| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1974-02-23)23 February 1974 (age 51) | ||
| Place of birth | Arbour Hill,Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Position(s) | defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Belvedere | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1996 | Drogheda United | 100 | (11) |
| 1996–2003 | St Patrick's Athletic | 195 | (3) |
| 2003–2004 | Shamrock Rovers | 27 | (0) |
| Total | 322 | (14) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007 | Longford Town (assistant) | ||
| 2008 | St Patrick's Athletic (assistant) | ||
| 2009–2011 | Shamrock Rovers (assistant) | ||
| 2012 | St Patrick's Athletic (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Shamrock Rovers | ||
| 2015 | Bray Wanderers | ||
| 2017–2022 | Bohemians (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Trevor Croly, (born 23 February 1974) is an Irishfootball coach and former player who played as adefender in theLeague of Ireland.
Croly started his career withDrogheda United signing a one-year amateur deal under Pat Devlin. He made hisLeague of Ireland debut at theRDS Arena againstShamrock Rovers on the opening day of the1992–93 League of Ireland Premier Division season.[1]
In March 1993 Drogheda playedAston Villa in a friendly atTolka Park where Croly received glowing tributes: "Croly's performance was a major bonus for Drogheda, displaying ability beyond his nineteen years in a duel with Irish star Ray Houghton", wrote John Brennan in the Irish Press.
He then signed a two-year semi professional contract. In his second season Drogheda were relegated finishing last in that1993–94 League of Ireland Premier Division season. However they bounced back immediately finishing second in the1994–95 League of Ireland First Division season. UnderJim McLaughlin Croly again signed on for the coming season. He scored the winner in the Louth Derby in aFAI Cup clash that season[2]
However their yo yo existence was confirmed when they were again relegated at the end of the1995–96 League of Ireland season.
Despite overtures from Finn Harps and Derry City Croly signed forBrian Kerr and made his debut againstŠK Slovan Bratislava inRichmond Park's first ever European game in a1996–97 UEFA Cup tie.[3] He kept his place in Bratislava as Pats lost 1–0 to bow out 5–3 on aggregate. He made his domestic debut for Pats scoring the winner in aFAI League Cup tie at Shelbourne the following month. His league debut was at Dundalk on the opening day of the1996–97 League of Ireland season.
The following season after battling through injury Croly wearing the number 12 jersey was a revelation playing a holding role in front of the back four. The season ended in glory as Pats memorably won the league in the last game in Kilkenny. Pats then drewGlasgow Celtic in the1998–99 UEFA Champions League qualifiers. Pats drew 0–0 atCeltic Park with Croly coming off the bench with 4 minutes left. The following week atTolka Park he was an unused substitute.
Days after the disappointment of losing to Celtic St Pats were involved in a 4 team tournament atLansdowne Road. The Carlsberg Trophy pitted them againstLiverpool with Croly appearing as a substitute in a 3–2 defeat. In the next game againstS.S. Lazio the next day he again appeared as a substitute as a tired St Pats lost 4–1.
That season Croly proved his versatility by filling in at right full afterWillie Burke got injured early in the season. He also alternated as a right wing back.
He played twice againstFC Zimbru Chișinău as Pats were thrashed 10–0 on aggregate in the1999–2000 UEFA Champions League qualifying round.
As the club captain underPat Dolan his versatility proved inspirational especially in the2001–02 League of Ireland season where Croly was ever present playing all 33 league games.
Croly played all 4 games in the2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup as Pats beatHNK Rijeka on away goals and then went out toK.A.A. Gent on away goals.
In 2002, he signed a three-year deal but despite this his career atRichmond Park ended at the end of the2002–03 League of Ireland Premier Division season after seven seasons and 9 European appearances.
In March 2003 Croly signed forShamrock Rovers.[4] However injury kept him out for almost the whole season with Croly only making ten league appearances making his Rovers debut on 19 September atBelfield Park. It was a unique occasion as it was a Rovers home game which was switched to the opposition's stadium.
In the2004 League of Ireland Premier Division season he made a total of 20 appearances.
After retiring he was appointed first team coach atKildare County in March 2005.
Croly was appointed as defensive coach atBohemians in March 2006.
In January 2008 he was appointed assistant manager atSt Patrick's Athletic.[5]
In December 2008 Croly was appointed assistant manager atShamrock Rovers.[6] In 2011, he completed a Coerver Coaching course.[7] However he left The Hoops in June 2011 citing differences with then managerMichael O'Neill.[8]
In December 2011 Croly managed thePFAI players at the annual FIFPro Winter Tournament in Oslo.[9] Days later he was again appointed assistant manager at Pats[10]
In the lead up to the2012 FAI Cup Final Croly was rumoured to be the target as the new Shamrock Rovers manager. The manager of St PatsLiam Buckley was quoted to be uncomfortable over the link[11]
Croly was confirmed as the new Shamrock Rovers manager on 7 November 2012.[12][13]
Trevor Croly's contract at Shamrock Rovers was terminated by mutual consent on Saturday 2 August 2014[14]
In May 2015, Bray Wanderers announced that Croly had signed a three-year contract to manage the club.[15][16] On 3 July 2015, Croly resigned from the club after players wages were not paid by the club.[17]
Croly had enjoyed success asKeith Long's assistant since joining Bohemians and at the end of 2018 he signed a three-year contract extension with the club.
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Shamrock Rovers | 7 November 2012 | 2 August 2014 | 70 | 36 | 18 | 16 | 102 | 62 | +40 | 051.43 |
| Bray Wanderers | 11 May 2015 | 3 July 2015 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | 76 | 39 | 19 | 18 | 105 | 64 | +41 | 051.32 | ||
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