Keith Gillespie
Gillespie at Sheffield United in 2006
|
|||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Keith Robert Gillespie | ||
| Date of birth | 18 February 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Larne, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| St Andrews FC | |||
| Manchester United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1995 | Manchester United | 9 | (1) |
| 1993 | → Wigan Athletic (loan) | 8 | (4) |
| 1995–1998 | Newcastle United | 113 | (11) |
| 1998–2003 | Blackburn Rovers | 115 | (6) |
| 2000–2001 | → Wigan Athletic (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Leicester City | 42 | (2) |
| 2005–2009 | Sheffield United | 97 | (4) |
| 2008 | → Charlton Athletic (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2009 | Bradford City | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Glentoran | 33 | (2) |
| 2010 | Darlington | 3 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Longford Town | 61 | (1) |
| Total | 495 | (31) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1994 | Northern Ireland U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 1994–2008 | Northern Ireland | 86 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:32, 28 September 2013 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:12, 22 November 2008 (UTC) |
|||
Keith Robert Gillespie (born 18 February 1975 in Larne, County Antrim) is a retired Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger.
He began his career at Manchester United after winning the FA Youth Cup in 1992, before moving to Newcastle United, where he played in the UEFA Champions League. Gillespie also played in the Premier League for Blackburn Rovers, Leicester City and Sheffield United, helping the former win the Football League Cup in 2002. Towards the end of his career, he played for Glentoran in the Irish League and Longford Town in the League of Ireland.
Gillespie earned 86 caps for Northern Ireland between 1994 and 2008, putting him 6th in their most capped players of all time.
His first years were spent in Islandmagee, County Antrim where he attended Whitehead Primary School. He later moved to Bangor, County Down where he attended Rathmore Primary School and Bangor Grammar School. He was scouted playing for St Andrews FC from Belfast, and was the first professional footballer to come from this club.
...
Wikipedia