Shay Given
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Séamus John James Given | |
| Date of birth | April 20, 1976 | |
| Place of birth | Lifford, Republic of Ireland | |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Newcastle United | |
| Number | 1 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1991–1993 | Celtic | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1993–1994 1994–1997 1995 1996 1997– |
Celtic Blackburn Rovers → Swindon Town (loan) → Sunderland (loan) Newcastle United |
0 (0) 2 (0) 5 (0) 17 (0) 332 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1996– | Republic of Ireland | 86 (0) |
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Séamus John James "Shay" Given (born 20 April 1976 in Lifford, County Donegal) is an Irish football goalkeeper who currently plays for Newcastle United and the Republic of Ireland. He is the vice-captain of both his country and club. He has been named in the PFA Team of the Year twice (in 2002 and 2006) and has been voted Newcastle Player of the Year as well as FAI Player of the Year in 2006.
For Ireland, Given has been capped 86 times; a record for a goalkeeper. He was also first choice at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Early Career
Given, also known as Sparky, was playing for the local men's team Lifford Celtic at the age of 15. He was propelled into the limelight when he played in the FAI's Junior Cup for Lifford Celtic in the semi-final in Dundalk. In spite of being on the wrong end of the 1-0 score line, Shay had done enough by holding his own between the sticks.
Given was invited to join Celtic on a pre-season tour of Ireland when he was just 14 and then signed terms at 16 under the stewardship of another Irish football legend, Liam Brady.
He spent two years playing for Celtic Youth under-18 team in the Scottish League, with one of his highlights being when he made the subs bench for the senior team against Rangers on January 1, 1994 when they were beaten 4-2.
[edit] Blackburn Rovers
He subsequently was transferred to Blackburn Rovers in 1994 by manager Kenny Dalglish. Despite notable performances when given first team opportunities he was unable to permanently dislodge England international Tim Flowers from goal at Ewood Park. Consequently Given then went on loan to Swindon Town and then Sunderland after playing only two games for Blackburn. At Sunderland he put in a notable performance, keeping 12 clean sheets out of 17 appearances and picking up a Championship medal (to date the only medal he has won in professional football).
Even though he had been brought back to Blackburn, Given received a Division One winners medal from Sunderland, having made over 10 appearances for the club during his loan spell.
[edit] Newcastle United
Given, signed for a fee of £1.5 million in 1997, was one of the first signings for Newcastle United of then-new manager Dalglish.
Given immediately established himself in the first team, beating fellow goalkeepers Pavel Srníček, Shaka Hislop and Steve Harper to the position. He played in the 1998 FA Cup Final and then missed out on the 1999 FA Cup Final when Steve Harper was preferred. He would later regain his place in the team from Harper by the end of the 1999-2000 season,
Given later lost his place in the Newcastle team to Harper again, this time due to injury, he subsequently handed in a transfer request. The request was more a protest rather than a genuine wish to ever leave the club. The club rejected the request and, as it happened, Harper injured himself in training, enabling Given to regain his place.
In the 2001-2002 season, Given played in every Premiership match and was named in the PFA Premiership Team of the Season. He competed in the 2002 World Cup in South Korea/Japan, but could not prevent the Republic of Ireland being eliminated by Spain after a penalty shoot-out.
On April 30, 2003, Given became Newcastle's most capped player when he won his 41st cap of the season, overtaking Alf McMichael's previous record. [1] He ended 2003 as the holder of the Premiership's record for the most consecutive appearances record, now surrendered to Frank Lampard of Chelsea.
Given became Newcastle's most experienced European performer in the game against Bnei Sakhnin on September 16, 2004.
Given was named in the Premiership's team of the year for his consistent performances throughout the 2005-2006 season.
Before the start of the 2006-2007 campaign, Given signed a new contract with Newcastle signaling his intention to see his career out with the Magpies. On September 17, 2006 Given suffered a one-centimeter tear in his bowel after a heavy challenge from West Ham United striker Marlon Harewood. Doctors likened the injury to one more likely to happen in a car crash. [2] Glenn Roeder bought a temporary cover keeper in the form of ex-Newcastle veteran Srníček to cover Harper, and rookie Tim Krul played a full match in Newcastle's 0-1 UEFA Cup win at Palermo on November 2. Given returned on November 18 with an impressive performance in Newcastle's 1-1 Premier League draw at Arsenal. Given's 07/08 season was prematurely ended by injury in February when he had an occurrence of an old groin injury in the game with Manchester United.
[edit] Personal Life
- Given married Jane Cunningham in Hexham, England, in a Roman Catholic ceremony attended by his teammates. The couple received a papal blessing from His late Holiness Pope John Paul II, himself an amateur goalkeeper in his youth. They have two children: a boy, Shayne (b. 2004), and a girl, Sienna (b. 2007).
[edit] Statistics
As of February 23, 2008
| Club Performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Scotland | League | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1993-94 | Celtic | Premier Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| England | League | FA Cup | Football League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1994-95 | Blackburn Rovers | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995-96 | Swindon Town | Second Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995-96 | Sunderland | First Division | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 1996-97 | Blackburn Rovers | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997-98 | Newcastle United | Premier League | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 1998-99 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 1999-00 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 2000-01 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 2001-02 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 50 | 0 | ||
| 2002-03 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 51 | 0 | ||
| 2003-04 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 53 | 0 | ||
| 2004-05 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 54 | 0 | ||
| 2005-06 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
| 2006-07 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2007-08 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Total | Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| England | 356 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 464 | 0 | ||
| Career Total | 356 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 464 | 0 | ||
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| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Kevin Kilbane |
FAI Player of the Year 2005–2006 |
Succeeded by Richard Dunne |
| Preceded by Unknown |
Newcastle United F.C. Player of The Year 2006 |
Succeeded by Nicky Butt |
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