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Martin O'Neill

Personal information
Full nameMartin David Thomas O'Neil
NicknameAston Martin, Midas
Date of birth1 March 1952(age 58)
Place of birthKilrea, Northern Ireland
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current clubAston Villa (manager)

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Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill, OBE, (born 1 March 1952 in Kilrea, Northern Ireland) is an Irish association football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Aston Villa.

Starting his career in his native Northern Ireland, O'Neill moved to England where he spent most of his playing career with Nottingham Forest, with whom he won the European Cup. He was capped 64 times for the Northern Ireland national football team, captaining the side.

O'Neill managed Wycombe Wanderers, Norwich City, Leicester City and Celtic before moving to Aston Villa. In his time as Celtic manager between 2000 and 2005, he led the club to three Scottish Premier League titles and the 2003 UEFA Cup Final in Seville.


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O'Neill in favour of winter break - FootballFanCast.com Tweet this news
FootballFanCast.com--Aston Villa manager -Martin O'Neill- has thrown his weight behind the idea of introducing a Premier League winter break. Following England's disappointing ... - Date : Sun, 04 Jul 2010 10:11:07 GMT+00:00
O'Neill backs calls for winter break - Independent Tweet this news
Independent---Martin O'Neill- has backed England coach Fabio Capello's call for a winter break in the Barclays Premier League. ... - Date : Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:38:20 GMT+00:00
English soccer team needs an Irish manager, Martin O'Neill - Irish Central Tweet this news
Irish Central---Martin O'Neill- has consistently got teams to play above themselves, starting with Leicester City then Celtic and now Aston Villa. O'Neill would take no ... - Date : Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:10:02 GMT+00:00
MARTIN O'NEILL has slapped a £30million price tag on England star James Milner. - The Sun Tweet this news
The Sun--Milner and his agent met boss -O'Neill-, American owner Randy Lerner and chief executive Paul Faulkner at Villa's training ground on Monday. ... - Date : Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:16:35 GMT+00:00
O'Neill says Warnock won't let England down - expressandstar.com Tweet this news
expressandstar.com--Villa boss -Martin O'Neill- today insisted Stephen Warnock won't let England down if he is thrust into World Cup combat. Warnock was one of the surprise ... - Date : Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:48:09 GMT+00:00
Time for a James sitdown - The Sun Tweet this news
The Sun--And Villa boss -Martin O'Neill- will want to know whether midfielder Milner, 24, intends to stay. O'Neill has already rejected a £30million offer for Milner ... - Date : Fri, 21 May 2010 22:59:46 GMT+00:00
Model armies are paying the price for actions of mercenaries - Times Online Tweet this news
Times Online--So let's ask -Martin O'Neill- what he thinks of Manchester City preparing to relieve him of James Milner. We don't have to. We just have to put ourselves in ... - Date : Fri, 21 May 2010 22:19:22 GMT+00:00

Preceded by
''Unknown''		Grantham Town manager
1987-1989		Succeeded by
John Robertson
Preceded by
''Unknown''		Shepshed Charterhouse manager
1989-1990		Succeeded by
''Unknown''

Youth career
YearsClub
1969-1971Derry City

Senior career
YearsClubAppsGoals
1971Lisburn Distillery73
1971-1981Nottingham Forest28548
1981Norwich City111
1981-1982Manchester City130
1982-1983Norwich City5511
1983-1985Notts County645

National Team
YearsTeamAppsGoals
1971-1984Northern Ireland648

Teams managed
YearsClub
1987-1989Grantham Town
1989Shepshed Charterhouse
1990-1995Wycombe Wanderers
1995Norwich City
1995-2000Leicester City
2000-2005Celtic
2006-Aston Villa

Team Nat From To Record Notes
G W D L Win %
Wycombe Wanderers England 7 February 1990 13 June 1995 Conference Title, 2 FA Trophies, (2 Promotions)
Norwich City England 13 June 1995 17 November 1995
Leicester City England 21 December 1995 1 June 2000 2 League Cups, (Promotion)
Celtic Scotland 1 June 2000 31 May 2005 3 League Titles, 3 Domestic Cups, League Cup
Aston Villa England 5 August 2006 Present
Total



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