Sligo Gaelic footballer (born 1976)
Desmond "Dessie" Sloyan (born 2 February 1976) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career at senior level with the Sligo county team spanned ten seasons from 1996 until 2006.[1]
Playing career
Sloyan scored eight points in Sligo's unexpected victory over a Mick O'Dwyer-managed Kildare in the 2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.[2]
Managerial career
He has also had a successful managerial career in Gaelic Football, winning a Connacht Junior Club Football Championship in 2018 with his club Easkey [3] and also managing Sligo GAA U20s to their first ever provincial title at that age group when winning the 2022 Connacht Under-20 Football Championship.[4]
He joined the Longford senior football team backroom team when Paddy Christie was appointed manager in August 2022.[5]
Career statistics
| Team
|
Year
|
Connacht
|
All-Ireland
|
Total
|
| Apps |
Score |
Apps |
Score |
Apps |
Score
|
| Sligo
|
1997
|
2 |
1-03 |
0 |
0-00 |
2 |
1-03
|
| 1998
|
3 |
1-00 |
0 |
0-00 |
3 |
1-00
|
| 1999
|
2 |
0-02 |
0 |
0-00 |
2 |
0-02
|
| 2000
|
2 |
0-03 |
0 |
0-00 |
2 |
0-03
|
| 2001
|
1 |
0-04 |
3 |
1-15 |
4 |
1-19
|
| 2002
|
3 |
1-06 |
3 |
1-17 |
6 |
2-23
|
| 2003
|
2 |
0-10 |
1 |
0-05 |
3 |
0-15
|
| 2004
|
2 |
0-09 |
1 |
0-01 |
3 |
0-10
|
| 2005
|
0 |
0-00 |
4 |
0-05 |
4 |
0-05
|
| 2006
|
0 |
0-00 |
0 |
0-00 |
0 |
0-00
|
| Total
|
17 |
3-37 |
12 |
2-43 |
29 |
5-80
|
References
