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Ronnie Whelan

Ronnie Whelan
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Whelan in 2013
Personal information
Full name Ronald Andrew Whelan
Date of birth (1961-09-25) 25 September 1961 (age 55)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Home Farm
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1979 Home Farm 45 (7)
1979–1994 Liverpool 362 (46)
1994–1996 Southend United 34 (1)
National team
1979 League of Ireland XI 1 (1)
1981–1995 Republic of Ireland 53 (3)
1994 Republic of Ireland B 1 (0)
1981 Republic of Ireland U21 1 (0)
Teams managed
1995–1997 Southend United
1998–1999 Panionios
2000–2002 Olympiakos Nicosia
2002 Apollon Limassol

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.



* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Ronald Andrew "Ronnie" Whelan (/ˈrɒn ˈhwlən/; born 25 September 1961 in Dublin) is a former Irish association football midfielder, and sometimes defender, who was an integral part of the dominant Liverpool side of the 1980s. He was at the club from 1979 until 1994. In 100 Players Who Shook The Kop, a poll of 110,000 Liverpool fans conducted by the official Liverpool Football Club web-site, Whelan was in 30th position.

Whelan finished his career at Southend United, where he was also player-manager. He has also managed in Greece and Cyprus, with Panionios, Olympiakos Nicosia and Apollon Limassol.

Whelan played for the Republic of Ireland national football team at one UEFA European Football Championship (1988) and two World Cups (1990 and 1994), turning out a total of 53 times for the national side between 1981 and 1995.


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