Kevin Long

Burnley With his Cork City contract due to expire in November 2009, Long was linked with English clubs including Charlton Athletic, Millwall, Preston North End, Leeds United and Wolverhampton Wanderers. This was seen as a major step up in terms of his career as Cork City is generally viewed as a small club that, famously, was allowed to shrivel up and die by its supporters. On 26 November, Premier League club Burnley confirmed that they had paid a six-figure fee and "beaten off stiff competition from top clubs north and south of the border" to engage Long on a three-and-a-half-year contract, to begin when the January 2010 transfer window opened.

Loan to Accrington Stanley On 15 October 2010, Long joined League Two club Accrington Stanley on a month's loan. He made his debut for the club in the 3–2 defeat to Rotherham United, but was sent off after 17 minutes for a foul on Adam Le Fondre. The loan was twice extended before he returned to Burnley on 18 January 2011 after cracking a bone in his foot during a match against Cheltenham Town. He rejoined Stanley at the end of January on loan for the remainder of the season. He made 17 appearances. As he did during his first spell on loan, Long maintained his first-team status. He scored the first goal of his English career in a 2–2 draw with Plymouth Argyle on 8 October, and went on to score against Bristol Rovers, Torquay United and Macclesfield Town. After playing four matches with two clean sheets during a run of two wins and a draw, Long extended his loan spell at Rochdale until the end of April. He continued in the first team, He made his first appearance the same day, as a member of a team of debutants starting a 1–1 draw against AFC Bournemouth, was sent off for a second bookable offence in his third,

Return to Burnley Long scored his first goal for Burnley in a 4–3 FA Cup defeat at Southampton on 4 January 2014. He made his Premier League debut a year later, in a 3–3 draw away to Newcastle United on 1 January 2015. He replaced the injured Jason Shackell in the 17th minute, but 20 minutes later was himself replaced, becoming the third Burnley player to be substituted during the match. He had ruptured his cruciate knee ligaments. A few days later, he signed an extended contract with Burnley to run until 2017.

Loan to Barnsley In November 2015, after regaining full fitness, Long joined League One club Barnsley on a month's loan. He scored a late winner against Oldham Athletic on his debut, but was sent off in his second game, against Peterborough United. He went on to help Barnsley reach the Football League Trophy final, successfully converting his kick in the penalty shootout that decided the northern area final. It was his last touch of a ball for Barnsley before his loan expired.

Loan to Milton Keynes Dons On 24 March 2016, Long joined Championship club Milton Keynes Dons on loan for the remainder of the 2015–16 season.

Birmingham City In January 2023, Long signed for Championship club Birmingham City until the end of the season. Lack of match fitness marred his early appearanceshe had not played first-team football for eight months prior to joining but head coach John Eustace continued to select him, and he started 20 of a possible 23 matches. but signed a new one-year contract with the club on 25 June. He played every minute of Birmingham's Championship season under Eustace's management, demonstrating aerial strength to complement centre-back partner Dion Sanderson's speed and ball skills, but lost his place to Emanuel Aiwu when Wayne Rooney took over as manager in October. A calf injury kept him out until January 2024, when Tony Mowbray restored him to the team, and he started four Championship matches before leaving the club for an undisclosed fee on 20 February.

Toronto FC Long signed for Major League Soccer club Toronto FC on 20 February 2024. His contract covered 2024 with an option for 2025. He made his MLS debut five days later, playing the whole of the goalless opening-day visit to FC Cincinnati. He scored his first goal for the club against Simcoe County Rovers in a 5-0 victory at the Canadian Championship on April 24, 2024. Following the 2025 season, Toronto opted to decline their contract option on Long.

Waterford On 15 March 2026, Long signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club Waterford.

International career In May 2017, he received his first call-up to the Republic of Ireland senior side in a 37-man squad for a training camp in Fota Island. He made the cut for the final squad for the friendlies against Mexico in New Jersey and Uruguay in Dublin, and made his debut on 1 June in the 3–1 defeat to Mexico at the MetLife Stadium, replacing John Egan as a second-half substitute. LOI Premier Division

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2009–10 Premier League

2010–11 Championship

2011–12 Championship

2012–13 Championship

2013–14 Championship

2014–15 Premier League

2015–16 Championship

2016–17 Premier League

2017–18 Premier League

2018–19 Premier League

2019–20 Premier League

2020–21 Premier League

2021–22 Premier League

2022–23 Championship

2023–24 Championship

2024 MLS

2025

Republic of Ireland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Long goal.