Anthony Gerard Whelan (born 23 November 1959) is an Irish former soccer player who played during the 1970s and 1980s.
Anto then returned home to sign for Shamrock Rovers in 1983 and won the League in his first season at the club.
[2] After a spell at Cork City, he briefly signed back with the Rovers in 1986, where he played once in the European Cup.
He won a League title under Dermot Keely at Dundalk in 1994–95,[4] before returning to the Carlisle Grounds to finish his career at Bray Wanderers in the late 1990s.
He had a spell as player/manager at Drogheda United where he guided the club back to the Premier Division in the 1996–97 League of Ireland season.