Keith Long

{{Short description|Irish footballer and manager}}

{{for|the Australian footballer|Keith Long (Australian footballer)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{Use Irish English|date=November 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Keith Long

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|11|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland

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| years1 = 1990–1993 | clubs1 = Stoke City | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1993–1996 | clubs2 = Dundalk | caps2 = 48 | goals2 = 1

| years3 = 1996–2000 | clubs3 = St Patrick's Athletic | caps3 = 59 | goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2000–2005 | clubs4 = Bray Wanderers | caps4 = 123 | goals4 = 0

| totalcaps = 230

| totalgoals = 2

| manageryears1 = 2011–2012 | managerclubs1 = Bray Wanderers

| manageryears2 = 2014 | managerclubs2 = Athlone Town

| manageryears3 = 2014–2022 | managerclubs3 = Bohemians

| manageryears4 = 2023–2025 | managerclubs4 = Waterford

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Keith Long (born 14 November 1973) is an Irish football manager and former footballer. He was most recently the manager of League of Ireland Premier Division team Waterford

Long is a former Bray Wanderers player, assistant manager and was previously caretaker manager before taking over in November 2011 from Pat Devlin.{{cite web|url=http://www.extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/6094/|title=UCD 1 - 2 Bray Wanderers|work=Extratime.ie|access-date=11 April 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214520/http://www.extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/6094/|archive-date=3 March 2016}}

Long also played for Stoke City before joining Dundalk in 1993 and then St Patrick's Athletic before joining Bray Wanderers in 2000 where he played 138 games before retiring in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/irish/2006/0925/209484-braywanderers/

|title=Long named as Bray assistant manager|work=RTÉ Sport|date=25 September 2006 |access-date=11 April 2012 }}

His first league goal was the winner for Dundalk at Eamonn Deacy Park on 4 November 1995.

Long made a substitute appearance in the 1995–96 UEFA Cup at the Malmö Stadion

{{Cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/51913--malmo-vs-dundalk/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=21 August 2013 |archive-date=14 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114003301/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=1995/matches/round=657/match=51913/postmatch/lineups/index.html |url-status=live }}

On 29 April 2014, he was named as manager of Athlone Town.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3942/ireland/2014/04/29/4783813/keith-long-appointed-as-athlone-town-manager|title=Keith Long appointed as Athlone Town manager | Goal.com|website=www.goal.com}}

He could not prevent Athlone Town's relegation from the League of Ireland Premier Division and departed the club to become manager of Bohemians on 30 October 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2014/1030/655785-bohs-move-quickly-to-appoint-long/|title=Bohs move quickly to appoint Long|date=30 October 2014|via=www.rte.ie}} On 30 August 2022, a day after a 3–1 home defeat to St Patrick's Athletic, he was sacked by Bohs without winning a major trophy during his 8 years at the club.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2022/0830/1319684-struggling-bohs-part-company-with-manager-keith-long/|title=Struggling Bohs part company with manager Keith Long|date=30 August 2022|via=www.rte.ie}}

On 29 March 2023, Long was appointed manager of League of Ireland First Division club Waterford, before being relieved of his duties on April 19 2025.{{Citeweb|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2023/0329/1367041-waterford-swoop-to-appoint-keith-long-as-new-boss/|title=Waterford swoop to appoint Keith Long as new boss|date=29 March 2023|via=www.rte.ie}}