{{Short description|Irish footballer}} {{for|the Australian journalist|Mark Kenny}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Marc Kenny | fullname = | height = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1973|09|17}} | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = 1984–1991 | youthclubs1 = Home Farm | years1 = 1991–1993 | years2 = 1993–1995 | years3 = 1995–1996 | years4 = 1996–2003 | years5 = 2003 | years6 = 2004 | years7 = 2004 | years8 = 2005 | years9 = 2005 | clubs1 = Liverpool | clubs2 = Bangor | clubs3 = Glenavon | clubs4 = Shamrock Rovers | clubs5 = Kildare County | clubs6 = Shamrock Rovers | clubs7 = Dublin City | clubs8 = Monaghan United | clubs9 = Shamrock Rovers | caps1 = 0 | caps2 = 32 | caps3 = 6 | caps4 = 162 | caps5 = 11 | caps6 = 5 | caps7 = 14 | caps8 = 15 | caps9 = 14 | goals1 = 0 | goals2 = 6 | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 26 | goals5 = 2 | goals6 = 0 | goals7 = 1 | goals8 = 0 | goals9 = 0 | totalcaps = 259 | totalgoals = 35 | nationalyears1 = 1990 |nationalteam1 = Republic of Ireland U17 | nationalcaps1 = 1 |nationalgoals1 = 0 }}
'''Marc Kenny''' (born 17 September 1973) is an Irish former footballer.
==Career== Kenny was captain of the Home Farm schoolboys team that got into the Guinness Book of Records for going six seasons without a defeat.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Scott|first1=Eamon|title=Home Farm honour '203 club' members|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/home-farm-honour-203-club-members/27894939.html|website=Herald|date=December 9, 2008}}</ref>
A Republic of Ireland national under-17 football team international after three seasons at Liverpool he came home to play three seasons in the Irish League with Bangor and Glenavon
He made his League of Ireland debut for Shamrock Rovers at Finn Harps on 12 October 1996.
A week later he scored on his full debut against Bohs in a 3–2 victory in Tolka Park.
He scored a memorable free kick against Celtic in July 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=Battling Rovers performance in Tolka|url=http://shamrockrovers.ie/archive/46/2603-v-celtic-070702|website=Shamrock Rovers FC|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121222133445/http://shamrockrovers.ie/archive/46/2603-v-celtic-070702|archivedate=December 22, 2012|date=July 7, 2002}}</ref>
Kenny left Rovers before the 2005 League of Ireland season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kenny leaves Rovers|url=http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/kenny-leaves-rovers-191537.html|website=Breaking News}}</ref>
His last League of Ireland game was at Tolka Park in November 2005 as Rovers were relegated for the first time in their history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eircom League Play Off - Tolka Park - 25.11.05 - ko 7.45pm|url=http://shamrockrovers.ie/archive/42/2919-v-dublin-city-251105|website=Shamrock Rovers FC|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203162405/http://shamrockrovers.ie/archive/42/2919-v-dublin-city-251105|archivedate=February 3, 2017|date=July 12, 2012}}</ref>
A tremendous free kick taker, Marc's connections to Rovers went back much further as older brother Harry Kenny spent 13 seasons at the club.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999-01-05 |title=Harry's game for all-change Ashtown Villa |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/harrys-game-for-all-change-ashtown-villa/26161634.html |access-date=2026-03-17 |website=Irish Independent |language=en}}</ref> Another brother, Dave, a free scoring left footed winger who played his football with Railway Union FC & Ashtown Villa FC in the Leinster Senior League.
Marc now coaches St. Mochta's in the Leinster Senior League (soccer).<ref>https://stmochtasfc.com/teams/seniors/seniors/</ref>
Kenny played in the 1990 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship qualifiers and the 1992 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship qualifiers.
His first European game was for Bangor against APOEL in the 1993-94 European Cup Winners' Cup. His free kick led to Bangor's opener. In the second leg his corner led to Mark Glendinning's finish in Cyprus.
He was the only Glenavon player carded in the clash at Werder Bremen in the 1995-96 UEFA Cup.
For Rovers his free kick led to Derek Tracey's goal at Altayspor in the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup. In the home leg he was sent off.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rovers pipped at post|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rovers-pipped-at-post-1.168082|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=June 29, 1998}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kenny, Marc}} Category:Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Category:Republic of Ireland men's youth international footballers Category:Shamrock Rovers F.C. players Category:Glenavon F.C. players Category:Bangor F.C. players Category:Kildare County F.C. players Category:League of Ireland players Category:NIFL Premiership players Category:Association footballers from Dublin (city) Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Home Farm F.C. players