Paddy Connolly
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patrick Connolly | ||
| Date of birth | 25 June 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hamilton Thistle | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–96 | Dundee United | 112 | (29) |
| 1996–98 | Airdrie | 64 | (19) |
| 1998–04 | St Johnstone | 109 | (13) |
| 1999 | → Morton (loan) | 5 | (5) |
| 2000 | → Ayr United (loan) | 6 | (2) |
| 2004–05 | Ayr United | 34 | (7) |
| 2005–06 | Stirling Albion | 36 | (12) |
| 2006–2008 | Brechin City | 30 | (5) |
| 2008 | Albion Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1990 | Scotland U21 | 3 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2015 | Alloa Athletic (caretaker) | ||
| 2015– | Alloa Athletic (caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Patrick "Paddy" Connolly (born 25 June 1970 in Glasgow) is a Scottish football player and coach. In a twenty-year playing career, he made over 100 appearances for both Dundee United and St Johnstone; he also played for Airdrieonians, Greenock Morton, Ayr United, Stirling Albion and Brechin City. He made three appearances for the Scotland under-21 team in 1990.
After retiring from playing, Connolly was assistant manager of Albion Rovers and Alloa Athletic, and was caretaker manager of Alloa on two occasions in 2015.
Connolly started his career with Dundee United. He spent ten years at Tannadice, after which he joined Airdrie for a short time, before moving to St Johnstone in 1998. Connolly spent six years with the Saints, including short loan spells at Morton and Ayr United. Despite being sent out on loan, Connolly agreed a new three-year contract in May 2001, amidst interest from former manager and Plymouth Argyle manager Paul Sturrock. Connolly missed the final year of his contract due to a cruciate ligament injury, and upon leaving McDiarmid Park in 2004, returned to Ayr, where he spent a season before playing the following season with Stirling Albion. Connolly joined former Dundee United colleague Michael O'Neill at Brechin City in May 2006.
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