Dessie Sloyan

{{Short description|Sligo Gaelic footballer (born 1976)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=October 2020}} {{infobox Gaelic games player | image = | name = Dessie Sloyan | irish = Deasún Ó Sluáin | nickname = | occupation = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|2|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Easkey, County Sligo]], Ireland | feet = 5 | inches = 11<ref name=Hogan_Stand_1997/> | sport = Gaelic football | code = Football | county = Sligo | province = Leinster | club = [[Easkey GAA|Easkey]] | clyears = | clapps(points) = | clcounty = 0 | clprovince = | clallireland = | counties = [[Sligo county football team|Sligo]] | icyears = 1996–2006 | icposition = Full-forward | icapps(points) = | icprovince = 0 | icallireland = 0 | nfl = 0 | allstars = 0 | clupdate = | icupdate = 14:54, 27 November 2016 }} '''Desmond "Dessie" Sloyan''' (born 2 February 1976) is an Irish [[Gaelic football]] [[Manager (Gaelic games)|manager]] and former player. His [[National Football League (Ireland)|league]] and [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|championship]] career at senior level with the [[Sligo county football team|Sligo county team]] spanned ten seasons from 1996 until 2006.<ref name=Hogan_Stand_1997>{{cite news|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/Sligo/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=44829|title=Sligo's Dessie Sloyan|publisher=Hogan Stand|volume=7|number=31|date=1 August 1997}}</ref>

==Playing career== Sloyan scored eight points in Sligo's unexpected victory over a [[Mick O'Dwyer]]-managed [[Kildare county football team|Kildare]] in the [[2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2021/0309/1202915-2001-remembering-first-back-door-season-20-years-on/|title=2001 — Remembering first back-door season 20 years on|publisher=RTÉ|date=14 March 2021}}</ref>

==Managerial career== He has also had a successful managerial career in Gaelic Football, winning a [[Connacht Junior Club Football Championship]] in 2018 with his club Easkey <ref>{{Cite web |title=Connacht club JFC final: McKenna the Easkey hero - HoganStand |url=https://hoganstand.com/Article/Index/292649 |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=hoganstand.com}}</ref> and also managing [[Sligo GAA]] U20s to their first ever provincial title at that age group when winning the 2022 [[Connacht Under-20 Football Championship]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sloyan says it's a joy to work with Sligo U20 players who are the Connacht champions |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/sport/gaa/sloyan-says-its-a-joy-to-work-with-sligo-u20-players-who-are-the-connacht-champions-41590243.html |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=independent |language=en}}</ref>

He joined the [[Longford senior football team]] backroom team when [[Paddy Christie]] was appointed manager in August 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2022/0827/1319145-paddy-christie-appointed-longford-football-manager/|title=Paddy Christie appointed Longford senior football manager|publisher=RTÉ|first=Damian|last=Lawlor|date=27 August 2022}}</ref>

As of January 2025, he was working with manager [[Ray Dempsey]] and head coach and selector [[Joe Brolly]] at Mayo's [[Knockmore GAA]] club.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/joe-brolly-appointed-as-selector-and-head-coach-at-mayo-gaa-club-knockmore/a664181421.html|title=Joe Brolly appointed as selector and head coach at Mayo GAA club Knockmore|work=[[Irish Independent]]|first=Donnchadh|last=Boyle|date=29 January 2025}}</ref> In July 2025, he was ratified as joint manager of the Sligo senior footballers with [[Eamonn O'Hara]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2025/0729/1525876-sloyan-and-ohara-named-as-sligo-joint-managers/|title=Dessie Sloyan and Eamonn O'Hara named as Sligo joint-managers|publisher=RTÉ|date=29 July 2025}}</ref>

==Career statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"|Team !rowspan="2"|Year !colspan="2"|[[Connacht Senior Hurling Championship|Connacht]] !colspan="2"|[[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|All-Ireland]]

!colspan="2"|Total |- !Apps!!Score!!Apps!!Score!!Apps!!Score |- |rowspan="10"|[[Sligo county football team|Sligo]] |1997 |2||1–3||0||0–0||2||1–3 |- |1998 |3||1–0||0||0–0||3||1–0 |- |1999 |2||0–2||0||0–0||2||0–2 |- |2000 |2||0–3||0||0–0||2||0–3 |- |2001 |1||0–4||3||1–15||4||1–19 |- |2002 |3||1–6||3||1–17||6||2–23 |- |2003 |2||0–10||1||0–5||3||0–15 |- |2004 |2||0–9||1||0–1||3||0–10 |- |2005 |0||0–0||4||0–5||4||0–5 |- |2006 |0||0–0||0||0–0||0||0–0 |- !colspan="2"|Total |'''17'''||'''3–37'''||'''12'''||'''2–43'''||'''29'''||'''5–80''' |}

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