Gregory Cunningham

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Gregory Cunningham
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Greg Cunningham (2016)
Personnel
Surname Gregory Richard Cunningham
birthday January 31, 1991
place of birth Carnmore , County Galway ,  Ireland
size 183 cm
position Full-back (left)
Juniors
Years station
1997-2004 Cregmore FC
2004-2007 Mervue United
2007-2010 Manchester City
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2010–2012 Manchester City 2 (0)
2010-2011 →  Leicester City  (loan) 13 (0)
2011–2012 →  Nottingham Forest  (loan) 27 (0)
2012-2015 Bristol City 91 (4)
2015-2018 Preston North End 103 (4)
2018– Cardiff City 7 (0)
2019-2020 →  Blackburn Rovers  (loan) 8 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2007-2008 Ireland U17 13 (3)
2009 Ireland U-19 9 (0)
2011–2012 Ireland U-21 6 (1)
2010-2013 Ireland 4 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of August 21, 2020

Gregory Richard Cunningham (born January 31, 1991 in Carnmore , County Galway ) is an Irish football player who is under contract with Cardiff City .

Career

society

Gregory Cunningham began playing football at Cregmore FC at the age of six . In 2004 he then moved to Mervue United . There he played in youth until he went to Manchester City Youth Academy in 2007 . His first game in the professional team he completed on January 24, 2010, when he was substituted on in the FA Cup game in the 4-2 win over Scunthorpe United in the 46th minute for Nigel de Jong . On April 11th, he finally played his first Premier League game against Birmingham City . He came on in the 90th minute for Adam Johnson , the game ended 5-1 for the Citizens . On October 21, he was loaned to Leicester City . He made his debut for Leicester two days later in the 2-0 defeat at Swansea City . After playing thirteen league games for Leicester, he returned to Manchester in January 2011 .

On October 25, 2011 Cunningham moved to December 31, 2011 on loan to Nottingham Forest in the Football League Championship . On December 29, 2011, Manchester City announced that the loan had been extended to the end of the season.

For the 2012/13 season Cunningham moved to the second division Bristol City . He signed a four-year contract with the Robins until June 30, 2016.

National team

Cunningham played for Ireland's U-17 national team from 2009 to 2010. On February 22, 2010 he was nominated by coach Giovanni Trapattoni for a friendly against Brazil , but not used. On May 28, he finally made his international debut in a 3-0 win over Algeria .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sam Lyon: Scunthorpe 2 - 4 Man City , BBC Sport. January 24, 2010. 
  2. ↑ Man City 5-1 Birmingham . BBC Sports. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
  3. ^ Greg Cunningham has joined Leicester City until January , mcfc.co.uk
  4. ^ Swansea 2- 0 Leicester , news.bbc.co.uk
  5. Jump to Nottingham Forest
  6. ^ Greg stays on to help Forest
  7. ^ Defender at Bristol move
  8. ↑ GREG GLAD TO BE ON ALBERT'S SIDE ( Memento from August 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ^ Trapattoni names 23-man squad for Brazil . In: RTÉ Sport . February 22, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
  10. ^ Greg Cunningham set to make Ireland debut . In: RTE Sport . May 27, 2010. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
  11. ^ Rep of Ireland 3-0 Algeria . In: BBC Sport . May 28, 2010. Retrieved May 28, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Cunningham, Gregory
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cunningham, Gregory Richard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Carnmore , County Galway , Ireland