John Devine (footballer, born 1958)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Anthony Devine[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 11 November 1958||
Place of birth | Dublin, Republic of Ireland[1] | ||
Height | 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Right back / Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978–1983 | Arsenal | 112 | (0) |
1983–1985 | Norwich City | 53 | (3) |
1985–1986 | Stoke City | 15 | (1) |
1987–1988 |
East Bengal | 18 | (1) |
1988–1989 | IK Start | 6 | (2) |
1989–1991 | Shamrock Rovers | 41 | (7) |
Total | 245 | (14) | |
International career | |||
1978–1979 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 2 | (0) |
1979–1984 | Republic of Ireland | 13 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Anthony Devine (born 11 November 1958) is an Irish former footballer and manager/coach.[1]
Devine began his career with English club
Playing career
Born in Dublin, Devine joined London club Arsenal in November 1974 as an apprentice. Part of a large young Irish contingent at Arsenal (which also included Liam Brady, David O'Leary and Frank Stapleton), Devine turned professional in 1976. A full back who preferred playing on the right, he made his debut for the Gunners on 22 April 1978 in place of Pat Rice.
With the older Rice and
He joined Norwich City in the summer of 1983 and played 69 games in two seasons for the "Canaries", and was a member of the squad in the 1985 League Cup final win.[1] However, in the league Norwich suffered relegation in the Second Division and Devine left for Stoke City in November 1985.[1] At the Victoria Ground Devine had the unenviable task of filling in for the retired Alan Hudson and made a good start as on his debut Stoke beat Oldham Athletic 4–2.[1] He scored his only goal for Stoke in a 1–0 win over Fulham on 18 February 1986.[1] His Stoke career was ended when he broke his leg after being tackled by Brighton & Hove Albion's Eric Young.[1]
Devine then spent the
Devine also spent a season in
International career
Devine was capped for the
Coaching career
He became head coach and then caretaker manager at Shelbourne after Eamonn Gregg was sacked in November 1994. Devine was head coach at Sporting Fingal for three seasons from 2008 to 2011, during which time the Club won promotion two years in succession and won the 2009 FAI Cup final against Sligo Rovers. He worked for 10 years at Manchester United's academy as the club's Irish Academy director.[8] Devine worked for the Football Association of Ireland as a Tutor/Assessor, and recently as a senior consultant for the player development program for Ireland and currently serves as the Technical Director for Almaden Soccer in the Silicon Valley. He is also TD for GPS/Bayern Munich for West Coast USA.http://www.almadensoccer.org/home
Career statistics
Club
Source:[9]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Arsenal | 1977–78 | First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
1978–79 | First Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
1979–80 | First Division | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
1980–81 | First Division | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |
1981–82 | First Division | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
1982–83 | First Division | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
Total | 89 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 112 | 0 | ||
Norwich City | 1983–84 | First Division | 32 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 3 |
1984–85 | First Division | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
Total | 53 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 3 | ||
Stoke City | 1985–86 | Second Division | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
Career Total | 153 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 197 | 4 |
International
Source:[10]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Republic of Ireland | 1979 | 2 | 0 |
1981 | 3 | 0 | |
1982 | 2 | 0 | |
1983 | 3 | 0 | |
1984 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 13 | 0 |
Honours
As player
- Arsenal
- FA Cup runner-up: 1980
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1980
- Norwich City
- Football League Cup winner: 1985
- IK Start
- 2. divisjon champions: 1988
- Shamrock Rovers
- FAI Cup runner-up: 1991
- East Bengal
- Calcutta Football League champions: 1988
- All Airlines Gold Cup champions: 1987
As head coach
- Sporting Fingal
Sources
- The Hoops by Paul Doolan and Robert Goggins (ISBN 0-7171-2121-6)
References
- ^ ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
- OCLC 868301130.
- ^ NANDI, DHRITIMAN (13 June 2013). "Foreign recruits in Indian football – A short recap". Indianfootballnetwork.com. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ soumen78 (31 March 2016). "List of Foreign Players to Play for East Bengal Club from 1942 – East Bengal Club, India – Records, Funs and Facts". Eastbengalclubrecords.wordpress.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "TEAM ARCHIVES – East Bengal FC". Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "TEAM ARCHIVES – East Bengal FC". Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ Sabyasachi Chakraborty (18 May 2020). "East Bengal FC: List of all Foreign recruits in club's history!". BADGEB.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Devine will be a consultant at Fingal FC". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
- ^ John Devine at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ Devine, John at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- John Devine at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- Photograph and biography at sporting-heroes.net
- Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk