Full name John Caulfield Name John Caulfield Position Forward 1985–1986 Athlone Town Spouse Grainne Caulfield | Years Team Height 1.80 m Playing position Role Irish footballer Current team Cork City F.C. | |
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Date of birth (1964-10-11) 11 October 1964 (age 51) Place of birth New York City, New York, U.S. Children Aideen Caulfield, Sinead Caulfield | ||
John caulfield irish footballer top 8 facts
John Caulfield (born 11 October 1964) is a former League of Ireland footballer and the current manager of Cork City. Caulfield spent the majority of his playing career at Cork City and was a prominent member of the team that won the 1992–93 League of Ireland Premier Division. He was also the League of Ireland Premier Division Top Scorer in both 1991–92 and 1994–95. As a manager Caulfield also won the 2016 FAI Cup with Cork City. Caulfield has also played Gaelic football and represented both Roscommon and Cork at inter-county level, winning an All-Ireland title with the latter.
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- John caulfield irish footballer top 8 facts
- Family
- Early years
- Cork City
- Gaelic football
- Avondale United
- UCC
- Association football
- Manager
- Fai cup final preview john caulfield
- References
Family
Caulfield was born in The Bronx, New York. His mother was from County Cork and his father was from County Mayo. When he was a young child he moved with his family to County Roscommon. As a schoolboy he attended matches with his father at Athlone Town, including the 1975–76 UEFA Cup game against A.C. Milan. While a boarder at Summerhill College, where he studied for his Leaving Cert, he also attended matches at Sligo Rovers.
Early years
While completing his third level education at Athlone Regional College, Caulfield began playing for Athlone Town as a defender. In 1983–84, together with Turlough O'Connor and Fran Hitchcock, he was a member of the Athlone Town reserve team that won the League of Ireland B Division. He also made his first senior League of Ireland appearance with Athlone Town, coming on as substitute against Home Farm, making what Caulfield himself described as a "three-minute" debut. In 1985, he moved to Ballineen and Enniskean in West Cork and began working in the local Soundstore shop. He also began playing for Wembley in the Munster Senior League.
Cork City
Between 1986 and 2001, Caulfield played for Cork City, making his debut in a League of Ireland Cup game against Kilkenny City. Shortly after he scored the club's first hat-trick in a 3-2 win over Sligo Rovers. Together with Pat Morley and Dave Barry, he subsequently became a prominent member of the City team that won the 1992–93 Premier Division, the 1997–98 FAI Cup, three League of Ireland Cups and eleven Munster Senior Cups. During this time Caulfield made 455 appearances for the club. This remains a club record. Caulfield is also the holder of several other club records including most starts (376) and most substitute appearances (79). Together with Pat Morley, he is the club's joint all-time top scorer with 129 goals. He was also the League of Ireland Premier Division Top Scorer in both 1991–92 and 1994–95. In 2008, he was inducted into the club's Hall of Fame.
While playing for Cork City, Caulfield continued to live in Ballineen and Enniskean where he started a family with his wife, Grainne. They have two daughters, Sinead and Aideen. Throughout his playing career with Cork City he maintained his amateur status and worked as a sale rep, initially with Bulmers and later for Diageo. He would continue to work for Diageo until he was appointed manager of Cork City in 2013.
Gaelic football
As well as playing association football, Caulfield has also played Gaelic football at inter-county level. He initially represented Roscommon as a minor but after moving to West Cork he played for St Mary's, Carbery and then for Cork at inter-county junior level. In 1990, he was a member of the Cork team that won the Munster and All-Ireland Junior Football Championships. In the All-Ireland final on September 9 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh he scored 1–3 as Cork defeated Warwickshire 3–16 to 0–8. He continued to play for St Mary's until 2007 and was subsequently part of the coaching staff that guided the club to the 2009 West Cork Junior A Football Championship.
Early years
While still playing for Cork City, Caulfield began attending FAI coaching courses and was tutored by, among others, Brian Kerr. He also began coaching schoolboy teams at Riverside Athletic, the Ballineen and Enniskean-based team that played in the West Cork League. He also coached the West Cork Schoolboys League representative team that played in the Kennedy Cup at inter-league level.
Avondale United
Between 2002 and 2010 Caulfield served as manager of Avondale United in the Munster Senior League. During this time Caulfield transformed Avondale into one of the leading intermediate clubs in the Republic of Ireland. In 2004–05 Avondale reached the Munster Senior Cup. Caulfield was initially a player/coach at Avondale and in the semi-final he scored the opening goal in a 3–1 win over Clonmel Town. With Caulfield in charge Avondale won the FAI Intermediate Cup in 2005–06 and 2006–07 and two Munster Premier Division titles in 2008–09 and 2009–10.
UCC
Between 2010 and 2013 served as manager of University College Cork A.F.C., who like Avondale United, played in the Munster Senior League. Caulfield guided UCC to success in both the 2011 Collingwood Cup and in the 2011–12 MSL Senior First Division which saw them promoted to the Senior Premier Division.
Cork City
On 5 November 2013 Caulfield was appointed manager of Cork City, succeeding Tommy Dunne. With Caulfield in charge, Cork City have finished as runners-up in the League of Ireland Premier Division in 2014, 2015 and 2016. They were also runners-up in the 2015 FAI Cup. In 2016 Caulfield guided Cork City to victory in both the President's Cup and the FAI Cup. In the 2016 FAI Cup Final, City won when Seán Maguire scored a last minute extra time goal against Dundalk. In the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League Caulfield guided City to the Third Qualifying Round, defeating Linfield and BK Häcken before losing out to K.R.C. Genk.
Stats shown below are for Premier Division, FAI Cup, League of Ireland Cup and Europa League games.
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