Wayne Cooney

Wayne Cooney is a former footballer who played in the League of Ireland during the 1990s.

Career

Born in Birmingham, Cooney started his career at Norwich [City F.C.|Norwich City] before returning to Dublin to sign for Noel King's Shamrock Rovers side in 1988. He made his debut on 4 September and became a popular figure with the fans in his 4 years at Rovers. He made a total of 127 appearances scoring 6 times for the Hoops.
He then moved to Dundalk. After a couple of seasons at Oriel Park, he became Turlough [O'Connor |Turlough O'Connor]'s first signing for Bohemians where he scored his debut for Bohs on 3 January 1994 in a 2-0 league win over Cobh Ramblers. He made 4 appearances in European competition for Bohs, all of them in the 1995 Intertoto Cup.
Cooney earned caps for the Republic of [Ireland national under-19 football team|Republic of Ireland national under-19 team].