| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Deasún Ó Sluáin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Full-forward | ||
| Born |
(1976-02-02) 2 February 1976 (age 48) Easkey, County Sligo, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Easkey | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Sligo titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1996–2006 | Sligo | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
Desmond "Dessie" Sloyan (born 2 February 1976) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career at senior level with the Sligo county team spanned ten seasons from 1996 until 2006.
Playing career
Sloyan scored eight points in Sligo's unexpected victory over a Mick O'Dwyer-managed Kildare in the 2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
Managerial career
He has also had a successful managerial career in Gaelic Football, winning a Connacht Junior Club Football Championship in 2018 with his club Easkey and also managing Sligo GAA U20s to their first ever provincial title at that age group when winning the 2022 Connacht Under-20 Football Championship.
He joined the Longford senior football team backroom team when Paddy Christie was appointed manager in August 2022.
Career statistics
| Team | Year | Connacht | All-Ireland | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Sligo | 1997 | 2 | 1-03 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 1-03 |
| 1998 | 3 | 1-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 3 | 1-00 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0-02 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-02 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0-03 | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-03 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0-04 | 3 | 1-15 | 4 | 1-19 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 1-06 | 3 | 1-17 | 6 | 2-23 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0-10 | 1 | 0-05 | 3 | 0-15 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0-09 | 1 | 0-01 | 3 | 0-10 | |
| 2005 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-05 | 4 | 0-05 | |
| 2006 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | |
| Total | 17 | 3-37 | 12 | 2-43 | 29 | 5-80 | |
References
- ^ "Sligo's Dessie Sloyan". Vol. 7, no. 31. Hogan Stand. 1 August 1997.
- "2001 — Remembering first back-door season 20 years on". RTÉ. 14 March 2021.
- "Connacht club JFC final: McKenna the Easkey hero - HoganStand". hoganstand.com. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- "Sloyan says it's a joy to work with Sligo U20 players who are the Connacht champions". independent. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- Lawlor, Damian (27 August 2022). "Paddy Christie appointed Longford senior football manager". RTÉ.
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