Shay Given

About Shay Given

In 2005 and 2006, the FAI Senior International Player of the Year was awarded to the Republic of Ireland goalkeeper.

Séamus John James "Shay" Given is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the first-team coach at Derby County. Given started his career at Celtic, however he never made a first-team appearance and he was released and signed by Blackburn Rovers on a free transfer in 1994. Given was part of both the Sunderland team who won the Football League First Division title in 1995–96 and the Swindon Town team who won the Football League Second Division title that same season, while on loan from Blackburn. He was signed by Newcastle United in 1997 for a fee of £1.5 million, and it was there that he began competing to be a first-choice Premier League goalkeeper. Given was part of the teams who came runners-up in the 1998 and 1999 FA Cup campaigns, and was named in the Premier League Team of the Season for 2001–02 and 2005–06. He played in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup with Newcastle, and was involved in the club's title challenge in 2001–02.

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Trivia

He had a 12-year stint with Newcastle United and also played for Manchester City before signing with Aston Villa in 2011.

Shay Given before fame

At the age of 15, he began playing in the Celtic F.C. youth system.

Achievement of Shay Given

He had a 12-year stint with Newcastle United and also played for Manchester City before signing with Aston Villa in 2011.

Salary 2020

2.86u00a0million GBP (2011)

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Shay Given family life

In 2001, he married Jane Cunningham, with whom he had two daughters.

Associations of Shay Given

Gary Speed, a former teammate, became a close friend of his.

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