Shane Long

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Shane Long
FIFA WC-qualification 2014 - Austria vs Ireland 2013-09-10 - Shane Long 01.jpg
Long warming up with the national team (2013)
Personnel
Surname Shane Patrick Long
birthday January 22, 1987
place of birth Gortnahoe , County Tipperary ,  Ireland
size 180 cm
position Storm
Juniors
Years station
1994-2002 Borris St. Kevins
2002-2004 Saint Michaels
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2004-2005 Cork City 1 0(0)
2005-2011 Reading FC 174 (44)
2011-2014 West Bromwich Albion 80 (19)
2014 Hull City 15 0(4)
2014– Southampton FC 132 (20)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2006 Ireland B
2006 Ireland U21
2007– Ireland 79 (17)
1 Only league games are given.
As of December 20, 2018

2 As of November 14, 2017

Shane Patrick Long (born January 22, 1987 in Gortnahoe , County Tipperary ) is an Irish football player who is currently under contract with Southampton FC .

Career

He started his football career at Tipperary St Michael's. At the age of 13 he moved to Cork City . In 2005 he signed a contract with the English first division club Reading FC . After six years with Reading, the 1.79 m tall forward moved to West Bromwich Albion in August 2011 .

During the winter break of the 2013/14 season, he moved to Hull City , where he signed a contract until 2017. However, he was transferred to Southampton FC at the beginning of the 2014/15 season . For this he scored the new earliest goal in the history of the Premiere League in the league game against Watford FC on April 23, 2019 after 7.69 seconds.

International matches

After appointments in the Irish U21 and the B-Elf, Long played his first international match in the jersey of the Irish national team on February 7, 2007 in the qualifying for the European Championship 2008 against San Marino .

At the European Football Championship in France in 2016 , he was included in Ireland's squad. In all four games in the tournament he was part of the first team. After reaching the last sixteen, the team was eliminated by the hosts.

Web links

Commons : Shane Long  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Albion complete Long capture , message on the West Bromwich Albion website of August 9, 2011 (English, accessed August 10, 2011)
  2. ↑ Official: Hull City signs West Bromwich striker Long transfermarkt.de from January 16, 2014 (accessed on January 17, 2014)
  3. ↑ Southampton FC takes Long and Gardos for almost 22 million euros transfermarkt.de on August 14, 2014 (accessed September 25, 2014)
  4. ↑ Record: Long scores fastest goal in Premier League , wn.de, accessed on April 25, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Long, Shane
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Long, Shane Patrick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Gortnahoe , County Tipperary , Ireland