Jeffrey Jude Kenna (born 27 August 1970) is an Irish football manager and former professional footballer.
He played as a defender from 1989 until 2009, notably in the Premier League for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham City. He was part of the Rovers side that won the title in 1995 following his mid-season transfer from the Saints. He also played in the Football League for Tranmere Rovers, Wigan Athletic and Derby County, finishing his career in England with Non-league side Kidderminster Harriers. He was capped 27 times by Republic of Ireland.
Following retirement he went on to manage Galway United and St Patrick's Athletic. In 2011, he joined the coaching staff of the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
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and new Wembley Stadiums were Steve Guppy (for Stevenage Borough) and JeffKenna (for Kidderminster Harriers). Ex-England international Guppy is also the...
retirement, some of Batty's former teammates including Alan Shearer and JeffKenna have commented that they didn't think Batty really liked football and...
Borough, scoring his first goal for them in a 1–1 draw at Exeter City. With JeffKenna, Guppy became the first player to play at both the new Wembley and the...
O'Connell's School in Dublin where his schoolmates included future footballer JeffKenna. At a young age he took up the sport of hurling but thereafter found himself...
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conservative option of pushing left-back Graeme Le Saux forward, bringing JeffKenna into the defence. An unimpressed Witschge later made an outspoken attack...
replaced by JeffKenna as manager. Kenna let goalkeeper Barry Ryan go to Galway United and replaced him with Galway keeper Gary Rogers. Kenna favoured Rogers...
match. The line-ups included Stevenage's Steve Guppy and Kidderminster's JeffKenna, meaning the two players were the first to play at both old and new Wembley...
However, Cousins was sacked at the start of the 2008 season. New manager JeffKenna came in April and Galway's form improved in the latter part of the season...
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