Martin Russell (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Martin Christopher Russell | ||
| Date of birth | 27 April 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Belvedere | |||
| 1982–1984 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1987 | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
| 1986 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1987 | → Norwich City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1987–1989 | Leicester City | 20 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | Scarborough | 51 | (9) |
| 1990–1991 | Middlesbrough | 11 | (2) |
| 1991–1998 | Portadown | 160 | (26) |
| 1998–2003 | St Patrick's Athletic | 140 | (19) |
| Total | 387 | (56) | |
| International career | |||
| 1986–1987 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 1992 | Republic of Ireland B | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2005 | St Patrick's Athletic (assistant manager) | ||
| 2006–2008 | UCD (assistant manager) | ||
| 2009–2013 | UCD | ||
| 2014 | St Patrick's Athletic (assistant manager) | ||
| 2014–2017 | Limerick | ||
| 2018 | Bray Wanderers | ||
| 2021–2022 | Athlone Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Martin Christopher Russell (born 27 April 1967) is an Irish former professional footballer who played in the English Football League for Birmingham City, Leicester City, Scarborough and Middlesbrough. He also played for Portadown in the Irish Football League and for St Patrick's Athletic in the League of Ireland.
He managed UCD for five seasons, winning the League of Ireland First Division in 2009. He was the assistant manager of St Patrick's Athletic in 2014 from January until July when he took over as manager of Limerick He left Limerick by mutual consent in April 2017. In 2018 he spent a short time as manager of Bray Wanderers before departing the club a month later due to the club's financial turmoil. In 2022 he managed Athlone Town for 8 games.
He played for the Republic of Ireland national football team at the 1984 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship and the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship. He won four caps for the Republic of Ireland under-21 team.
Russell now managers Leinster Senior League club Newbridge Town and has been in the job since 2023