Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1984-01-13
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Addiction—God’s Healing
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SPAdes: A New Genome Assembly Algorithm and Its Applications to Single-Cell Sequencing
· 2012 · cited 24,083x
- Astropy: A community Python package for astronomy
· 2013 · cited 13,090x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,419x
- Triblock Copolymer Syntheses of Mesoporous Silica with Periodic 50 to 300 Angstrom Pores
· 1998 · cited 10,888x
- QUAST: quality assessment tool for genome assemblies
· 2013 · cited 10,120x
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Key facts
- 2000
- Republic of Ireland U16
- 2001
- Manchester City
- 2003
- → Bury (loan)
- 2007
- Republic of Ireland B
- 2021
- Wythenshawe
- 2025
- Wigan Athletic (caretaker)
- 2026
- Wigan Athletic (joint-caretaker)
- Full name
- Glenn David Whelan
- Date of birth
- ( 1984-01-13 ) 13 January 1984 (age 42)
- Place of birth
- Dublin , Ireland
- Height
- 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
- Position
- Defensive midfielder
- Current team
- Livingston (head coach)
Key dates
- Born
- 13 January 1984
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Glenn
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Dublin
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2016
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Bristol Rovers F.C.
- Position played
- midfielder
Article
Glenn David Whelan (born 13 January 1984) is an Irish professional football coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Scottish Championship club Livingston. Whelan played as a defensive midfielder and represented the Republic of Ireland in international football.
Whelan started his career at Manchester City, making only one first team appearance, in the UEFA Cup. After a loan spell at Bury, he joined Sheffield Wednesday, with whom he won promotion to the EFL Championship in 2005. In January 2008 Whelan joined Stoke City for a fee of £500,000, and helped them gain promotion to the Premier League. He took a while to establish himself in Tony Pulis' first team plans in the top flight, but became a regular by 2009 and went on to play for Stoke in the 2011 FA Cup Final. Whelan continued to be a regular in the team under Pulis and kept his place under Mark Hughes. He spent nine years at Stok,e making 338 appearances, before joining Aston Villa in 2017 and then Hearts in 2019. He retired from playing in 2023, following spells with Fleetwood Town, Wythenshawe and Bristol Rovers.
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1984 births21st-century Irish sportsmenAssociation footballers from Dublin (city)Aston Villa F.C. playersBristol Rovers F.C. non-playing staffBristol Rovers F.C. playersBury F.C. playersCherry Orchard F.C. playersEnglish Football League playersExpatriate men's footballers in EnglandExpatriate men's footballers in ScotlandFleetwood Town F.C. players