Brian Kerr

Date of birth: 3 March 1953
Nationality: Irish
Playing career: none
Coaching career: Saint Patrick's Athletic FC, Republic of Ireland, Faroe Islands

• Decided at an early age he would make a better football coach than a player and, after taking on various minor appointments in his native Dublin, was handed the reins of St Pat's in 1986.

• Spent a decade restoring the fortunes of the club, winning the League of Ireland in 1990 and 1996.

• Left to become coach of the Republic of Ireland's youth selections and achieved remarkable success, leading teams to eight final tournaments in five years and to a unique victory double at the UEFA Under-16 and U18 European Championships in 1998. Assumed dual role as technical director of Football Association of Ireland.

• Appointed manager of Ireland senior side, replacing Mick McCarthy in January 2003. Unable to steer team to the finals of either UEFA EURO 2004 or the 2006 FIFA World Cup and was let go in October 2005.

• After a year back at St Pat's as technical director, Kerr accepted an offer to return to international management with the Faroe Islands in April 2009. Five defeats in six 2010 World Cup qualifiers were counterbalanced by 2-1 win against Lithuania, the country's first competitive victory for eight years.