Years Team Role Football player Name Seamus Heath | 1982 →Lincoln City (loan) 1979–1982 Luton Town | |
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Full name Seamus Martin James Paul Heath Date of birth (1961-12-06) 6 December 1961 (age 54) Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
Seamus Heath (born 6 December 1961 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish former association football midfielder. Heath was an archetypal journeyman appearing for several clubs during the course of his career. He subsequently carved out a successful career in coaching.
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Playing career
Heath began his career at amateur club Cromac Albion where for a time he roomed with future Northern Ireland international Mal Donaghy. In April 1979 he joined Football League side Luton Town although Heath did not make any league appearances for the club and in April 1982 joined Lincoln City on loan. He spent the 1983–84 season at Wrexham and then played for Tranmere Rovers before returning to Northern Ireland with Portadown in October 1986.
Soon afterwards Heath moved to Finland to play for Bollklubben-46 and subsequently played for a number of other clubs in the country. In October 1989 he joined Glentoran although the following summer Heath returned to Bollklubben-46. He rejoined Glentoran in October 1990. Heath signed for Distillery in July 1992. He moved to League of Ireland side Derry City in August 1994. He returned to the Irish Football League with Cliftonville in August 1995.
Coaching
Heath served as youth development officer at Glenavon and until 2005 combined this with a wider role as one of 23 Irish Football Association (IFA) youth development officers. In this capacity he also served as assistant manager of the Northern Ireland under-19 team. In January 2006 Heath was appointed manager of Kilmore Recreation.
Heath would return to the IFA around 2007 as a "Grassroots Development Officer" for the Down district. As of 2011 Heath remains in position with the IFA. He has also turned out for the Northern Ireland over 45s in veterans matches.
Family
His son Ben subsequently played for Connah's Quay Nomads and Caernarfon Town in the Welsh Premier League.