Alan Quinn

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

Alan Quinn
Personal information
Full name Alan Quinn
Date of birth (1979-06-13) 13 June 1979
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Cherry Orchard
Manortown United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2004 Sheffield Wednesday 157 (16)
2003 → Sunderland (loan) 6 (0)
2004–2008 Sheffield United 97 (11)
2008–2011 Ipswich Town 69 (3)
2014 Handsworth 6 (0)
Total 335 (30)
National team
2003–2007 Republic of Ireland 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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. Quinn has 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 1999–00 and he eventually played 178 League and Cup games for Wednesday, scoring 17 times.

After 6 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.[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 during the January transfer window, ironically agreeing the deal the day before the Steel City Derby against his former club Sheffield Wednesday.

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 just four minutes into his second appearance for Ipswich against his former team Sheffield Wednesday. He also scored a memorable 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 currently has 8 caps.

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoals
Sheffield Wednesday
1997–98[8] Premier League 100000—10
1998–99[9] Premier League 100000—10
1999–00[10] Premier League 1933000—223
2000–01[11] First Division 3722051—443
2001–02[12] First Division 3821060—452
2002–03[13] First Division 3751020—405
2003–04[14] Second Division 24400102[lower-alpha 1]0274
Total 15716701412018017
Sunderland (loan) 2003–04[14] First Division 6000000060
Sheffield United 2004–05[15] Championship 4372020—477
2005–06[16] Championship 2741010—294
2006–07[17] Premier League 1901010—210
2007–08[18] Championship 800040—120
Total 971140800010911
Ipswich Town 2007–08[18] Championship 1610000—161
2008–09[19] Championship 3422030—292
2009–10[20] Championship 1900021—211
Total 693209100804
Career total 329301303122037532
  1. Appearances in Football League Trophy

International
Source:[21]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
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. http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/handsworthfc/news/handsworth-parramore-fc-1st-signing-1238853.html
  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. "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. "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
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