Niall Quinn
Niall John Quinn, MBE (Irish Niall Seán Ó Cuinn, born October 6, 1966 in Dublin, Ireland ) is a former Irish football player. He is currently the President of the English Premier League club Sunderland AFC.
Club career
In youth played Quinn, who first played at the same time also Gaelic football, for the association of his Dublin home district, Manor Town United. In 1983, he accepted an offer to go to England to play for FC youth team Arsenal. 1986/87 was Quinn, who played as a striker, his first appearances for the professional team of London. However, he came to 1989 in six years only 94 missions in which he scored 20 goals ( including 67 league matches (14 goals) ).
In March 1990, the Irishman moved 800 000 pounds to Manchester City. There, Quinn had a more successful time in six years he came to 245 missions, scoring 78 goals. 1993/94 he was, however due to a cruciate ligament injury for long.
In 1996 he moved to Sunderland AFC. After Quinn first injury came to no use for half a year, he brought it for the Northeast England until the end of his active career in 2002 on 203 league games in which he scored 61 goals. He scored in the 1998/99 season alone 21 goals and helped his club so that the title in the First Division and thus to a rebirth in the excellence, ie the Premier League. The last game of his club career was in October 2002 against West Ham United.
National team career
Niall Quinn was first appointed to the Irish national football team in 1986. He was in the squad for Euro 1988 in the Federal Republic of Germany and came there to a use, the preliminary round victory over England in Ireland Stuttgart Neckar Stadium.
At the World Cup in Italy in 1990, Quinn was used four times and scored one goal in the group stage match against the Netherlands.
Due to a serious injury he fell out of the 1994 World Cup. 2002, however, Quinn was at the World Cup in South Korea and Japan 35 -year-old again in the squad and came on three times in the preliminaries against Germany and Saudi Arabia as well as in the second round against Spain. In the same year he finished his international career.
In 92 games for Ireland Niall Quinn scored 21 goals. His last on 6 October 2001, his 35th birthday, made it to October 2004 time top scorer of his team, when he was overtaken by Robbie Keane.
After the active career
In 2006, Quinn shares his former club Sunderland AFC and became president. He was in the same year for six games coach, before he made this post to his compatriot Roy Keane.
Social Commitment
Quinn is involved as an ambassador for Show Racism the Red Card.