Glenn Whelan

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Glenn Whelan
Personal information
Full name Glenn Whelan
Date of birth January 13, 1984 (1984-01-13) (age 24)
Place of birth    Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Stoke City
Number 6
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2001–2004
2003
2003–2004
2004–2008
2008–		 Manchester City
→ Bury (loan)
→ Bury (loan)
Sheffield Wednesday
Stoke City		 000 0(0)
007 0(0)
006 0(0)
142 (12)
014 0(1)   
National team2

2007
2008-		 Republic of Ireland U-21
Republic of Ireland B
Republic of Ireland		 014 0(2)
001 0(0)
002 0(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 19:09, 24 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 19:57, 29 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Glenn Whelan (born January 13, 1984 in Dublin) is an Irish professional football player, currently playing for Stoke City. He previously played for Sheffield Wednesday, with whom he won promotion to the Championship in May 2005. Whelan is at home in a role of a midfield playmaker where his assets, such as creativity, great range of passing and fantastic first touch can be used to full effect.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Manchester City

Whelan started his career with Manchester City, making one solitary appearance in the UEFA Cup against Total Network Solutions in August 2003,[1] before joining Bury on a one-month loan the following month.[2] After appearing in the Republic of Ireland's World Youth Cup campaign in November and December, he returned to Bury on another one-month loan on 24 December 2003.[3]

[edit] Sheffield Wednesday

Whelen joined Sheffield Wednesday on a free transfer in the summer of 2004.[4] He was vital in securing a play-off place for the club, starting a total of 41 games and scoring four goals. Whelan was voted "man of the match" in the League One play-off final against Hartlepool at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff after scoring the game-winning third goal for Wednesday. After Wednesday won promotion to the Championship Whelan was trialled as captain by Paul Sturrock after club captain Lee Bullen was injured.

In July 2006, Whelan was placed on the transfer list by Sturrock following increased competition for places in the Wednesday midfield after the arrival of Wade Small, Kenny Lunt and Yoann Folly.[5] He was subsequently removed from the transfer list by the following manager Brian Laws.[6] Whelan repaid the faith shown in him with seven goals, most notably "screamers" against Leicester, Southampton & Luton. He then went on to win a number of 'Player of the year' awards for the club's 2006–07 season.[7][8]

[edit] Stoke City

He joined Stoke City on 2008-01-31 for £500,000, signing a three and a half year contract.[9] He scored his first goal for Stoke in the 2–1 home defeat to Crystal Palace in April 2008[10] and won promotion with Stoke to the Barclays Premier League in May 2008.[11]

[edit] International career

He represented Republic of Ireland Under-20 team at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship and has been capped 14 times by the Irish Under 21s, captaining the side on many of these occasions. His first cap for the Republic of Ireland B national football team came on 20 November 2007 against Scotland.[12] Whelan made his debut for the senior team against Serbia in May 2008.[13]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Man City sail through", BBC, 2003-08-28. Retrieved on 2007-11-10. 
  2. ^ "Bury bag Whelan", BBC, 2003-09-29. Retrieved on 2007-11-10. 
  3. ^ "Bury sign Whelan on loan", BBC, 2003-12-24. Retrieved on 2007-11-10. 
  4. ^ Johnson, William. "Premiership transfers", Daily Telegraph, 2004-07-21. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  5. ^ "Owls bag Saints midfielder Folly", BBC Sport, 2006-07-12. Retrieved on 2008-02-25. 
  6. ^ "Owls enter Whelan contract talks", BBC Sport, 2007-06-26. Retrieved on 2008-02-25. 
  7. ^ "Whelan Bags Award", Vital Network, 2007-04-20. Retrieved on 2008-02-25. 
  8. ^ "Whelan Bags Owls Gong", Vital Network, 2007-04-26. Retrieved on 2008-02-25. 
  9. ^ "Stoke sign Whelan and Gallagher", BBC Sport, 2008-02-01. Retrieved on 2008-02-25. 
  10. ^ "Stoke 1-2 Crystal Palace", BBC Sport, 2008-04-08. Retrieved on 2008-05-24. 
  11. ^ Soni, Paresh. "Stoke 0-0 Leicester", BBC Sport, 2008-05-04. Retrieved on 2008-05-24. 
  12. ^ Lindsay, Clive. "Scotland B 1-1 Rep of Ireland B", BBC Sport, 2007-11-20. Retrieved on 2008-02-25. 
  13. ^ "Trapattoni opts for two debutants", BBC Sport, 2008-05-23. Retrieved on 2008-05-24. 

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