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Jim McGuinness ( ; born 16 November 1972) is an All-Ireland winning former Gaelic footballer and manager, who oversaw the Donegal senior team until October 2014. McGuinness's achievements are universally recognised, earning the admiration of sportsmen in both his own and other disciplines, including the golfer Paul McGinley and the soccer manager Neil Lennon. In addition, having been invited to assist the Celtic soccer team in Scotland, he is one of few inter-county managers to have been offered a role at a professional sports team outside Ireland.〔Other examples are former Derry and Armagh coach John McCloskey who took the role of skills coach at London Wasps and Justin McNulty who was appointed in a similar role to McGuinness's Celtic position at Sunderland F.C. * *〕 McGuinness's services were also thought to have been sought by Premier League soccer teams. Having guided Donegal to the final of the 2010 All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship, McGuinness was appointed senior manager later that year. His time at the helm has been a soaring success; he has overseen a Donegal team that has won three Ulster Senior Football Championship titles in four seasons and led them to the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the county's first appearance on football's ultimate stage since 1992. Donegal's victory that year was only the county's second All-Ireland senior title in more than 120 years. McGuinness has also become something of a cultural icon. His image has appeared on a rock outside Glenties. A statue bearing the epigraph "Jim the Redeemer" has been erected at Laghy close to the holy shrine of pilgrimage on Lough Derg. ==Playing career== McGuinness was born in Glenties, County Donegal. As a scraggly-haired teenager in 1992, McGuinness observed from the bench Brian McEniff's team topple Derry in the final of the Ulster Senior Football Championship before going on to steal the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship from Dublin's grasp. A member of the 1992 All-Ireland winning team, McGuinness was also a star of Third-Level Colleges football, winning Sigerson Cups with Tralee in 1998 and 1999 as captain, and again as captain in 2001 with the University of Ulster at Jordanstown (U.U.J.). At Tralee he studied health and leisure.〔 He played club football with Naomh Conaill, winning a Donegal Senior Football Championship in 2005. With Ireland, he played in the 1998 International Rules Series. His boyhood hero was Jack O'Shea. He played with Donegal until 2003. Upon retiring he became a fitness coach and lectured as a sports psychologist in the North West Regional College, Limavady. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim McGuinness」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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