Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Irish name | Ciarán Mac Géibheannaigh | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Centre half-back | ||
Born |
Mullaghbawn, County Armagh |
18 October 1971 ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Nickname | Geezer | ||
Occupation | Civil engineer | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
1980s-2000s | Mullaghbawn | ||
Club titles | |||
Armagh titles | 1 & 3 Dublin | ||
Ulster titles | 1 & 1 Leinster | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1992-2007 | Armagh | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
Ulster titles | 6 | ||
All-Irelands | 1 | ||
NFL | 1 | ||
All Stars | 3 |
Kieran McGeeney (born 18 October 1971) is an Irish former Gaelic football player and manager, who managed the Kildare senior football team from 2007 to 2013 and is the current manager of the Armagh senior football team.
McGeeney played football with his local club Mullaghbawn Cúchullain's in Armagh and also for Na Fianna club in Dublin. He was a member of the Armagh senior football team from 1992 until 2007, captaining the county to the 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, their first and only title.
Born at Mullaghbawn, County Armagh, McGeeney was a member of Mullaghbawn's 1995 Armagh Senior Football Championship and Ulster Senior Club Football Championship winning side. He later moved to Na Fianna on the northside of Dublin. With them he won the 1999 Leinster Senior Club Football Championship and three Dublin Senior Football Championships.
McGeeney captained Armagh to a historic first and only All-Ireland title in 2002. He won three All Stars Awards (1999, 2000 and 2002) and six Ulster Senior Football Championship medals (1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006). He also received the 2002 Texaco Footballer of the Year award.