Patrick Christie (; born 1976 in

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and former player who tended to occupy the full-back position for his club Ballymun Kickhams and at senior level for the Dublin county team. He has been manager of the Longford county team since 2022.

Playing career

Club

He won an Under 21 Championship with Ballymun Kickhams. One of the highlights of his achievements at underage level was getting the triple with Ballymun Kickhams U-21 team by winning the Dublin Championship, the North League and then overall league winners in the same season. Although he has retired from inter-county and club football, he occasionally makes substitute appearances or starts for the Ballymun Kickhams club.

Inter-county

He made his inter-county senior debut for the

against

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in April 1995. He was selected in the 2002

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team at full-back. He won three

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medals, in 2002, 2005 and 2006. He collected a 2006 Leinster championship medal, despite not appearing in any of the matches. He served as Dublin

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in 2005. He built himself a "cult following" among Dublin supporters. Christie was expected to make his re-appearance in the Dublin full-back line during the first round of the 2007 National Football League. This changed however, when Christie retired and dedicated himself to completing his Masters at University.

Managerial career

Long after retiring as a player he joined the Tipperary backroom management team led by David Power, which won the 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship, their first in 85 years. In February 2021, he succeeded Tom McGlinchey as manager of the Tipperary under-20s. In August 2022, he was appointed as manager of the Longford senior football team.

References

1976 births Living people All Stars Awards winners (football) Alumni of Dublin City University Ballymun Kickhams Gaelic footballers Coaches of Gaelic football teams at Irish universities DCU Gaelic footballers Dublin inter-county Gaelic footballers Gaelic football backs Heads of schools in Ireland Irish international rules football players Irish schoolteachers Longford county football team non-playing personnel People educated at St Aidan's C.B.S. Tipperary county football team non-playing personnel {{Dublin-Gaelic-football-bio-stub