Glenn Whelan

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Glenn Whelan
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Glenn Whelan (2012)
Personnel
Surname Glenn David Whelan
birthday January 13, 1984
place of birth Dublin ,  Ireland
size 180 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
2000-2001 Cherry Orchard FC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2001-2004 Manchester City 0 0(0)
2003-2004 →  Bury FC  (loan) 13 0(0)
2004-2008 Sheffield Wednesday 142 (13)
2008-2017 Stoke City 291 0(5)
2017-2019 Aston Villa 68 0(2)
2019-2020 Heart of Midlothian 15 0(0)
2020– Fleetwood Town 1 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
Ireland U-21 14 0(2)
2007 Ireland B 1 0(0)
2008– Ireland 90 0(2)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: January 26, 2020

2 As of November 18, 2019

Glenn David Whelan (born January 13, 1984 in Dublin ) is an Irish football player who plays in midfield. He took part in the European Championship finals for Ireland in 2012 and 2016 and was best known in English club football as a player from Sheffield Wednesday and Stoke City .

Career

Manchester City

Whelan began his professional career in 2001 with the English first division club Manchester City . In three years in Manchester, however, he came only to one competitive appearance in the first team when he came on for Paul Bosvelt in August 2003 in the European Cup match against The New Saints FC . This was followed by a two-month loan to FC Bury .

Sheffield Wednesday

In 2004 Whelan moved to Sheffield Wednesday on a free transfer . At Sheffield Whelan quickly became a top performer and regular player and thus had a large share in the fact that the club finished in a playoff place. Whelan scored five goals in 42 competitive games. In the playoff final against Hartlepool United , he scored the winning goal for his team. After promotion to the Football League Championship , Whelan took over the captaincy of the injured Lee Bull . The season was quite successful and the class was kept. In July 2006 Whelan was sorted out by coach Paul Sturrock after the transfer of Wade Small , Kenny Lunt and Yoann Folly . After Sturrock's dismissal, his situation suddenly improved under the new coach Brian Laws . As a regular player, he scored a total of seven goals and the club turned down numerous offers for him. In January 2008, however, the club agreed to a move to Stoke City .

Stoke City

Whelan signed on January 30, 2008 a contract for three and a half years with league rivals Stoke City. On February 2, he played his first game for the new club against Cardiff City when he came on for Mamady Sidibe in the 82nd minute . In the following game against Wolverhampton Wanderers he was in the starting line-up for the first time. On April 7th he scored his first goal against Crystal Palace . At the end of the season, Stoke City finished the season in second place and thus rose to the Premier League . Whelan was in the starting line-up for the season opener against Bolton Wanderers . Due to poor performance, however, he was rarely used and only played in the League Cup from the start. Despite being a reservist, he was regularly called up for the national team. In the second half of the season, however, he was able to improve his performance and became a regular player again and played a part in ensuring that Stoke was able to keep the class. On September 15, 2009 Whelan extended his contract early and signed a new four-year contract. In the 2-0 win over Everton FC on January 1, 2011, he played his 100th competitive game for Stoke. In the 2010/11 season, Whelan was with Stoke City for the first time in the FA Cup final , which was lost, however, 0-1 to Manchester City. His 100th league game for Stoke followed on May 8, 2011.

Aston Villa

For the 2017/18 season Whelan moved to Aston Villa in the EFL Championship . In the following two years he played 73 competitive games for the new club and helped it to promotion to the Premier League after the end of the 2018/19 season. Nevertheless, in June 2019 he was one of eight Aston Villa players (initially) who were not offered a new contract after the end of their contract.

Heart of Midlothian

He found a new club in August 2019 with the Scottish first division club Heart of Midlothian . The contract was terminated in January 2020. He then signed a contract with the English third division club Fleetwood Town until the end of the season .

National team

With the Irish U-20 Whelan took part in the 2003 Junior World Cup . In the U-21 national team , he played a total of fourteen international matches, in which he temporarily led the team as captain. For the B selection of the national team Whelan made his debut on November 20, 2007 against Scotland . In May 2008 Whelan made his debut for the senior national team against Serbia . He scored his first goal for his home country against Georgia .

At the European Football Championship in France in 2016 , he was included in Ireland's squad and was on the starting line-up in the first two games. After the 3-0 defeat against Belgium, he dropped out of the team and was no longer used until he was eliminated in the round of 16.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Glenn Whelan: Irishman seeks final vindication against club that spurned him
  2. ↑ Man City sail through
  3. ^ Bury sign Whelan on loan
  4. ^ Premiership transfers
  5. ↑ Hartlepool vs. Sheffield ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.swfc.co.uk
  6. ^ Owls enter Whelan contract talks
  7. ^ Stoke sign Whelan and Gallagher
  8. ↑ Stoke 1-2 Crystal Palace
  9. ↑ Glenn's new deal ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stokecityfc.com
  10. ^ Stoke 2-0 Everton
  11. ↑ Man City 1-0 Stoke
  12. ↑ Stoke 3-1 Arsenal
  13. ↑ Aston Villa: Micah Richards and Albert Adomah among eight players released
  14. ↑ Glenn Whelan: Hearts sign former Aston Villa player on one-year deal
  15. ^ Glenn Whelan: Hearts release Republic of Ireland midfielder. BBC Sport, January 7, 2020, accessed January 7, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Scotland B 1-1 Rep of Ireland B
  17. ↑ Trapattoni opts for two debutants
  18. ↑ Ireland off to perfect start
personal data
SURNAME Whelan, Glenn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Whelan, Glenn David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Dublin , Ireland