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Jeffrey Jude "Jeff" Kenna (born 27 August 1970) is an Irish football manager and former player who played as a defender from 1989 until 2009 notably in the Premier League for Southampton and Blackburn Rovers. He also played for Tranmere Rovers, Wigan Athletic, Birmingham City, Derby County and Kidderminster Harriers. He then went on to manage Galway United and St Patrick's Athletic whilst also being a player. In 2011 he joined the coaching staff of the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. ==Playing career== Kenna was born in Dublin, but began his club career in England, beginning at Southampton in 1988. He made his debut on 4 May 1991 in a 6–2 league defeat by Derby County at the Baseball Ground. He became a first team regular in the 1992–93 season and remained a fixture in the first team until 15 March 1995, when he moved to Blackburn Rovers for a fee of £1.5 million,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/birmingham-city-fc/jeff-kenna-7443/2001-02-2003-04_a15879/ )〕 playing a part in the run-in to the club's Premier League title that year. He had played 114 league matches for the Saints, scoring four goals.〔 He was a regular in the Blackburn team until the 1999–2000 season, after Blackburn had been relegated to Division One. He made his final six appearances for Rovers in the 2000–01 season. During that campaign he had loan spells with Tranmere Rovers and Wigan Athletic, before finally exiting Ewood Park after nearly seven years to join Birmingham City on a free transfer on 24 December 2001.〔 Kenna scored three goals for Birmingham City after their promotion to the Premier League as Division One playoff winners at the end of the 2001–02 season – their first top division campaign in nearly 20 years. He joined Derby County on a free transfer in March 2004,〔 and was appointed club captain 2005, but was released at the end of the season in May 2006. In August 2006 he sealed a move to Kidderminster Harriers in the Conference National. Along with Steve Guppy, he became the first player to play at both Wembley stadiums, having played twice at the old ground, when he played for Kidderminster in their defeat to Stevenage in the FA Trophy Final 2007. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jeff Kenna」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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