Gareth Cronin is former Irish player and manager.

Cronin had been assistant manager to Dermot Keely

Dermot Keely

Dermot Keely, is the former manager of Irish football team Shelbourne.-Family:Keely's family have played League of Ireland football at various levels. His late father Peter Keely played for Shelbourne, his brother Joe played on the same Home Farm FAI Cup winning side of 1775 as Dermot Keely himself...

 at Cork City

Dublin City F.C.

Dublin City Football Club was an Irish association football club that played in the League of Ireland. They were formed in 1999 after a split within Home Farm Everton and they originally played as Home Farm Fingal before changing their name for the 2001–02 season...

 before the club went out of business in July 2006. The following month, Gareth Cronin became manager at Waterford United where he spent over two full seasons before leaving on the 17 November 2008. The Cork native took over as manager of Longford Town

Longford Town F.C.

Longford Town F.C. is an Irish football club playing in the League of Ireland First Division. The club, founded in 1924 and elected to the league in 1984, hails from Longford, County Longford and play their home matches at Flancare Park...

 in June 2009 but left following the conclusion of the 2009 season.

Playing career

He played over 400 times for Cork City

Cork City F.C.

Cork City Football Club is an Irish football team that plays in the League of Ireland. Founded and elected to the league in 1984 to continue the long tradition of Association Football in Cork, City's traditional colours are green and white with red trim, and the crest is a variant of the Cork...

, where he won an FAI Cup

FAI Cup

The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, known as the FAI Ford Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland...

 medal in 1998. He signed for Shamrock Rovers in 2000 where he played for two seasons making 50 appearances. After a spell back at Cork he signed for Kildare County

Kildare County F.C.

Kildare County F.C. was an Irish football club that played in the League of Ireland. The club, founded in 2002, hailed from Newbridge, County Kildare and played their home matches at Station Road. Their club colours were white and black.- 2001/2002 :...

 in 2003 but a knee injury ended his career prematurely.

He has also been capped for Ireland at every level except Senior.

As a manager

• Munster Senior Cup
  • Waterford United 2007