Brendan Kennedy

Brendan Kennedy (born 7 December 1974, in Dublin) is an Irish former footballer.

Kennedy is the brother of former Liverpool and Irish international Mark Kennedy. He is a goalkeeper who played for junior clubs such as Cherry Orchard, Ashtown Villa, and Moyle Park before entering the League of Ireland with Shamrock Rovers in the 1993–94 season.

Kennedy played underage football for Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk. Over the next six seasons, Kennedy played with Parkvilla, Moyle Park and Cherry Orchard before making his League of Ireland debut for Dublin City in the 2001–02 season. Kennedy won the League of Ireland First Division championship — and promotion to the Premier Division – with City in 2003 but was released by new manager Roddy Collins in the late summer of 2004. Despite this, Kennedy was not offered a new contract at the end of the 2005 season and he rejoined Kildare County.

Towards the end of the 2006 season Kennedy struggled to hold on to his place due to competition with the promising new keeper John Flynn.

Kennedy was released from Kildare County at the end of the 2006 season and was not signed by a League of Ireland club for the 2007 season. He then became manager of Leinster Senior League side Dunboyne A.F.C. in 2015. He departed in 2017 to take charge of Swords Celtic.

Honours Dublin City League of Ireland First Division: 2003