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James Keddy
Personal information
Full name	James Keddy
Date of birth	26 March 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Position(s)	Winger, Defender
Youth career
	St. Mary's Boys
	St. Joseph's Boys
	Home Farm
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1994	Home Farm
1994–1996	UCD
1996–1998	Derry City
1998–2001	Shelbourne
2001–2002	Dundalk
2002–2003	Shamrock Rovers
2004–2005	Bohemians
2006–2007	Drogheda United
2008	Shelbourne
Total
Managerial career
2010–2013	Mount Merrion YMCA
2015–2016	Home Farm (Director of Football)
2019–2021	Bray Wanderers (Assistant Manager)
2022	Longford Town (Assistant Manager)
2022–2024	Wexford
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Keddy (born 26 March 1973) is an Irish football coach and former player.

Career

Keddy made his League of Ireland debut for Home Farm on 13 October 1991. He joined UCD in 1994 and his other clubs have included Derry City, Shelbourne, Dundalk, Shamrock Rovers, Bohemians^[1] and Drogheda United.^{[citation needed]}

Keddy helped Shelbourne win the double of the League of Ireland and FAI Cup in 2000. Keddy received another FAI Cup winners medal as part of the Dundalk cup winning squad of 2002.^{[citation needed]}

He was signed by Liam Buckley for Shamrock Rovers in June 2002 and went on to make a total of 65 appearances, scoring 9 goals, in his two seasons at Rovers. This included 6 appearances in the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Intertoto Cup.^{[citation needed]}

Keddy rejoined former club Shelbourne on 29 November 2007.^[2]

Keddy received his first League of Ireland managerial appointment in 2022 with Wexford. On 6 November 2024, it was announced that he had departed the club, following a season in which they reached the 2024 FAI Cup Semi Finals before losing in the Promotion Play-offs at the first hurdle.^[3]