Johnny McKinstry

Johnny McKinstry

McKinstry in September 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-07-16) 16 July 1985
Place of birth Lisburn, Northern Ireland
Club information
Current team
 Rwanda (manager)
Teams managed
Years Team
2013–2014 Sierra Leone
2015– Rwanda

Johnny McKinstry (born 16 July 1985) is a Irish football coach who is currently the manager of the Rwanda national team. He previously managed the Sierra Leone national team.[1]

Career

Sierra Leone National Team

On 11 April 2013, McKinstry was appointed as the manager of the Sierra Leone national football team following the resignation of Swedish coach Lars-Olof Mattsson.[2] McKinstry has spoken about his desire to be awarded the job on a permanent basis.[3] He was sacked in September 2014,[4] and later spoke about his time in the country, including the 2014 Ebola outbreak.[5]

Under McKinstry's care the Sierra Leone team rose to their highest ever FIFA World Ranking position of 50th.[6]

Rwanda National Team

In March 2015 he was confirmed as the new Rwanda manager.[7] He stated he was looking forward to the challenge.[8]

In his first competitive game in charge, McKinstry guided Rwanda to their first away win in 4-years with a 1-0 victory over Mozambique in the opening round of 2017 African Nations Cup qualifying [9]

In December 2015, Rwanda finished as Runners-up in the CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup 2015, defeating hosts Ethiopia, reigning champions Kenya, and previous tournament runners-up Sudan en route the final before losing 1-0 to Uganda - the most successful team in the region, who claimed their 14th title. McKinstry was named as 'Coach of the Tournament' by sponsors DSTV.[10][11]

In January 2016, McKinstry led Rwanda to the knock-out stages of a major competition for the first time in their history[12] when he guided them to 1st place in Group A of the 2016 edition of the CAF African Nations Championship[13] and qualification for the Quarter Finals. Their progress was halted at this stage however by eventual Champions, DR Congo, following a 2-1 loss after extra time in Kigali.[14][15]

The results obtained in his first twelve months at the helm of Rwandan Football were recognised when in March 2018 the Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA) rewarded McKinstry's efforts with a new two year contract that would see him remain as Head Coach until 2018. [16]

Managerial statistics

As of 27 March 2016[17]
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 11 April 2013 17 September 2014 8 3 2 3 37.50
Rwanda Rwanda 29 March 2015 Present 23 11 2 10 47.83
Total 31 14 4 13 45.16

International Career Results

As of 29 March 2016[18][19]
Date Competition Team 1 Result Team 2
08/06/2013 FIFA World Cup Qual Sierra Leone 2-2 Tunisia
15/06/2013 FIFA World Cup Qual Cape Verde Islands 1-0 Sierra Leone
07/09/2013 FIFA World Cup Qual Sierra Leone 3-2 Equatorial Guinea
18/05/2014 CAF Nations Cup Qual Swaziland 1-1 Sierra Leone
31/05/2014 CAF Nations Cup Qual Sierra Leone 1-0 Swaziland
19/07/2014 CAF Nations Cup Qual Sierra Leone 2-0 Seychelles
06/09/2014 CAF Nations Cup Qual Ivory Coast 2-1 Sierra Leone
10/09/2014 CAF Nations Cup Qual DR Congo 2-0 Sierra Leone
29/03/2015 FIFA Friendly Zambia 2-0 Rwanda
06/06/2015 FIFA Friendly Rwanda 0-0 Kenya
07/06/2015 FIFA Friendly Rwanda 2-0 Tanzania
14/06/2015 CAF Nations Cup Qual Mozambique 0-1 Rwanda
28/08/2015 FIFA Friendly Rwanda 3-1 Ethiopia
05/09/2015 CAF Nations Cup Qual Rwanda 0-1 Ghana
12/09/2015 FIFA Friendly Rwanda 0-1 Gabon
13/11/2015 FIFA World Cup Qual Libya 1-0 Rwanda
17/11/2015 FIFA World Cup Qual Rwanda 1-3 Libya
21/11/2015 CECAFA Cup Ethiopia 0-1 Rwanda
24/11/2014 CECAFA Cup Rwanda 1-2 Tanzania
27/11/2015 CECAFA Cup Rwanda 3-0 Somalia
01/12/2015 CECAFA Cup QF Rwanda 0-0 (5-3p) Kenya
03/12/2015 CECAFA Cup SF Rwanda 1-1 (4-2p) Sudan
05/12/2015 CECAFA Cup F Uganda 1-0 Rwanda
06/01/2016 FIFA Friendly Rwanda 1-1 Cameroon
10/01/2016 FIFA Friendly Rwanda 1-0 DR Congo
16/01/2016 CAF Nations Championship Rwanda 1-0 Ivory Coast
20/01/2016 CAF Nations Championship Rwanda 2-1 Gabon
24/01/2016 CAF Nations Championship Morocco 4-1 Rwanda
30/01/2016 CAF Nations Championship QF Rwanda 1-1 (1-2et) DR Congo
26/03/2016 CAF Nations Cup Qual Mauritius 1-0 Rwanda
29/03/2016 CAF Nations Cup Qual Rwanda 5-0 Mauritius

References

  1. ↑ "British Coaches Abroad: Johnny McKinstry". http://www.football365.com. Football365. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  2. ↑ Mohamed Fajah Barrie (11 April 2013). "Sierra Leone appoints Irish coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  3. ↑ Mohamed Fajah Barrie (21 November 2013). "Johnny McKinstry targets permanent Sierra Leone job". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Mohamed Fajah Barrie (17 September 2014). "Sierra Leone sack Northern Irish coach Johnny McKinstry". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Ben Smith (19 December 2014). "Sierra Leone: How Ebola outbreak cost Johnny McKinstry his job". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  6. ↑ http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/news/y=2014/m=9/news=leone-stars-shine-with-purpose-2435406.html
  7. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31803735
  8. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32240289
  9. ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/201506152015.html
  10. ↑ http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/article/2015-12-06/195035/
  11. ↑ http://ferwafa.rw/spip.php?article605
  12. ↑ http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/article/2016-01-24/196385/
  13. ↑ http://wwe.supersport.com/football/chan-2016/news/160121/Rwanda_top_Chan_Group_A
  14. ↑ http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35450007
  15. ↑ http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35516984
  16. ↑ http://www.supersport.com/football/africa/news/160323/McKinstry_extends_Rwanda_contract
  17. ↑ http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.johnny.mckinstry.198695.en.html
  18. ↑ http://int.soccerway.com/teams/sierra-leone/sierra-leone/1960/
  19. ↑ http://int.soccerway.com/teams/rwanda/rwanda/1879/

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