Johnathan McKinstry
Northern Irish football coach (born 1985) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Johnathan McKinstry (born 16 July 1985) is a Northern Irish football manager, who is the current head coach of Kenyan Premier League club Gor Mahia and the Gambia national football team.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1985-07-16) 16 July 1985 (age 38) | ||
Place of birth | Lisburn, Northern Ireland | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Gambia (head coach) | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2013–2014 | Sierra Leone | ||
2015–2016 | Rwanda | ||
2017–2018 | Kauno Žalgiris | ||
2018–2019 | Saif SC | ||
2019–2021 | Uganda | ||
2022–2024 | Gor Mahia FC | ||
2024- | Gambia |
McKinstry is the first person from Northern Ireland to manage three international football teams.[1] Following Michael O'Neill's departure from his role with the Irish FA,[2] on 21 April 2020, McKinstry became the only person from Northern Ireland active as an international head coach. With a win percentage of 51% across his three international head coaching roles, McKinstry has the best winning record in international football of anyone from Northern Ireland,[3] with the next best record being that of Bertie Peacock with 39%.
Previously McKinstry managed the Rwanda national team, the Sierra Leone national team,[4] Kauno Žalgiris in the A Lyga, Saif SC of the Bangladesh Football Premier League[5] and the Uganda national football team. Whilst in charge of Sierra Leone, McKinstry was the youngest international manager in the world at 27 years of age.[6]