Shay Given

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 49)[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)
1994	→ Swindon Town (loan)	0	(0)
1996	→ Swindon Town (loan)	5	(0)
1996	→ Sunderland (loan)	17	(0)
1997–2009	Newcastle United	354	(1)
2009–2011	Manchester City	50	(0)
2011–2015	Aston Villa	37	(0)
2013–2014	→ Middlesbrough (loan)	16	(0)
2015–2017	Stoke City	8	(0)
Total		489	(1)
International career
	Republic of Ireland U21	5	(0)
1996–2016	Republic of Ireland	134	(0)
Managerial career
2014–2015	Aston Villa (assistant manager)
2020	Derby County (co-interim manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

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. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
2. Appearance in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Intertoto Cup
4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances in UEFA Cup
5. Appearances in UEFA Cup
6. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

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

Sunderland

• Football League First Division: 1995–96

Newcastle United

• FA Cup: runner-up 1997–98^[6]
• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2006

Manchester City

• FA Cup: 2010–11^[6]

Aston Villa

• FA Cup runner-up: 2014–15

Republic of Ireland

• Nations Cup: 2011^[7]

Individual

• PFA Team of the Year: 2001–02 Premier League, 2005–06 Premier League
• North-East FWA Player of the Year: 2002, 2006^[8]
• Newcastle United Player of the Year: 2004–05, 2005–06^[9]
• FAI Senior International Player of the Year: 2005, 2006