Jackie Mooney
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Mooney | ||
| Date of birth | 1938 (age 78–79) | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Playing position | Inside-right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1954–1955 | Home Farm | ||
| 1955–1958 | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
| 1958–1960 | Bangor City | ||
| 1960–1962 | Cork Hibernians | 41 | (16) |
| 1962–1967 | Shamrock Rovers | 55 | (38) |
| 1967–1969 | Aer Lingus | ||
| 1969–1971 | Athlone Town | 40 | (12) |
| 1971–1972 | Bohemians | 23 | (11) |
| 1972–1975 | Shamrock Rovers | 2 | (0) |
| 1975–1977 | Athlone Town | 25 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 1962–1965 | League of Ireland XI | 6 | (1) |
| 1964 | Republic of Ireland | 2 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Jackie Mooney (born 1938 in Dublin) was an Irish soccer player during the 1960s and 1970s.
Mooney played for Shamrock Rovers, Athlone Town and Bohemians amongst others during his career in the League of Ireland.
Jackie was spotted playing for Home Farm F.C. by Billy Behan in 1955 and joined Manchester United. After 3 years at the club however, Mooney left Old Trafford without making the breakthrough. He had short spells at Bangor City and Cork Hibernians before signing for Shamrock Rovers where he made a scoring debut, against Shels in Dalymount Park on 22 August 1962. He scored for Rovers in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup against Valencia C.F. in the Estadio Mestalla in 1963. He made a total of 6 appearances for the Hoops in European competition and was also the league top scorer in 1964/65 season with 16 goals
After sustaining a serious knee injury in a match against Shelbourne, Mooney was out of the game for 2 years. He returned to play for Aer Lingus in the Leinster Senior League for 2 years before Billy Young brought him back into football with Athlone Town when they re entered the league for the 1969-70 League of Ireland season. He had immediate success as Athlone won the Leinster Senior Cup for the first time with Mooney scoring a hat trick in the final. After a couple of seasons at Athlone, Jackie followed Young to Dalymount Park and Bohemians. He was top scorer for Bohs during the 1971/72 season. His goalscoring record for that season showed a total of 10 goals in 23 league games.
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