Brian Barry-Murphy
Template:Short description Template:Use Irish English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Brian Barry-Murphy (born 27 July 1978) is an Irish professional football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently the head coach of Template:English football updater club Cardiff City.
He began his career at his hometown club Cork City. In 1999, he moved to English club Preston North End, but began to establish himself in league football with loan spells at Southend United and Hartlepool United. He would go on to play for Sheffield Wednesday, and Bury before signing for local rivals Rochdale in 2010.
Barry-Murphy has played internationally for the Republic of Ireland twice at under-21 level.
Early life
Barry-Murphy was born in Cork.[1] His father, Jimmy, was a Gaelic footballer and hurler, and manager, who is widely considered to be one of the most iconic players in the history of Gaelic games.[2]
Club career
Brian Barry-Murphy has previously played for Cork City, Preston North End and Sheffield Wednesday as well as representing the Republic of Ireland at Under 21 level. He also had loan spells at Southend United and Hartlepool United. It was at Southend in which he scored his first goal in English football in a game against Leyton Orient.[3] He scored the 1,000th goal for Bury in Tier 4 of the English Football League in a 2–2 draw with Wrexham.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". This made them the first club to score 1,000 goals in all four tiers of the league.
Rochdale
On 16 June 2010 Barry-Murphy agreed terms with Rochdale and signed a four-year contract in July. He scored his first and only goal for Rochdale in a 3–1 defeat at MK Dons on 5 November 2011.[4] Barry-Murphy was club's first team coach, as well as retaining his registration as the club's senior outfield player.[5]
Managerial career
Rochdale
Barry-Murphy was appointed Rochdale's caretaker manager in March 2019 following the sacking of Keith Hill.[6] In April 2019 he was appointed permanent manager on a two-year contract.[7] On 30 June 2021, Barry-Murphy resigned from his position as manager.[8]
Manchester City Academy
On 24 July 2021, Barry-Murphy was announced as the manager of the Manchester City Elite Development Squad (EDS).[9]
On 8 July 2024, Barry-Murphy left the club after having a highly successful three-year spell in charge of City's EDS and Academy.[10]
Leicester City
In December 2024, Barry-Murphy joined Premier League side Leicester City in the role of first-team coach, supporting the newly appointed Ruud van Nistelrooy.[11][12]
Cardiff City
On 16 June 2025, Barry-Murphy was appointed head coach of League One side Cardiff City on a three-year deal.[13]
Managerial statistics
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Rochdale | 4 March 2019 | 30 June 2021 | |||||
| Cardiff City | 16 June 2025 | present | |||||
| Total | |||||||
References
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- Living people
- Association footballers from Cork (city)
- Barry-Murphy family
- Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
- Republic of Ireland men's under-21 international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Cork City F.C. players
- Preston North End F.C. players
- Southend United F.C. players
- Hartlepool United F.C. players
- Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players
- Bury F.C. players
- Rochdale A.F.C. players
- League of Ireland players
- English Football League players
- Republic of Ireland association football managers
- Rochdale A.F.C. managers
- Cardiff City F.C. managers
- English Football League managers
- Rochdale A.F.C. non-playing staff
- Manchester City F.C. non-playing staff
- Leicester City F.C. non-playing staff