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Shay Given
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Irish association football player
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Shay Given, born Séamus John James Given in Lifford, is an Irish association football player and coach. A male athlete who speaks English, he began his professional work period in 1991. He plays as a goalkeeper and has represented the Republic of Ireland in international competition.
Given has been a member of several clubs, including Manchester City F.C., Swindon Town F.C., Sunderland A.F.C., and Blackburn Rovers F.C. He has competed in the Premier League. His international participation includes the 2002 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2012, and UEFA Euro 2016.
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Key facts
- 1994
- → Swindon Town (loan)
- 1996
- → Swindon Town (loan)
- 2020
- Derby County (co-interim)
- Full name
- Seamus John James Given
- Date of birth
- ( 1976-04-20 ) 20 April 1976 (age 50)
- Place of birth
- Lifford , Ireland
- Height
- 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
- Position
- Goalkeeper
- 1991 1994
- Celtic
- Years
- Team
- 1994 1997
- Blackburn Rovers
- 1997 2009
- Newcastle United
- 2009 2011
- Manchester City
- 2011 2015
- Aston Villa
- 2013 2014
- → Middlesbrough (loan)
- 2015 2017
- Stoke City
- 1996 2016
- Republic of Ireland
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Goalkeeper
- Nationality
- Ireland
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Lifford
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2016
- Sport
- association football
- Position played
- goalkeeper
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Republic of Ireland
- Mass
- 84
- Official website
- www.shay-given.com
- Image
- Shay Given 2021.png
- Height
- 185
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- Shay Given
- date of birth
- 1976-04-20
- start of work period
- 1991-00-00
- birth name
- Séamus John James Given
- name in native language
- Shay Given
- social media followers
- 362347
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Encyclopedic overview
Seamus John James Given (born 20 April 1976) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Widely regarded as one of Ireland's greatest ever players and – in his prime – one of the Premier League's best goalkeepers, he is the second-most capped Republic of Ireland player, with 134 caps (a tally exceeded only by Robbie Keane).
Given began his career at Celtic; however, he never made a first-team appearance and joined Blackburn Rovers on a free transfer in 1994. Whilst on loan from Blackburn, he was part of both the Sunderland team who won the Football League First Division title in 1995–96 and the Swindon Town team who won the Football League Second Division title that same season. He was signed by Newcastle United in 1997 for a fee of £2.5 million, where he was part of the teams who were runners-up in the 1998 and 1999 FA Cup campaigns, and was named in the Premier League Team of the Season for the 2001–02 and 2005–06 seasons. He played in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup with Newcastle, and was involved in the club's title challenge in 2001–02. On 1 February 2009, Given joined Manchester City for £6 million on a four-and-a-half-year contract. On 18 July 2011, he joined Aston Villa for a fee believed to have been around £3.5 million, signing a five-year contract. Given joined Stoke City in July 2015, remaining with the club for two seasons before retiring.
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