Mick McCarthy

Mick McCarthy (born 7 February 1959) is a former Irish football player. He has played for Republic of Ireland national team. He most recently managed Blackpool F.C.

Mick McCarthy

McCarthy in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Michael Joseph McCarthy[1]
Date of birth	(1959-02-07) 7 February 1959 (age 66)[1]
Place of birth	Barnsley, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Barnsley
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1983	Barnsley	272	(7)
1983–1987	Manchester City	140	(2)
1987–1989	Celtic	48	(8)
1989–1990	Lyon	10	(1)
1990	→ Millwall (loan)	6	(0)
1990–1992	Millwall	29	(2)
Total		505	(20)
International career
1979	Republic of Ireland U23	1	(1)
1984–1992	Republic of Ireland	57	(2)
Managerial career
1992–1996	Millwall
1996–2002	Republic of Ireland
2003–2006	Sunderland
2006–2012	Wolverhampton Wanderers
2012–2018	Ipswich Town
2018–2020	Republic of Ireland
2020–2021	APOEL
2021	Cardiff City
2023	Blackpool
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Barnsley[3]	1977–78	Fourth Division	46	1	2	0	2	1	–		50	2
	1978–79	Fourth Division	46	2	3	0	2	0	–		51	2
	1979–80	Third Division	44	1	2	0	4	0	–		50	1
	1980–81	Third Division	43	1	6	0	5	0	–		54	1
	1981–82	Second Division	42	1	1	0	8	1	–		51	2
	1982–83	Second Division	39	1	2	0	4	1	–		45	2
	1983–84	Second Division	12	0	0	0	1	0	–		13	0
	Total		272	7	16	0	26	3	0	0	314	10
Manchester City[3]	1983–84	Second Division	24	1	1	0	0	0	–		25	1
	1984–85	Second Division	39	0	1	0	4	1	–		44	1
	1985–86	First Division	38	0	4	0	3	0	–		45	0
	1986–87	First Division	39	1	1	0	3	0	–		43	1
	Total		140	2	7	0	10	1	0	0	157	3
Celtic	1987–88	Scottish Premier League	22	3	6	0	3	0	0	0	31	3
	1988–89	Scottish Premier League	26	5	5	0	3	0	4	0	38	5
	Total		48	8	11	0	6	0	4	0	69	8
Olympique Lyonnais	1989–90	Ligue 1	10	1	0	0	0	0	–		10	1
Millwall[3]	1989–90	First Division	6	0	0	0	0	0	–		6	0
	1990–91	Second Division	12	0	0	0	0	0	–		12	0
	1991–92	Second Division	17	2	1	0	2	0	–		20	2
	Total		29	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	32	2
Career total			505	20	35	0	44	4	4	0	588	24

International

Source:^[4]

Republic of Ireland
Year	Apps	Goals
1984	4	0
1985	7	0
1986	6	0
1987	7	0
1988	9	1
1989	5	0
1990	12	0
1991	3	0
1992	4	1
Total	57	2

Managerial

As of match played 7 April 2023^[5][6]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Millwall	18 March 1992	4 February 1996	207	74	72	61	035.75
Republic of Ireland	1 March 1996	5 November 2002	68	29	20	19	042.65
Sunderland	12 March 2003	6 March 2006	147	63	26	58	042.86
Wolverhampton Wanderers	21 July 2006	13 February 2012	270	104	66	100	038.52
Ipswich Town	1 November 2012	10 April 2018	279	105	78	96	037.63
Republic of Ireland	25 November 2018	4 April 2020	10	5	4	1	050.00
APOEL	2 November 2020	6 January 2021	8	2	1	5	025.00
Cardiff City	22 January 2021	23 October 2021	38	14	11	13	036.84
Blackpool	19 January 2023	8 April 2023	14	2	3	9	014.29
Total			1,041	398	281	362	038.23

Honours

Player

Barnsley

• Football League Third Division runner-up: 1980–81^[7]
• Football League Fourth Division promoted: 1978–79^[8]

Manchester City

• Football League Second Division promoted: 1984–85^[9]
• Full Members' Cup runner-up: 1985–86^[10]

Celtic

• Scottish Premier League: 1987–88^[11]
• Scottish Cup: 1987–88,^[11] 1988–89^[12]

Individual

• PFA Team of the Year: 1977–78 Fourth Division,^[13] 1978–79 Fourth Division,^[13] 1980–81 Third Division,^[14] 1981–82 Second Division,^[15] 1982–83 Second Division,^[15] 1983–84 Second Division,^[16] 1984–85 Second Division^[16]
• Barnsley Player of the Year: 1977–78, 1978–79, 1980–81^[17]
• Manchester City Player of the Year: 1983–84^[18]

Manager

Sunderland

• Football League Championship: 2004–05^[19]

Wolverhampton Wanderers

• Football League Championship: 2008–09^[20]

Individual

• Philips Sports Manager of the Year: 2001^[21]
• RTÉ Sports Person of the Year: 2001^[22]
• Football League Championship Manager of the Month: March 2005,^[23] August 2008,^[24] November 2008,^[25] September 2014,^[26] November 2015,^[27] February 2021^[28]
• LMA Championship Manager of the Year: 2004–05, 2008–09^[29]
• LMA Hall of Fame: Inducted 2021^[30]