Warren Feeney

Warren's grandfather, Jim Feeney had also played for Swansea in the 1940s, and also won international caps for Northern Ireland – they were the first grandfather/grandson to have played for the Swans.

Warren James Feeney (born 17 January 1981) is a Northern Irish football manager and former professional footballer.

He is currently manager of NIFL Premiership club Glentoran.

As a player he was a forward who began his professional career with Leeds United.

He played in the Football League for AFC Bournemouth, Stockport County, Luton Town, Cardiff City, Swansea City, Sheffield Wednesday, Oldham Athletic and Plymouth Argyle, in the Scottish Premiership for Dundee United.

He also had a spell in his native country for Linfield and played non-league football for both Salisbury City and Callington Town.

He is a former Northern Ireland international and was capped 46 times, scoring 5 goals.

In making his debut, he became the third generation of his family to receive an international cap, after his father Warren Feeney, Sr. and grandfather Jim Feeney.

After retiring he moved into management and has had spells in charge of Linfield, Newport County, Ards and in Bulgaria with Pirin Blagoevgrad.

Feeney attended Ashfield Boys' High School.

He started his career when he joined St Andrews, once scoring 54 goals in one season.

He signed as a trainee with Leeds United, in 1998, but never made the league side and was loaned out to AFC Bournemouth in 2001.

After 10 loan games, the loan to Bournemouth became permanent and he finally played in 108 games for Bournemouth, scoring 36 goals, before leaving at the end of the 2003–04 season.

He joined Stockport County from Bournemouth for a fee of £45,000, making over 30 appearances for them, and scoring 15 goals, but in spite of his contribution the club were relegated at the end of the season.

Feeney moved on to Luton Town for £150,000.

He did not have a great start to his Luton career, scoring only 6 goals in 30 starts and 18 substitute appearances in the 2005–06 season, and although he finally clocked up 77 appearances in all, he only managed a haul of 8 goals in total, and in March 2007, he was allowed to join Cardiff City on loan

At the end of his loan spell at Cardiff he agreed a three-year deal with the club, but he failed to find the net in a competitive game, his only goal coming in a pre-season friendly against Dutch side FC Twente.

However, considering the deal he had just signed it was perhaps surprising when he was loaned to Swansea City for four months from 21 August 2007

He scored his first goal for Swansea on 2 October, in a 2–1 win over Swindon Town and began to establish himself in the side, scoring 5 goals in ten matches, but on 15 December, while playing for Swansea in a match against Southend United he sustained injury to an ankle ligament after a heavy tackle by Lewis Hunt.

His injury ended his opportunity of a permanent switch to Swansea, who had already held talks with Cardiff about a permanent deal.

In January 2008, Swansea manager Roberto Martínez put an end to the transfer speculation by stating that "it is going to be very, very difficult to agree something over Warren" meaning that he will not be moving to them in January but Martínez also mentioned that a summer move would not be out of the question.

Back at Cardiff, he returned from the injury in March 2008, coming on as a 90th-minute substitute for Paul Parry during a 1–0 win over Hull City but suffered another injury two weeks later during a 0–0 with West Bromwich Albion which ended his season.

In July 2008, Feeney joined fellow Cardiff City player Willo Flood on loan at Scottish Premier League side Dundee United.

In only his third friendly game for Dundee United, he scored a hat-trick against Raith Rovers at Stark's Park, although he did not score his first competitive goal until November.

He went on to score 6 league goals for the Scottish club by the end of the season, only for a groin injury to put an end to his loan spell.

After returning to Cardiff again his injury woes continued, and in July 2009 it was reported on the BBC website that Feeney would miss the start of the 2009–10 season as he would undergo hip surgery, he would also miss vital World Cup games for Northern Ireland.

This problem was believed to have come to light during a medical with League One side Leeds United, the club where he started his career, but after failing this medical the move was called off.

He returned to action for Cardiff on 17 October 2009, when came on as a substitute for Chris Burke during a 1–1 draw with Crystal Palace.

On 26 November 2009, Feeney joined Championship side Sheffield Wednesday on loan until the end of December.

Cardiff manager Dave Jones stated that Feeney would return to Cardiff at the end of his loan spell after only playing 13 minutes for Sheffield Wednesday, during which time the manager who signed him, Brian Laws, was sacked after a string of poor results.

Following Cardiff's playoff final defeat, the club released five players, including Feeney.

On 14 July 2010, Feeney joined Football League One side Oldham Athletic.

He scored his first and only goal for the club in a FA Cup first round match on 6 November 2010 against Accrington Stanley.

On 3 August 2011, he had his contract terminated.

Feeney signed a one-year contract with Plymouth Argyle in August 2011.

He made his debut in a 1–1 draw at Shrewsbury Town and scored his first goal in a 2–0 win against Macclesfield Town.

Having made 30 appearances in his first season with Argyle, Feeney signed a one-year contract extension in May 2012.

He scored a further three goals in 22 appearances in 2012–13 before a knee injury sidelined him for the rest of the campaign.

Feeney was released at the end of the season, but returned on trial in July to try and earn a new contract, and scored in one of the club's friendly matches.

He joined Salisbury City on 20 July 2013 as player-assistant manager to new manager Mikey Harris.