Liam Buckley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Liam Buckley | ||
| Date of birth | 14 April 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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St Patrick's Athletic (Manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1979 | Shelbourne | 32 | (8) |
| 1979–1981 | Shamrock Rovers | 52 | (20) |
| 1981 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 8 | (2) |
| 1981–1984 | Shamrock Rovers | 74 | (46) |
| 1984–1986 | K.S.V. Waregem | 25 | (5) |
| 1986–1987 | Racing de Santander | 35 | (5) |
| 1987–1989 | FC Montreux-Sports | ? | (5) |
| 1989–1992 | Shamrock Rovers | 13 | (1) |
| 1992–1997 | St Patrick's Athletic | 55 | (11) |
| 1997 | Sligo Rovers | 5 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Athlone Town | ? | (?) |
| National team | |||
| 1979–1984 | League of Ireland XI | 4 | (0) |
| 1981 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 1984 | Republic of Ireland | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1997–1998 | Athlone Town | ||
| 1998–1999 | St Patrick's Athletic | ||
| 2000–2002 | Athlone Town | ||
| 2002–2004 | Shamrock Rovers | ||
| 2008–2010 | Sporting Fingal | ||
| 2012– | St Patrick's Athletic | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Liam Buckley (born 14 April 1960 in Dublin), is an Irish former professional football player and current manager of League of Ireland side St.Patrick's Athletic. Liam made 2 appearances for the Republic of Ireland national football team.
Buckley began his League of Ireland career with Shelbourne and signed for Shamrock Rovers as a full-time player in the 1979 close season. He scored his first goal for the Hoops against his former club at Milltown on 21 October 1979 and he went on to score another seven league goals that season.
On 30 April 1980 he represented the League of Ireland against Argentina at the River Plate Stadium where Diego Maradona scored in a 1–0 defeat.
Buckley played for the Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team in 1981.
Following a spell with Vancouver Whitecaps in the 1981/82 season he finished as Rovers' top scorer with 21 goals and had a trial at Hannover 96. While the following season was a disappointment he still ended up as top goalscorer at Milltown and guested for St Patrick's Athletic in a friendly with Manchester United.
In April 1983 he played for the League of Ireland XI U21s against their Italian League counterparts who included Roberto Mancini and Gianluca Vialli in their team.
The 1983–84 season ended in triumph as Rovers won their first League title in twenty years. Buckley had scored 13 League goals before he broke his collar-bone against Waterford at Milltown on 26 February. However, he returned to action less than six weeks later to score the winner in the FAI Cup semi final replay against Shelbourne.
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