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Shay Given Aston Villa

Profile of the Irish footballer Shay Given, who currently plays as a goalkeeper at Aston Villa. The 37-year old player Given joined Aston Villa from Man City and wears the number 1 shirt.

Shay Given
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        (Squad number 1)

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Shay Given Career
1994–1997Blackburn Rovers2(0)
1994Swindon Town (loan)0(0)
1996Swindon Town (loan)5(0)
1996Sunderland (loan)17(0)
1997–2009Newcastle United354(0)
2009–2011Manchester City50(0)
2011–Aston Villa34(0)

Republic of Ireland U215(0)
1996–2012Republic of Ireland125(0)

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Shay Given : Aston Villa News
“Aston Villa will reportedly offer Shay Given £5m to write-off the remainder of his contract and also look to sell Charles N’Zogbia.”
 FootballFanCast.com  Today
“Stiliyan Petrov was today revealed as Aston Villa’s new assistant development coach. Aston Villa goalkeeper Shay Given was today reportedly after a £5million pay-off to leave the club as manager Paul Lambert looks to a summer rebuild.”
 Westmidlands.com  4 days ago
“SHAY GIVEN will seek a £5m kiss-off to tear up his Aston Villa contract. The 37-year-old keeper is out in the cold at Villa but still has three years of his astonishing deal to run.”
 Daily Star  Yesterday
“Paul Lambert should be applauded for his brave policy of recruiting players from the lower leagues, writes Aston Villa FanZoner Charles N'Zogbia and to a lesser extent Shay Given, just wasn't there.”
 TEAMtalk  Yesterday
“Ex-No 1 was just a bit-part player in the Midlands last campaign. Veteran Aston Villa keeper Shay Given will only leave the Premier League club if they pay up the remaining three years on his big-money contract at Villa Park, says the Daily Star.”
 fanatix.com  Yesterday
“Zoggy has a contract with Villa until the summer of 2016 (see: AVFC Player Contract Lengths) The only other transfer talk is a possible buy out of Shay Givens contract. The Daily Star say that Villa might pay £5million to buy out the goalkeepers contract.”
 astonvilla.vitalfootball.co.uk  Yesterday
“Paul Lambert is in the market for two new full-backs, an experienced centre-half and a creative midfielder Paul Lambert is prioritising improving Aston Shay Given, Darren Bent and Stephen Ireland can all go.”
 Daily Mirror  2 days ago
“Aston Villa defender Richard Dunne will be the first player Lambert will also likely seek talks with the likes of Darren Bent, Shay Given and problem child Stephen Ireland over the coming weeks to thrash out their futures.”
 Caught Offside  2 days ago
Shay Given Career Honours
  • Sunderland: Football League First Division (1): 1995–96
  • Republic of Ireland: Nations Cup (1): 2011
  • FAI Senior International Player of the Year (2): 2005, 2006
  • Newcastle United F.C. Player of the Year (1): 2006
  • PFA Team of the Year (2): 2001–02, 2005–06
  • Republic of Ireland All-Time Most Capped

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    Aston Villa Squad
    Goalkeepers
    Brad Guzan Shay Given
    Benjamin Siegrist Andy Marshall
    Defenders
    Eric Lichaj Joe Bennett
    Ron Vlaar Derrick Williams
    Nathan Baker Matthew Lowton
    Enda Stevens Richard Dunne
    Ciaran Clark
    Midfielders
    Fabian Delph Yacouba Sylla
    Chris Herd Barry Bannan
    Samir Carruthers Gary Gardner
    Karim El Ahmadi Charles N'zogbia
    Marc Albrighton Daniel Johnson
    Stiliyan Petrov Ashley Westwood
    Brett Holman Stephen Ireland
    Forwards
    Jordan Bowery Simon Dawkins
    Andreas Weimann Darren Bent
    Gabriel Agbonlahor Graham Burke
    Christian Benteke