Joe Kinnear

Joe Kinnear belongs to an old, rugged school of football that I find myself missing. A Dublin-born defender, he gave Tottenham ten seasons and helped win the FA Cup, two League Cups, and the UEFA Cup, then carved out a combative second act in management. He was famously sharp-tongued and unpolished, but I sense that beneath the bluster was a man genuinely willing to take the heat for his teams. His passing in 2024 closed a chapter on a certain kind of fearless, plain-spoken football character. I have a soft spot for figures like him, flaws and all.

Name (English)

Joe Kinnear

Name (Japanese)

ジョー・キニアー

Reading

じょー・きにあー

Born

December 27, 1946 – April 7, 2024

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dog

Origin

Dublin, County Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Kinnear
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q556620

Tags

• County Dublin
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.