KEITH GILLESPIE                                                                                                                                    18.09.09           

Age: 34 (18.02.75)                                          Born: Larne, Northern Ireland

PLAYING CAREER                                   LEAGUE                               ALL COMPS
                                                                        Apps               Goals               Apps               Goals
Manchester Utd           Feb 93-Jan 95              9                      1                       14                   2
Wigan (L)                    Sept 93-Nov 93           8                      4                       10                   4
Newcastle                    Jan 95-Dec 98            113                 11                     147                 14
Blackburn                    Dec 98-July 03            113                  5                      137                   6
Wigan (L)                    Dec 00-Jan 01             5                      0                        7                     0
Leicester                      July 03-May 05           42                    2                       48                    2
Sheffield Utd                Aug 05-Jan 09             97                    4                      103                   4
Charlton (L)                 Nov 08-Dec 08           6                      0                       6                      0
Bradford                      Mar 09-May 09           3                      0                       3                      0
Glentoran                     Aug 09-                       3                      0                       4                      0
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TOTAL                                                          399                  27                    479                  32

TRANSFERS:
Man Utd to Newcastle            £1m (part of Andy Cole transfer)
Newcastle to Blackburn          £2.25m
Blackburn to Leicester            Free (Released)
Leicester to Sheff Utd             Free (Released)
Sheff Utd to Bradford             Free (Released)
Bradford to Glentoran             Free (Released)

INTERNATIONAL CAREER:

• 86 caps/2 goals for Northern Ireland, 1994-08.
• Made debut in 2-1 ECQ defeat v Portugal (Belfast), Sept 1994.
• Last cap in 2-0 friendly defeat v Hungary (Belfast), Nov 2008.
• Last goal in 3-2 WCQ defeat v Wales (Belfast), Oct 2005.

MISC

• Relegated from PL with Blackburn (98-99), Leicester (03-04) & Sheffield Utd (06-07).
• Promoted to PL with Blackburn (00-01) & Sheffield Utd (05-06).
• Won 01-02 League Cup with Blackburn – played in 2-1 final win v Tottenham (Cardiff).
• PL runner-up with Newcastle in 95-96 & 96-97.
• Won 1992 FA Youth Cup with Man Utd – played alongside Gary Neville, David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs & Robbie Savage in 6-3 agg final win v Crystal Palace.
• Moved to Manchester Utd academy after leaving school in summer of 1991.

 

 

Thanks to,
Chris Williams - Football Statistician/Researcher Sky Sports.