Stephen Quinn

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Stephen Quinn
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Quinn
Date of birth	April 4, 1986 (1986-04-04) (age 22)
Place of birth	Clondalkin, Republic of Ireland
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Sheffield United
Youth clubs
	St Patrick's Athletic
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004–2005 2005– 2006 2006	St Patrick's Athletic Sheffield United → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) → Rotherham United (loan)	01 (0) 34 (4) 15 (0) 16 (0)
National team2
2007–	Ireland U-21	09 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:22, 5 May 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Stephen Quinn (born April 4, 1986 in Clondalkin) is a professional footballer from the Republic of Ireland. He currently plays as a midfielder for Sheffield United in the English Football League Championship.

Stephen Quinn is the younger brother of Ipswich and former Blades midfielder Alan Quinn and the older brother of Sheffield United Youth team midfielder and captain Keith Quinn.

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 Sheffield United 2 Statistics 3 International career 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Club career

[edit] Sheffield United

Quinn started his footballing career with St Patrick's Athletic in the Football League of Ireland.

He signed for Sheffield United in 2005, and made his first team debut for the Blades in a League Cup win at Shrewsbury Town on September 20, 2005.^[1]

Quinn spent some of the 2005-06 season on loan with Milton Keynes Dons^[2] and Rotherham United respectively.^[3] Stephen became a fan favourite at Rotherham United; his consistent excellent performances helping to keep them in League 1.

Stephen made his Premiership debut, against Charlton Athletic, and could almost scored within the first 40 seconds of the game.^[4] In his second appearance, a match against Aston Villa at Bramall Lane, he did score his first goal for the club.^[5] Quinn ended the season by winning the young player of the season award, his excellent performances were also rewarded with a new contract. Quinn looks like being a real quality player for The Blades in the years to come.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Statistics

Club Performance

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Others		Total
		App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
Sheffield United	2007-081	19	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	2
	2006-07	15	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	2
	2005-06	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Rotherham United (loan)	2005-06	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
MK Dons (loan)	2005-06	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	19	0
Total		65	4	6	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	78	4

¹ Last updated 5 May 2008

[edit] International career

Stephen was called up by the Republic of Ireland for the first time as part of the senior squad to face San Marino in the Euro 2008 qualifier at the Serravalle Stadium on Wednesday, February 4, 2007.

He made his U-21 international debut in the 1-0 loss against Holland in Venlo on March 27.^[6] Stephen scored his first international goal in a 3-2 victory against Sweden U-21 in October 2007.^[7]

[edit] External links

• Official profile at SUFC
• Stephen Quinn career stats at Soccerbase

[edit] References

v • d • e Sheffield United F.C. – current squad 1 Kenny • 3 Naysmith • 5 Morgan • 6 Beattie • 7 Shelton • 8 Stead • 9 Hulse • 10 Webber • 11 Hendrie • 13 Bennett • 14 Carney • 15 Speed • 16 Kilgallon • 17 Montgomery • 18 Tonge • -- Zeyn Alabidyn S-Latef • 19 Gillespie • 20 Armstrong • 22 Lucketti • 24 Sharp • 26 Geary • 28 Quinn • 31 Law • 33 Ehiogu • –– Seck • Manager: Blackwell

Persondata
NAME	Quinn, Stephen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Quinn, Stephen
SHORT DESCRIPTION	footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1986-4-4
PLACE OF BIRTH	Clondalkin , Republic of Ireland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH