Sean Connor

Sean Connor

Connor as Galway United manager.
Personal information
Date of birth	(1967-07-12) 12 July 1967 (age 49)
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1988	Distillery
1988–1990	Port Vale	0	(0)
1989–1990	→ Macclesfield Town (loan)
1990–1991	Ards
1991	Cliftonville
Teams managed
2004–2006	Sligo Rovers
2006–2007	Bohemians
2008–2009	Dundalk
2010–2011	Galway United
2012	CAPS United
2014	Black Leopards
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Sean Connor (born 12 July 1967) is a former footballer and manager. He had a brief playing career which included spells at Distillery, Port Vale, Macclesfield Town, Ards, and Cliftonville.

He spent some years as a coach in the United States and England, before he was appointed as manager of Sligo Rovers in September 2004. He led the club to the League of Ireland First Division title in 2005. He took charge at Bohemians in November 2006, before losing his job in December 2007. He was appointed Dundalk manager in December 2008, and then joined Galway United as manager in December 2010. He then had brief and highly unsuccessful spells coaching in Africa with Zimbabwean side CAPS United in 2012 and South African club Black Leopards in 2014.

Connor began his career at Distillery in the Irish League, playing for the club in the 1987–88 season before he joined English Third Division club Port Vale. He never made an appearance for the "Valiants" in the Football League and went out on loan to Macclesfield Town of the Conference before he returned to Northern Ireland to play for Ards. He was involved in a car accident soon after signing for Ards, breaking his chest bone, some ribs, puncturing his lung and damaging his left leg. He made a return to football with Cliftonville but retired shortly afterwards.