Kevin Phelim Roy McManamon | |
Irish: | Caoimhín Mac Meanman |
Birth Date: | 9 December 1986 |
Birth Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
Height: | 1.80NaN0 |
Occupation: | Sports psychologist[1] |
Sport: | Gaelic football |
Code: | Football |
County: | Dublin |
Province: | Leinster |
Club: | St Jude's |
Clyears: | 2004– |
Clposition: | Full forward |
Counties: | Dublin |
Icyears: | 2010–2021 |
Icposition: | Left corner forward |
Icapps(Points): | 25 (4–21) |
Icprovince: | 10 |
Icallireland: | 8 |
Nfl: | 5 |
Kevin McManamon (born 9 December 1986) is a Gaelic footballer from Dublin who plays for the St Jude's club and was a senior member of the Dublin county team since 2010. He retired in December 2021.[2]
McManamon made his senior debut in O'Byrne Cup against Wexford.[3] In 2010 during the league he was selected as one of the top young players as well being part of the Under 21 Dublin team that won the All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship.[4]
In the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, McManamon played a significant role in the semi-final and final. In the semi-final against Donegal, he came as a substitute with 20 minutes left in the match and scored a vital point.[5]
In the final, he also came on with 20 minutes to go and scored a goal to reduce the margin between the teams at the time from 4 points to a single point. Dublin went on to win the match by a single point and the Irish Independent named him as their man of the match.[6] [7]
As his career begun to wind down, Kevin developed a strong interest in Sports Psychology and has worked with such organisations as the winning Templeogue Basketball team and the Irish Amateur Boxing Team.
On December 1, 2021, in a statement released by Dublin GAA,[8] McManamon announced his immediate retirement from inter-county Football.