Irish footballer and manager
Keith Long (born 14 November 1973) is an Irish football manager and former footballer . He is currently the manager of League of Ireland Premier Division team Waterford .
Long is a former Bray Wanderers player, assistant manager and was previously caretaker manager before taking over in November 2011 from Pat Devlin .[ 1]
Long also played for Stoke City before joining Dundalk in 1993 and then St Patrick's Athletic before joining Bray Wanderers in 2000 where he played 138 games before retiring in 2005.[ 2]
His first league goal was the winner for Dundalk at Eamonn Deacy Park on 4 November 1995.
Long made a substitute appearance in the 1995–96 UEFA Cup at the Malmö Stadion
[ 3]
On 29 April 2014, he was named as manager of Athlone Town .[ 4]
He could not prevent Athlone Town 's relegation from the League of Ireland Premier Division and departed the club to become manager of Bohemians on 30 October 2014.[ 5] 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.[ 6]
On 29 March 2023, Long was appointed manager of League of Ireland First Division club Waterford .[ 7]
Managerial statistics
As of maych played on 1 November 2024 [citation needed ]
Team
From
To
Record
G
W
D
L
Win %
Bray Wanderers
1 December 2011
15 September 2012
33
7
9
17
0 21.21
Athlone Town
29 April 2014
25 October 2014
24
4
10
10
0 16.67
Bohemians
30 October 2014
30 August 2022
299
133
63
103
0 44.48
Waterford
29 March 2023
Present
78
39
14
25
0 50.00
Total
434
183
96
155
0 42.17
Honours
As a player
St Patrick's Athletic
As a manager
Bohemians
References