Keith Long (born 14 November 1973) is an Irish
football manager and former
footballer
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. He was most recently the manager of
League of Ireland Premier Division team
Bohemians
Long is a former Bray Wanderers player, assistant manager and was previously caretaker manager before taking over in November 2011 from
Pat Devlin.
Long also played for
Stoke City before joining
Dundalk
Dundalk ( ; ga, Dún Dealgan ), meaning "the fort of Dealgan", is the county town (the administrative centre) of County Louth, Ireland. The town is on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the east coast of Ireland. It is h ...
in 1993 and then
St Patrick's Athletic before joining
Bray Wanderers in 2000 where he played 138 games before retiring in 2005.
His first league goal was the winner for Dundalk at
Eamonn Deacy Park
Eamonn Deacy Park, formerly known as Terryland Park, is an association football stadium in the Republic of Ireland based in the Terryland district of Galway. It is owned by the Galway Football Association and is the home ground of both Galway ...
on 4 November 1995.
Long made a substitute appearance in the
1995–96 UEFA Cup
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at the
Malmö Stadion
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On 29 April 2014, he was named as manager of
Athlone Town
Athlone Town Association Football Club () is an Irish football club from Athlone who are playing in the League of Ireland. The club is the oldest in the League as it was founded in 1887. First elected to the League of Ireland in 1922, they pl ...
.
He could not prevent
Athlone Town
Athlone Town Association Football Club () is an Irish football club from Athlone who are playing in the League of Ireland. The club is the oldest in the League as it was founded in 1887. First elected to the League of Ireland in 1922, they pl ...
's relegation from the
League of Ireland Premier Division and departed the club to become manager of
Bohemians on 30 October 2014. On 30 August 2022, a day after a 3–1 home defeat to
St Patrick's Athletic, he was sacked by Bohs without winning a major trophy during his 8 years at the club.
Managerial statistics
Honours
St Patrick's Athletic
*
League of Ireland Premier Division (1)
**
1997–98
References
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Republic of Ireland association footballers
Association football utility players
Association footballers from Dublin (city)
League of Ireland players
Living people
Dundalk F.C. players
St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players
Bray Wanderers F.C. players
League of Ireland managers
1973 births
Bray Wanderers F.C. managers
Association football defenders
Republic of Ireland football managers
Bohemian F.C. managers
Athlone Town A.F.C. managers