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Key facts
- 2005
- Republic of Ireland U21
- 2011
- → Newcastle United (loan)
- 2018
- Bolton Wanderers
- Full name
- Stephen James Ireland
- Date of birth
- ( 1986-08-22 ) 22 August 1986 (age 39)
- Place of birth
- Cork , Ireland
- Height
- 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
- Position
- Attacking midfielder
- 1994 2001
- Cobh Ramblers
- 2001 2005
- Manchester City
- Years
- Team
- 2005 2010
- Manchester City
- 2010 2014
- Aston Villa
- 2013 2014
- → Stoke City (loan)
- 2014 2018
- Stoke City
- 2006 2007
- Republic of Ireland
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Ireland
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Cork
- Occupation
- association football player
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Bolton Wanderers F.C.
- Position played
- midfielder
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Republic of Ireland
- Mass
- 67
- Image
- Stephen Ireland 2009 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 173
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- Commons category
- Stephen Ireland
- date of birth
- 1986-08-22
- sport number
- 7
- birth name
- Stephen James Ireland
- name in native language
- Stephen Ireland
- start of work period
- 2005-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Stephen James Ireland (born 22 August 1986) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Ireland played as a youth player with Cobh Ramblers before joining English club Manchester City in 2001 at the age of 15. He made his professional debut in September 2005 and soon established himself as a regular at the City of Manchester Stadium. At the start of the 2008–09 season, City were taken over by the Abu Dhabi United Group, which led the club to buy players such as Robinho and Vincent Kompany. Ireland was a key player for Manchester City that season, becoming the club's player of the year.
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