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Liam Kearney

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Born
1983 (41 years old)

Birth Place

Conna, Republic of Ireland

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Left Midfield

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169 cm

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Liam Kearney (Irish: Liam Ó Cearnaigh; born 10 January 1983, Republic of Ireland), nicknamed "The Conna Maradona", is an Irish professional footballer associated primarily with Cork City in the League of Ireland. As of 2021, Kearney was "Head of Academy" at Cork City FC.

Kearney played mainly on the left wing and represented the Republic of Ireland U21 team on seven occasions, scoring once.

Kearney represented the Republic of Ireland Under-16 team at the 2000 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship and the Under-19 team at the 2002 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.

In his last year as a player, Kearney completed his UEFA B Licence and then moved to the United States after his retirement at the end of 2015, where he spent a year coaching full-time at Premier UK Soccer in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area. In January 2017, he returned to Ireland and joined his last club, Cork City, as a first team coach. Kearney later also assumed the role of head coach of the club’s Under 17 side. On 17 December 2019 the club confirmed, that Kearney had decided to leave the club.

In March 2020, Kearney was hired as a sports and events coordinator for the Fota Island Resort hotel near Cork. In January 2021, Kearney took a role as "Head of Academy" with Cork City FC, having previously held coaching roles at Galway United.