Kevin Brady (born 2 December 1962 in Dublin) is an Irish former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. Brady played his schoolboy football with Stella Maris before joining

Bohemian Bohemian or Bohemians may refer to: *Anything of or relating to Bohemia Beer * National Bohemian, a brand brewed by Pabst * Bohemian, a brand of beer brewed by Molson Coors Culture and arts * Bohemianism, an unconventional lifestyle, origin ...

(2 spells),

Shamrock Rovers Shamrock Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige) is an Irish association football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is the most su ...

Derry City Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...

, Shelbourne and Dundalk in the League of Ireland. He also had a spell at Ards in the Irish League where he made 30 appearances. Brady moved to Milltown in 1983 and was a vital part of the success over the next four years, making 140 total appearances scoring once. He won 4 League of Ireland titles, 3

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s and made 6 appearances in European competition for the Hoops. He also played for the

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in 7 Olympic qualifiers. He transferred to Derry in July 1988 where he won the treble in 1989. He signed for Shelbourne in 1991 and helped them win their first league title in his first season and won the FAI Cup with them the following season as they defeated Dundalk at Lansdowne Road. He moved on to Ards before returning to his first club Bohemians in the summer of 1995. Brady re-signed for Derry in July 1997 and played in the Champions League qualifiers before signing for Dundalk a few months later.

Honours

* League of Ireland: 6 **

1983/84, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87 **

1988/89 ** Shelbourne 1991/92 *

: 5 **

1985, 1986, 1987 **

1989 ** Shelbourne 1993 * League of Ireland Cup **

1988/89 * LFA President's Cup: 2 **

- 1984/85, 1987/88

Sources

* ''The Hoops'' by Paul Doolan and Robert Goggins () * ''The Four-in-a-Row Story'' by Robert Goggins {{DEFAULTSORT:Brady, Kevin Men's association football defenders Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Bohemian F.C. players Shamrock Rovers F.C. players Derry City F.C. players Shelbourne F.C. players Ards F.C. players Dundalk F.C. players Association footballers from Dublin (city) League of Ireland players NIFL Premiership players 1962 births Living people League of Ireland XI players Stella Maris F.C. players