Dean Shiels
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Dean Shiels (born 1 February 1985, in Magherafelt) is a Northern Irish professional footballer currently playing for Hibernian in the Scottish Premier League. He was previously contracted to Arsenal, but made no first team appearances for the club.
In early 2006, Shiels had an operation to remove his right eye. He had been blind in that eye since a domestic accident when he was eight years old. In recent years, the eye had been giving him headaches and other problems, and it was agreed with his club that surgery was the best solution.[1] Shiels returned to action in the later weeks of 2005-06[2] and has re-established himself in Hibs' first team squad in the 2006-07 season, scoring in the team's first two league matches.
Shiels won his first Northern Ireland cap against Portugal in November 2005.Dean Shiels was picked for the Northern Ireland team in a recent Euro 2008 qualifying game against Spain which ended 3 - 2 to Northern Ireland.
[edit] References
- ^ Shiels to have eye removed, BBC Sport, 19 January 2006. Retrieved 28 September 2006
- ^ Shiels returns to action 7 weeks after operation, Scotsman.com Sport, 22 March 2006. Retrieved 28 September 2006
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