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My Take
O'Neill is one of those rare football men whose playing days alone would justify a profile, yet whose management career is what truly fascinates me. A midfielder forged at Nottingham Forest during their improbable glory years, he carried that underdog conviction into the dugout. I love that he studied at Queen's University Belfast and even played Gaelic football; there is a restless, omnivorous intelligence to him that shows in his touchline theatrics and sharp man-management. Honoured with an OBE and entrusted with Celtic, he strikes me as proof that charisma, properly channelled, is a tactical weapon in its own right. Football needs more characters like him.
Overview
Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill (born 1 March 1952) is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. After a brief early career in the Irish League, O'Neill moved to England where he spent most of his playing career with Nottingham Forest.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Martin O'Neill
- Name (Japanese)
- マーティン・オニール
- Reading
- まーてぃん・おにーる
- Born
- March 1, 1952 (age 74)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Dragon
- Origin
- Kilrea, County Londonderry, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 178 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / Gaelic football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Queen's University Belfast
Awards & achievements
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.