Anthony Whelan

Anto Whelan
Personal information
Full name	Anthony Whelan
Date of birth	(1959-11-23) 23 November 1959
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1979-1980	Bohemian F.C.	25	(4)
1980-1983	Manchester United F.C.	1	(0)
1983-1984	Shamrock Rovers	?	(2)
1985-1986	Cork City F.C.	22	(4)
1986-1987	Shamrock Rovers	?	(0)
1987-1988	Bray Wanderers	32	(2)
1988-1994	Shelbourne F.C.	?	(?)
1994-1996	Dundalk F.C.	?	(?)
1996-1997	Drogheda United	?	(?)
1997-1998	Bray Wanderers	14	(0)
National team
1986	League of Ireland XI	1	(0)
1981	Republic of Ireland U21	1	(0)
Teams managed
1996-1997	Drogheda United F.C.
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Anthony Gerard "Anto" Whelan (born 23 November 1959 in Dublin) is a former Irish soccer player who played during the 1970s and 1980s.

He made his League of Ireland debut for Bohemians on 9 September 1979 and made twenty five league appearances (4 goals) and two appearances for Bohs in European competition before transferring to Manchester United in August 1980 for £30,000 . After making just one appearance for Manchester United as a substitute for Kevin Moran, he moved to America.

Anto then returned home to sign for Shamrock Rovers in 1983 and won the League in his first season at the club.^[1] After a spell at Cork City, he briefly signed back with the Rovers in 1986, where he played once in the European Cup. He made a total of 44 appearances for the Hoops.

He then moved on to Bray Wanderers.

He signed for Shelbourne in 1988,^[2] and won the League in 1992 and the 1993 FAI Cup before returning to the Carlisle Grounds to finish his career at Bray Wanderers in the late 1990s.

He had a spell as player/manager at Drogheda United where he guided the club back to the Premier Division in the 1996–97 League of Ireland season.

He earned one cap for the Republic of Ireland U21 side.

Honours

League of Ireland: 2
- Shamrock Rovers - 1983–84
- Shelbourne - 1991-1992
FAI Cup:
- Shelbourne 1993
Leinster Senior Cup:
- Bohemians 1979/80
Dublin City Cup
- Shamrock Rovers 1983/84

References

↑ Shamrock Rovers F.C
↑ Bohemian FC match programme, Vol. 45, no. 2

Drogheda United F.C. – managers

Farrell (1963–1964)
Lynch (1964–1965)
Girvan (1965–1966)
Dunne (1966–1967)
Fitzsimons & Dunne (1967–1969)
Dunne (1969)
Meagan (1969–1973)
Cowan (1973–1975)
McAlinden (1975–1978)
Roche (1978–1979)
Noonan (1979–1980)
Treacy (1980–1982)
Macken (1982–1985)
Reilly (1985–1986)
Mick Lawlor (1986)
Maher (1987)
Brady (1987–1988)
Braddish (1988–1989)
Braddish & Brien (1989–1990)
Brien (1990–1992)
Devlin (1992–1993)
McLaughlin (1993–1996)
Whelan (1996–1997)
Martin Lawlor (1997–1999)
May (1999–2000)
McCue (2000–2003)
Doolin (2003–2008)
Mathews (2009–2010)
Kierans (2010)
Lumsden (2010)
Donnelly (2010)
Browne (2010–2011)
Cooke (2011–2013)
Horgan (2014)
Kierans (2014)
Richardson (2014)
McDonnell (2014–)

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