Alan Quinn

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Alan Quinn
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-06-13) 13 June 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Cherry Orchard
Manortown United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2004 Sheffield Wednesday 157 (16)
2003Sunderland (loan) 6 (0)
2004–2008 Sheffield United 97 (11)
2008–2011 Ipswich Town 69 (3)
2014 Handsworth 6 (0)
Total335(30)
International career
2003–2007 Republic of Ireland 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan Quinn (born 13 June 1979) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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He is one of nine brothers; both Stephen and Keith were on the books at Alan's former club, Sheffield United while another brother, Gerry, played for St Patrick's Athletic in the League of Ireland, the club which his cousin Joe Redmond also plays for. Quinn also played for Sheffield Wednesday, and is the only player to have scored for both teams in the Steel City derby. During his playing career he also played for Sunderland and Ipswich Town.

Club career

Quinn played youth football in Dublin for Old Church United, Manortown United and Cherry Orchard.

Sheffield Wednesday

Quinn started 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 Wednesday, scoring 17 times.

After six games on loan to Sunderland, and winning OwlsOnline.com player of the year award for the 2002–03 season [1] he moved to Wednesday's rivals Sheffield United on a free transfer in 2004 after no clubs came in with a bid for the out of favour player. [2]

Sheffield United

After a couple of substitute appearances he made his full debut for the Blades in a 1–0 away victory at Preston North End on 8 August 2004. [3] He scored his first goal for the club a couple of weeks later in a 2–1 home defeat by West Ham United. [4] He was a regular in the starting eleven in his first season at Bramall Lane but in later years Quinn found first team football more difficult to come by.

With the Blades promoted to the Premier League for the 2006–07 season he could not hold down a regular spot, with his younger brother Stephen being preferred ahead of him for a time. Despite that Quinn made 19 Premier League appearances that season and was rewarded in July 2007 with a contract extension until 2010. [5]

Following United's relegation back to the Championship, Alan failed to impress new manager Bryan Robson enough to convince him that he was worth a place in the first team and made only a handful of appearances. The club allowed him to leave for free during the January transfer window, meaning Quinn never commanded a transfer fee throughout his career.

Ipswich Town

On 18 January 2008, Quinn signed for Ipswich Town on an emergency loan, after an undisclosed fee was agreed. The transfer was made permanent on 23 January 2008, with Quinn signing a three-and-a-half-year contract. He was allocated the number 25 shirt and scored four minutes into his second appearance for Ipswich against his former team Sheffield Wednesday. He also scored a goal in the East Anglian Derby at Portman Road in April 2009. [6]

Handsworth

In 2014, he signed for Handsworth. [7]

International career

At Youth level he won the 1998 U-18 European Championships with Republic of Ireland in a team that also featured Robbie Keane and Richard Dunne, scoring in the final. the match finished 1–1 AET with Rep. Of Ireland winning on penalties.

Quinn won his first senior cap for the Republic of Ireland against Norway on 30 April 2003 and went on to earn 8 caps.[ citation needed ]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoals
Sheffield Wednesday 1997–98 [8] Premier League 10000010
1998–99 [9] Premier League10000010
1999–2000 [10] Premier League1933000223
2000–01 [11] First Division 3722051443
2001–02 [12] First Division3821060452
2002–03 [13] First Division3751020405
2003–04 [14] Second Division 24400102 [a] 0274
Total15716701412018017
Sunderland (loan) 2003–04 [14] First Division60000060
Sheffield United 2004–05 [15] Championship 4372020477
2005–06 [16] Championship2741010294
2006–07 [17] Premier League1901010210
2007–08 [18] Championship800040120
Total971140800010911
Ipswich Town 2007–08 [18] Championship1610000161
2008–09 [19] Championship3422030292
2009–10 [20] Championship1900021211
Total693209100804
Career total329301303122037532

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [21]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Republic of Ireland 200320
200440
200610
200710
Total80

Honours

Sheffield United

Individual

References

  1. Wednesday Rivals Archived 2 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Warnock's quadruple swoop". BBC Sport. 23 June 2004. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  3. "Preston 0–1 Sheff Utd". BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  4. "Sheff Utd 1–2 West Ham". BBC Sport. 11 September 2004. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  5. "Blades pair agree new contracts". BBC Sport. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2007.
  6. "Ipswich recruit midfielder Quinn". BBC Sport. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2008.
  7. "Handsworth Parramore Fc 1st signing..." pitchero.com.
  8. "Games played by Alan Quinn in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  9. "Games played by Alan Quinn in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  10. "Games played by Alan Quinn in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  11. "Games played by Alan Quinn in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  12. "Games played by Alan Quinn in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  13. "Games played by Alan Quinn in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  14. 1 2 "Games played by Alan Quinn in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  15. "Games played by Alan Quinn in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  16. "Games played by Alan Quinn in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  17. "Games played by Alan Quinn in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  18. 1 2 "Games played by Alan Quinn in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  19. "Games played by Alan Quinn in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  20. "Games played by Alan Quinn in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  21. Alan Quinn at National-Football-Teams.com