Alan Quinn

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Alan Quinn
Personal information
Full name Alan Quinn
Date of birth June 13, 1979 (age 27)
Place of birth    Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Nickname Quinny
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Sheffield United
Youth clubs
Cherry Orchard F.C.
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1997-2004
2003
2004-		 Sheffield Wednesday
→ Sunderland (loan)
Sheffield United		 157 (16)
006 0(0)
088 (11)   
National team2
2003-2004 Ireland 008 0(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 21:27, 6 April 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 29 March 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Alan Quinn (born June 13, 1979 in Dublin) is a professional footballer from the Republic of Ireland.

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A product of the Cherry Orchard club in Dublin, Quinn started out his English club career at Sheffield Wednesday, making his first appearance as a substitute during 1997-98 and his first start the following season. After two games in his first two seasons his career took off during 1999-2000 and he eventually played 178 League and Cup games for the Owls scoring 17 times.

After 6 games on loan to Sunderland, and winning an internet player of the year award for the 2002-2003 season [1] he moved to bitter rivals Sheffield United on a free transfer in 2004. He is the only player to have scored for both teams in the Steel City derby games. As of 1st February 2007, he had made a total of 249 league appearances.

He is the eldest of three brothers currently at the club, the others being Stephen who is also a member of the first team squad and Keith who plays for the Reserve B team in the Pontins League Eastern Section.

He won his first senior cap for the Republic of Ireland against Norway on April 30, 2003 and currently has currently has 6 caps, the last one earned as a substitute against Croatia on November 16, 2004.

Alan has, along with brother Stephen, been selected as part of the sqaud to face San Marino in the Euro 2008 qualifier at the Serravalle Stadium on Wednesday, February 4, 2007.


Alan then came on as a substitute for Aiden McGeady when Ireland played Slovakia in Croke Park on 28th March 2007

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    Sheffield United F.C. - Current Squad

    1 Kenny | 2 Bromby | 4 Davis | 5 Morgan | 6 Jagielka | 7 Shelton | 8 Stead | 9 Hulse | 10 Webber | 12 A. Quinn | 13 Bennett | 14 Sommeil | 15 Kozluk | 16 Kilgallon | 17 Montgomery | 18 Tonge | 19 Gillespie | 20 Armstrong | 21 Leigertwood | 22 Lucketti | 23 Fathi | 24 Short | 26 Geary | 27 Nadé | 28 S. Quinn | 29 Gerrard | 30 Li | 31 Law | 32 Kâzım-Richards | 33 Annerson | 34 Ashmore | 37 Marrison | 38 Hurst | 39 Seck | –– Gyaki | –– Hao | Manager: Warnock
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