John O'Shea

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John O'Shea
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John O'Shea (2013)
Personnel
Surname John Francis O'Shea
birthday April 30, 1981
place of birth WaterfordIreland
size 191 cm
position Central defender
Juniors
Years station
Ferrybank AFC
0000-1996 Waterford Bohemians
1996-1998 Manchester United
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1999-2011 Manchester United 256 (10)
2000 →  AFC Bournemouth  (loan) 10 0(1)
2001 →  Royal Antwerp  (loan) 14 0(0)
2011-2018 Sunderland AFC 226 0(4)
2018-2019 Reading FC 9 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2001-2018 Ireland 118 0(3)
1 Only league games are given.

John Francis O'Shea [ oˈʃɛɨ ] (born April 30, 1981 in Waterford ) is a former Irish football player .

Career

Club career

O'Shea played for Manchester United between 1996 and 2011 , and has been a professional since 1999. From January 2000 to March 2000 he was loaned to Bournemouth AFC . From January 2001 to May 2001 he was on loan again, this time to Royal Antwerp .

O'Shea made his Premier League debut for Manchester on November 4, 2001 against Liverpool . In early 2006 he extended his contract with Manchester United until 2009.

During the 2011 summer break, O'Shea moved to Sunderland AFC together with his teammate Wes Brown . O'Shea signed a four-year contract.

After switching to second division FC Reading in 2018 , the club announced on O'Shea's 38th birthday on Twitter that he would end his professional career after the 2018/19 season.

National team

O'Shea made his debut for the Irish national team on August 15, 2001 against Croatia . He is one of his country's bearers of hope and is a regular player. On October 14, 2014, he played his 100th international match in the European Championship qualifier against world champions Germany and scored the 1-1 equalizer in the last minute of stoppage time.

At the European Football Championship in France in 2016 , he was accepted into Ireland's squad and played the first two games against Sweden and Belgium in the regular team. When the last game was lost 3-0, the team was switched and O'Shea stayed on the bench. He was only brought on again in the round of 16 when opponents France took a 2-1 lead with a double strike and an Irishman was sent off. The game was lost and the team was eliminated.

With 118 internationals, he is the third most male national team player for Ireland.

Others

It was sponsored by the sporting goods manufacturer Concave , a Canadian athletic shoe manufacturer.

In 2007 he became a brief goalkeeper when he had to replace the injured Edwin van der Sar in the final minutes of the Manchester United game against Tottenham Hotspur . This was injured and it could not be changed.

successes

Web links

Commons : John O'Shea  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. How to pronounce O'Shea. In: de.forvo.com. Retrieved April 30, 2019 .
  2. ^ Man Utd's John O'Shea signs four-year Sunderland deal. In: news.bbc.co.uk. BBC , July 7, 2011, accessed April 30, 2019 .
  3. ^ John O'Shea to retire at the end of season. In: irishexaminer.com. April 30, 2019, accessed April 30, 2019 .
  4. Shock from O'Shea! Ireland takes a point ( memento January 3, 2015 on the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Centurion O'Shea stuns Germany. In: fai.ie. Football Association of Ireland , October 14, 2014, accessed April 30, 2019 .