Ray Kenny is an Irish

Republic of Ireland

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 football

Football (soccer)

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 defender

Defender (football)

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, currently playing for Arklow Town in the Leinster Senior League

Leinster Senior League (association football)

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Biography

Ray signed for Bray Wanderers

Bray Wanderers A.F.C.

Bray Wanderers A.F.C. are an Irish football club playing in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The club, founded in 1942 and elected to the League in 1985, hails from Bray and play their home matches at the Carlisle Grounds. Club colours are Green and White, and it goes by the nickname...

 from TEK United in 1995 and won the Shield and First Division title in his first season with the Club. He picked up a First Division runners-up medal in 1997/98 and despite missing most of the 1998/99 season he returned to play in all three games of the 1999 FAI Cup Final against Finn Harps

Finn Harps F.C.

Finn Harps Football Club are a professional Irish football club playing in the First Division of the League of Ireland. The club was founded in 1954 and elected to the league in 1969. They hail from Ballybofey, County Donegal and play their home matches at Finn Park. The club's colours are blue...

 (wore shirt no 15 for the matches). Played in Bray's two UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

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 games in August 1999.

He joined Kilkenny City in 2000-01, however his stay was short as he moved to Finn Harps

Finn Harps F.C.

Finn Harps Football Club are a professional Irish football club playing in the First Division of the League of Ireland. The club was founded in 1954 and elected to the league in 1969. They hail from Ballybofey, County Donegal and play their home matches at Finn Park. The club's colours are blue...

 with Graham O'Hanlon

Graham O'Hanlon

Graham O'Hanlon on May 19, 1978 was an Irish soccer player during the 1990s and 2000s and is currently assistant manager to Owen Heary's Bohemians Under 19 team....

 moving the other way.

Ray joined Kildare County

Kildare County F.C.

Kildare County F.C. was an Irish football club that played in the League of Ireland. The club, founded in 2002, hailed from Newbridge, County Kildare and played their home matches at Station Road. Their club colours were white and black.- 2001/2002 :...

 from Finn Harps in the 2003 season. He was appointed team captain for 2004 and was named in the Professional Footballers Association of Ireland Division One team of the year. He made 101 appearances for Kildare his 101st arriving against Limerick F.C. in 2005. Ray was Kildare County's Player of the Year in 2004 http://www.kildarecountyfc.com/news/news-details.asp?NewsID=441.

He moved to Shamrock Rovers

Shamrock Rovers F.C.

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 in 2006 making a total of 31 appearances in all competitions. With Rovers he won the First Division in 2006 and also made an appearance on a Futbol Mundial piece about Rovers in July 2006 http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/videos-features.php.

Ray moved back to Bray Wanderers

Bray Wanderers A.F.C.

Bray Wanderers A.F.C. are an Irish football club playing in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The club, founded in 1942 and elected to the League in 1985, hails from Bray and play their home matches at the Carlisle Grounds. Club colours are Green and White, and it goes by the nickname...

 for the 2007 season. In February 2009 he signed for Longford Town

Longford Town F.C.

Longford Town F.C. is an Irish football club playing in the League of Ireland First Division. The club, founded in 1924 and elected to the league in 1984, hails from Longford, County Longford and play their home matches at Flancare Park...

 before leaving at the end of the 2009 season.

Honours

• FAI Cup
  FAI Cup
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  • Bray Wanderers 1999

• League of Ireland First Division: 2
  • Bray Wanderers 1995/1996
  • Shamrock Rovers - 2006

• League of Ireland First Division Shield
  League of Ireland First Division Shield
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  • Bray Wanderers 1995/1996

• • Player of the Year:
  • Kildare County - 2004

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