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 '''John Ryan''' (born in [[Dublin]] on [[February 27]] [[1968]]) is a [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[football (soccer)]] manager and former player.
-==Managerial career==
-In 2004 Manager John Ryan was appointed coach to the Republic Of Ireland Eircom League Under-21 squad to compete in the Four Nations semi-professional tournament in Scotland. The side was managed by Bray Wanderers manager [[Pat Devlin]]. [[Frank O’Neill]], Shelbourne’s Under-21 manager was assistant manager. John Ryan was joined on the coaching staff by [[Stuart Ashton]] of Cork City.
-Ryan decided to resign as Assistant Manager citing personal reasons in 2004 before being named as the clubs new manager two weeks later with former team mate [[Barry O'Connor]] as assistant manager.<ref>[http://www.kildarecountyfc.com/news/news-details.asp?NewsID=437].</ref> He led Kildare County to 8th position in Division One in his first season in charge, their lowest finishing position to date. Kildare County finished in 7th under his management in 2006. He resigned as manager of Kildare with four games remaining in the 2008 season having been at the club from its very beginning in 2002.
-John took over as Manager of [[Leinster Senior League (association football)|LSL]] Side St Mochtas in December 2008 with Mochtas struggling in the 3rd Division, bottom when he took over along side Martin Reilly (Former Dundalk Utd player)
 ==Honours==