Vinny Perth
 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vincent Perth | ||
| Date of birth | 2 August 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cherry Orchard | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2004 | Longford Town | ||
| 2005 | St Patrick's Athletic | ||
| 2006 | Shamrock Rovers | ||
| 2007 | Dundalk | 17 | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008 | Longford Town (assistant) | ||
| 2008 | Longford Town (caretaker) | ||
| 2010–2012 | Malahide United | ||
| 2013–2018 | Dundalk (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Dundalk | ||
| 2021 | Dundalk | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Vinny Perth (born 2 August 1976) is an Irish football manager and former player who most recently managed Dundalk.
A native of Tallaght, Perth was confirmed as the new manager of Dundalk in January 2019, taking over from the departed Stephen Kenny. He had served as Kenny's assistant at Dundalk since 2013.[1][2]
Despite initially falling 13 points behind Shamrock Rovers in the league, Dundalk overhauled the deficit by May.[3][4] In September 2019, Perth led Dundalk to the league title with four games to play, eventually finishing 11 points clear of their nearest rivals.[5] The League Cup followed, with a win over Derry City on penalties securing Dundalk's second League and League Cup double and Perth's first as a manager.[6] However, Perth was unable to secure the domestic treble for Dundalk as they were beaten finalists in the FAI Cup.[7]
On 20 August 2020, Perth lost his position as manager of Dundalk after they were eliminated from the UEFA Champions League.[8][9]
On 16 June 2021, Perth returned to the club as manager, appointed with the club sat in 8th place in the table.[10][11] Dundalk finished the season in 6th place, sixth points off European qualification. On 1 December 2021, Perth left Dundalk for the second time after a local consortium bought the club.[12]
Managerial statistics
[edit]| Team | Nation | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | F | A | Gd | Win % | ||||
| Dundalk |  Ireland
|
4 January 2019[13] | 20 August 2020 | 65 | 43 | 10 | 12 | 121 | 49 | +72 | 66.15 |
| Dundalk | Ireland
|
16 June 2021[14] | 21 November 2021 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 50 | 40 | +10 | 46.88 |
| Total | 97 | 58 | 17 | 22 | 161 | 89 | +82 | 59.79 | |||
- As of 22 November 2021
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]- Longford Town
- FAI Cup (2): 2003, 2004
- League of Ireland Cup (1): 2004
- Shamrock Rovers
- League of Ireland First Division (1): 2006
Manager
[edit]- Dundalk
- League of Ireland Premier Division (1): 2019
- League of Ireland Cup (1): 2019
- FAI President's Cup (1): 2019[15]
- Champions Cup (1): 2019[16]
Individual
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Vinny Perth new Dundalk boss with John Gill as first team coach". RTE Sport. 1 January 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ "Abuse crossed the line: Perth". Irish Independent. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- ^ McLaughlin, Gavin (31 May 2019). "WATCH: Mountney hits hat-trick as Dundalk crush Sligo".
- ^ Ward, Johnny (12 April 2019). "Title-seeking Rovers with routine win over Waterford".
- ^ "'That wasn't the Dundalk way' - Vinny Perth delighted with league title... but not with how it was clinched". Irish Independent. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- ^ McLaughlin, Kevin (14 September 2019). "Dundalk bag EA Sports Cup after shootout win over Derry".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Shamrock Rovers survive dramatic equaliser to end FAI Cup famine with shootout win over Dundalk". Irish Independent. 3 November 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- ^ "Dundalk confirm Perth departure as boss in wake of Champions League exit". The 42. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ Malone, Emmet. "Vinny Perth sacked by Dundalk following Champions League exit". The Irish Times. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- ^ "Vinny Returns to Oriel Park". 16 June 2021.
- ^ "'My wife tells me my name is muck on social media, but I haven't seen it myself, so it doesn't affect me'". The 42. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "Perth leaves Dundalk as O'Donnell speculation increases". 30 November 2021.
- ^ Sport|date=27 April 2014}}
- ^ Sport|date=TBD}}
- ^ "Vinny Perth: We had a point to prove". Irish Examiner. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ "Champions Cup: Dundalk 6-0 Linfield (7-1 on aggregate)". BBC Sport. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ^ "Shamrock Rovers star Jack Byrne named Player of the Year at PFAI Awards". The 42. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  | This biographical article relating to Republic of Ireland association football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |