FORMER BOHEMIANS AND Finn Harps footballer Fergal Harkin has been appointed Sporting Director of Belgian club Standard Liege. Harkin joins after a successful 13-year stint at Manchester City, where he most recently worked as the club’s Football Partnerships and Pathways Manager. He initially joined the club’s scouting department from Nike in 2009.“I am grateful to the City Football Group for giving me the opportunity to work with them for the past 13 years”, Harkin told the club’s website.
Harkin was born in Donegal, and saw a putative playing career in England cut short when he was released by Leicester City. He returned to Ireland initially with Bohemians and then with Finn Harps, whom he played for in the 1999 FAI Cup final. He subsequently returned to Bohemians.He competed a Masters in Business at UCD when he first returned to Ireland, and then put it into practice in taking a marketing job with Nike, with whom he stayed with for six years before joining City.
Standard last won the Belgian title in 2009 and have underachieving in recent years, finishing 14th this season.
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