Dave Connell

{{Short description|Irish footballer (born 1961)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{Use Hiberno-English|date=February 2014}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dave Connell

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|11|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland

| position = Right-back

| years1 = 1979–1985 | clubs1 = Bohemians | caps1 = 103| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 1985–1988 | clubs2 = Dundalk | caps2 = 29 | goals2 = 1

| years3 = 1989–1992 | clubs3 = Shamrock Rovers | caps3 = 95 | goals3 = 5

| years4 = 1992–1993 | clubs4 = Ards | caps4 = 22 | goals4 = 1

| years5 = 1993–1994 | clubs5 = Drogheda United | caps5 = 25 | goals5 = 1

| years6 = 1994–1999 | clubs6 = Limerick | caps6 = 79 | goals6 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1997–1998 | managerclubs1 = Limerick

| manageryears2 = 2001 | managerclubs2 = Galway United

| manageryears3 = 2011– | managerclubs3 = Republic of Ireland women's U17

| manageryears4 = 2011– | managerclubs4 = Republic of Ireland women's U19

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Dave Connell (born 27 November 1961) was an Irish soccer player during the 1970s and 1980s. He is currently the head coach of the U19 Republic of Ireland women's national football team and works as a Football In Community Development Officer for the Football Association of Ireland.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=80&Itemid=83|title=Football Association of Ireland}}