Martin O'Neill
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O'Neill as Sunderland manager
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill | ||
| Date of birth | 1 March 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Kilrea, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Republic of Ireland (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1969–1971 | Derry City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971 | Distillery | 7 | (3) |
| 1971–1981 | Nottingham Forest | 285 | (48) |
| 1981 | Norwich City | 11 | (1) |
| 1981–1982 | Manchester City | 13 | (0) |
| 1982–1983 | Norwich City | 55 | (11) |
| 1983–1984 | Notts County | 64 | (5) |
| 1984 | Chesterfield | 0 | (0) |
| 1985 | Fulham | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 435 | (68) | |
| National team | |||
| 1971–1984 | Northern Ireland | 64 | (8) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1987–1989 | Grantham Town | ||
| 1989 | Shepshed Charterhouse | ||
| 1990–1995 | Wycombe Wanderers | ||
| 1995 | Norwich City | ||
| 1995–2000 | Leicester City | ||
| 2000–2005 | Celtic | ||
| 2006–2010 | Aston Villa | ||
| 2011–2013 | Sunderland | ||
| 2013– | Republic of Ireland | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill OBE (born 1 March 1952) is a professional football manager, from Northern Ireland, who is manager of the Republic of Ireland national team.
Starting his career in Northern Ireland, O'Neill moved to England where he spent most of his playing career with Nottingham Forest, with whom he won the European Cup twice, in 1979 and 1980. He was capped 64 times for the Northern Ireland national football team, also captaining the side at the 1982 World Cup.
O'Neill has managed Grantham Town, Wycombe Wanderers, Norwich City, Leicester City, Celtic, Aston Villa and Sunderland. He guided Leicester City to the Football League Cup final three times, winning twice. As Celtic manager between 2000 and 2005, he led that club to three Scottish Premier League titles and the 2003 UEFA Cup Final in Seville. After joining Aston Villa he achieved three consecutive 6th-place finishes in the English Premier League and guided them to the 2010 Football League Cup Final. He became Republic of Ireland national football team manager in 2013 and led them to qualification for the 2016 UEFA European Championship for the third time in the nation's history, beating the reigning world champions, Germany in the process.
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