Wayne Cooney (born 23 March 1968) 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 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'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 team. References 1968 births Living people Republic of Ireland association footballers Republic of Ireland youth international footballers Association football fullbacks Shamrock Rovers F.C. players Bohemian F.C. players Dundalk F.C. players League of Ireland players English footballers English people of Irish descent Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands Newry City F.C. players NIFL Premiership players Cliftonville F.C. players