Shay Given

Irish association football player

Shay Given (born 20 April 1976) is an Irish retired football player.

Shay Given
Given playing for Manchester City in 2010
Personal information
Full name Séamus John James Given[1]
Date of birth (1976-04-20) 20 April 1976 (age 48)[2]
Place of birth Lifford, Ireland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Lifford Celtic
1991–1994 Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1997 Blackburn Rovers 2 (0)
1994Swindon Town (loan) 0 (0)
1996Swindon Town (loan) 5 (0)
1996Sunderland (loan) 17 (0)
1997–2009 Newcastle United 354 (1)
2009–2011 Manchester City 50 (0)
2011–2015 Aston Villa 37 (0)
2013–2014Middlesbrough (loan) 16 (0)
2015–2017 Stoke City 8 (0)
Total 489 (1)
National team
Republic of Ireland U21 5 (0)
1996–2016 Republic of Ireland 134 (0)
Teams managed
2014–2015 Aston Villa (assistant manager)
2020 Derby County (co-interim manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[4]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Blackburn Rovers 1994–95 Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1996–97 Premier League 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Swindon Town (loan) 1995–96 Second Division 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Sunderland (loan) 1995–96 First Division 17 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
Newcastle United 1997–98 Premier League 24 0 4 0 0 0 6[a] 0 34 0
1998–99 Premier League 31 0 6 0 2 0 1[b] 0 40 0
1999–2000 Premier League 14 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 17 0
2000–01 Premier League 34 0 0 0 1 0 35 0
2001–02 Premier League 38 0 5 0 1 0 6[c] 0 50 0
2002–03 Premier League 38 0 1 0 0 0 12[a] 0 51 0
2003–04 Premier League 38 0 2 0 0 0 13[d] 0 53 0
2004–05 Premier League 36 0 3 0 1 0 12[e] 0 52 0
2005–06 Premier League 38 0 4 0 2 0 3[c] 0 47 0
2006–07 Premier League 22 0 2 0 1 0 8[e] 0 33 0
2007–08 Premier League 19 0 3 0 2 0 24 0
2008–09 Premier League 22 0 2 0 2 0 26 0
Total 354 0 34 0 13 0 61 0 462 0
Manchester City 2008–09 Premier League 15 0 0 0 0 0 6[e] 0 21 0
2009–10 Premier League 35 0 3 0 6 0 44 0
2010–11 Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 3[f] 0 4 0
Total 50 0 3 0 7 0 9 0 69 0
Aston Villa 2011–12 Premier League 33 0 1 0 1 0 35 0
2012–13 Premier League 2 0 2 0 5 0 9 0
2013–14 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2014–15 Premier League 2 0 6 0 2 0 10 0
Total 37 0 9 0 7 0 53 0
Middlesbrough (loan) 2013–14 Championship 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Stoke City 2015–16 Premier League 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
2016–17 Premier League 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
Total 8 0 0 0 3 0 11 0
Career total 489 0 46 0 31 0 70 0 636 0
  1. 1.0 1.1 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. Appearance in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  3. 3.0 3.1 Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
  4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances in UEFA Cup
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  6. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]
National team Year Apps Goals
Republic of Ireland 1996 8 0
1997 6 0
1998 6 0
1999 3 0
2000 3 0
2001 10 0
2002 11 0
2003 8 0
2004 11 0
2005 8 0
2006 4 0
2007 7 0
2008 6 0
2009 11 0
2010 7 0
2011 11 0
2012 5 0
2013 0 0
2014 2 0
2015 6 0
2016 1 0
Total 134 0

Honours

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Sunderland

Newcastle United

Manchester City

Aston Villa

Republic of Ireland

Individual

References

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  1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2015 and 31/07/2015". The Football Association. p. 14. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  2. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  3. "Shay Given: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  4. "Shay Given". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  5. Given, Shay at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Shay Given: 'Do you ever get over being dropped for an FA Cup final?'". The Guardian. London. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  7. "Robbie Keane earns Ireland deciding win over Scotland in Nations Cup". The Guardian. London. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  8. "Saint-Maximin voted North-East FWA Player of the Year". footballwriters.co.uk. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  9. Rory Mitchinson (16 May 2022). "Joelinton scoops Newcastle United Player of the Year award". Newcastle United F.C. Retrieved 19 October 2023.