Mick McCarthy
McCarthy as coach of the " Wolves " (2011)
Michael Joseph " Mick " McCarthy ( born February 7, 1959 in Barnsley ) is an Irish football coach with English roots, who trains since 2012 Ipswich Town. In addition to his coaching career, he also worked already as a TV pundit in football television. He was the first Irish football player, who competed as a player and as a coach to the finals of the World Cup.
Playing career
McCarthy debuted on August 20, 1977 while playing against the AFC Rochdale for the third division side FC Barnsley. In the season 1980/81 he managed with this team promotion to the Football League Second Division, the then second highest division in English football. In 1983 he moved to Premier League rivals Manchester City and gathered there in four years, many matches in the first division. After ten years in English football McCarthy went to Scotland for Celtic Glasgow. At Celtic he could celebrate his first and only countable successes. In addition to the Scottish Cup in 1988 and the Scottish FA Cup was won in 1988 and 1989. He then moved to France to Lyon, which had just risen only in the Ligue 1. There, however, McCarthy could not prevail, and was therefore awarded to the FC Millwall in March 1990. Only a few months later, he was finally obliged. The following two years were marked by injuries, which is why he resigned from the league in 1992 and took over as coach of the club.
National
Although he was born in England, Mick McCarthy had the privilege to play for the Irish national football team because of his Irish father Charles. On May 23, 1984, he made his debut in the game against Poland. By the time he established himself first-team regular and was even captain of the national team. In the European Football Championship in 1988, he completed all three games and the Football World Cup 1990, he reached the quarter-finals with Ireland. Overall, he played 57 international matches, scoring 2 goals.
Coaching career
In 1992, he started initially as player-coach at FC Millwall and heir Bruce Rioch. Four years later he was following the resignation of Jack Charlton as a hot coach candidate for the vacant place in the Irish national team. On 5 February 1996, he was officially presented as coach of the Association. After failing to qualify for the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000, he qualified with the Irish for the Football World Cup 2002. However, participation was overshadowed by the dispute between McCarthy and the former star player Roy Keane. Keane was sent home after he had complained about preparing and equipping the team. Despite the good performances at the World Cup, Ireland started rather moderate in the qualification for the European Championship 2004. Under the pressure of public McCarthy came on 5 November 2002 back from his post. Five months later, he took over the coaching reins at Sunderland, but could not prevent relegation from the Premier League and lost with the Black Cats all of the remaining nine league games.
In the season 2004/ 05 he made with the team to promotion back to the Premier League. Once there but stagnated the services of Sunderland. Ten games before the end of the season his team had already 16 points behind a non- relegation zone and McCarthy was replaced as coach just by Roy Keane. On 21 July 2006 he was appointed as successor to Glenn Hoddle at Wolverhampton Wanderers. After two failed attempts, he succeeded in his third season with the Wolves promotion to the Premier League. With McCarthy as manager, the club established in the following years in the Premier League and always managed to avoid relegation. After a series of poor results and slipping into the relegation zone of the Premier League 2011/ 12, the Wolverhampton Wanderers separated on February 13, 2012 after a 1:5 defeat against local rivals West Bromwich Albion by Mick McCarthy.
1 November 2012, McCarthy was as the new coach of Ipswich Town, the bottom team The Football League Championship presented. There he had the retired Paul Jewell replaced.
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- As a player: Scottish soccer champion: 1988
- Scottish Cup Winners: 1988, 1989