Paul McAreavey (born 3 December 1980) is a Northern Irish football manager and former player. He previously played for

Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team currently competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club has played home matches at the County Ground sin ...

, Linfield,

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 ...

Ballymena United Ballymena United Football Club is a semi-professional football club from Northern Ireland. Based in Ballymena, County Antrim, the team competes in the NIFL Premiership and plays home matches at the Ballymena Showgrounds which is owned by the ...

and

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. In May 2006 the Belfast native signed a three-year full-time deal with Linfield. In August 2013 McAreavy returned to

as manager following the departure of his predecessor

Pat McAllister Patrick McAllister (born 3 February 1972Marshall Gillespie, ''The Northern Ireland Football Yearbook'', UTV, 1996, p. 194), commonly known as Pat or Packie, is a Northern Irish former football midfielder or defender who subsequently worked in fo ...

. McAreavey left his position in June 2014, with Nicky Maye, a coach under McAreavey, promoted to manager.Nicky Maye twitter
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Honours

;Linfield * Irish League (4): 2003-04, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 *

Irish Cup The Irish Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly referred to as the Irish Cup (currently known as the Samuel Gelston's Whiskey Irish Cup for sponsorship purposes) is the primary football knock-out cup competition in Northern Ireland. Ina ...

(3): 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 *

Irish League Cup The Northern Ireland Football League Cup (BetMcLean League Cup for sponsorship purposes), also known colloquially as the Irish League Cup, is a national football knock-out cup competition in Northern Ireland open to all member clubs of the Nort ...

(2): 2005-06, 2007-08 *

Setanta Sports Cup The Setanta Sports Cup was a club football competition featuring teams from both football associations on the island of Ireland. Inaugurated in 2005, it was a cross-border competition between clubs in the League of Ireland from the Republic of I ...

(1): 2005

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:McAreavey, Paul 1980 births Living people Association footballers from Belfast Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland Swindon Town F.C. players Kilkenny City A.F.C. players Portadown F.C. players Linfield F.C. players Dundalk F.C. players Donegal Celtic F.C. players Ballymena United F.C. players Donegal Celtic F.C. managers English Football League players NIFL Premiership players League of Ireland players Men's association football midfielders Association football managers from Northern Ireland