millwall, Wimbledon, Birmingham City and Sunderland.
After retirement as a player, he worked as a pundit for RTÉ Sport, and successfully completed the UEFA Pro Licence coaching qualification in 2011.
Cunningham was born in Dublin. He attended O'Connell's Boys primary school and St. Vincent's C.B.S. secondary school in the Glasnevin district. At school, he played more Gaelic football than soccer: he played for O'Connell's at Croke Park alongside future Gaelic star Dessie Farrell in a schools' final, and played for Na Fianna and Dublin Minors. At association football, he played for the Home Farm club from under-9s to under-17s, before moving on to amateur club Tolka Rovers.
On 18 September 1989, the 18-year-old Cunningham signed a one-year contract with Millwall of the English First Division. His expectations, to play out the season in England and use the experience to earn himself a good contract back in Ireland, changed when, three months before the end of that "trial" season, Millwall offered him a further two-year contract. He made his Football League debut on 17 March 1990, at right back in the starting eleven in a 1–1 draw away to Norwich City, and started four more first-team games during that season. In five years with the club, he made 136 league appearances.
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