Ivan Sproule
Ivan Sproule | ||
Personnel | ||
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birthday | 18th February 1981 | |
place of birth | Castlederg , Northern Ireland | |
size | 173 cm | |
position | midfield | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
2000-2001 | Moyola Park FC | |
2001-2004 | Omagh Town FC | 95 (19) |
2004-2005 | Institute FC | 11 | (2)
2005-2007 | Hibernian Edinburgh | 71 (12) |
2007-2011 | Bristol City | 119 | (6)
2010 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 2 | (0)
2011 | → Notts County (loan) | 5 | (0)
2011-2013 | Hibernian Edinburgh | 44 | (3)
2013– | Ross County | 14 | (6)
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
2005-2007 | Northern Ireland | 11 | (1)
1 Only league games are given. As of May 29, 2013 |
Ivan Sproule (born February 18, 1981 in Castlederg , Northern Ireland ) is a Northern Irish football player who has played for Ross County since 2013 .
Player career
Sproule, a winger, got into professional football late. His career began with Omagh Town FC and the FC Institute , both semi-professional clubs in the Northern Irish League . At the same time he worked as an engineer. Hibernian invited him to a trial training session in January 2005, where he impressed manager Tony Mowbray and signed a contract until the end of the season, for which he gave up his job.
The deal paid off for both Hibernian and Sproule. He scored one of the three goals in the 3-1 win over Celtic Glasgow that shattered their dreams of the title, a particularly fine moment for him who has been a Glasgow Rangers fan since childhood . He was then offered a better two-year contract, which he signed without hesitation.
Sproule hit the headlines in August 2005 when he single- handedly defeated the Rangers with a hat-trick and was called up to the Northern Irish national team for the first time the following week . He made his national team debut in Northern Ireland's famous 1-0 win over England at Windsor Park.
In February 2006, Sproule brought further calamity to the Glasgow Rangers by knocking them out of the Scottish Cup . Sproule himself contributed a goal to the 3-0 win and prepared another.
His name was often celebrated by Hibernian fans as “He's here, he's there, he's every-fucking-where” (something like: “He's here, he's there, he's fucking everywhere”), a reference to his incredible speed.
In his first international match from the start for Northern Ireland against Estonia on March 1, 2006, he scored a goal. His goal was the only goal of the game and also his first touch of the ball in the second minute of the game.
In Northern Ireland's last game against Estonia, the Northern Irish fans say "And I can't help falling in love with Sproule" after his first goal on the international stage.
In the 2007/08 season Sproule moved for £ 500,000 from the Hibs to the second division promoted Bristol City .
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Rangers 0-3 Hibernian" (1)
- ↑ "Northern Ireland 1-0 England"
- ↑ "Rangers 0-3 Hibernian" (2)
- ↑ "Sproule hungry for more NI goals"
Web links
- Ivan Sproule in the soccerbase.com database
- Appearances in the national team
- Ivan Sproule in the weltfussball.de database
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sproule, Ivan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Northern Irish soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 18th February 1981 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Castlederg , Northern Ireland |