REPUBLIC
OF IRELAND
NATIONAL TEAM
The team made its debut at
the 1924 Summer Olympics,
reaching the quarter-finals.
Under the guidance of Jack
Charlton
and his successor Mick
McCarthy, the team enjoyed
its most
successful era, qualifying
forEuro 1988 in their first
appearance
at the European
Championship, reaching the
quarterfinals of the
1990 World Cup in their
first ever appearance at the
finals, and
making the last 16 at both
the 1994 and 2002 World
Cups.
Under the guidance of
Giovanni Trapattoni, the
team narrowly
lost out on qualification
for the 2010 World Cup
during a
controversial play-off but
went on to qualify for UEFA
Euro 2012
Euro-qualifying:
Nr.2 in group D
behind Russia.
Won 5-1 in play-off
vs Estonia.
Most caps:
Shay Given (121)
Most goals:
Robbie Kean (53)
Team colours:
green shirts,
white
shorts
Alt: White shirts,
green shorts
Repulic of
Ireland
squad 2012
Head coach:
Giovanni Trapatoni
Goalkeepers:
1
Shay Given (Aston
Villa)
16
Keiren Westwood
(Sunderland)
23
David Forde
(Millwall)
Defenders:
4
John O'Shea
(Sunderland)
5
Richard Dunne (Aston
Villa)
3
Stephen Ward
(Wolves)
2
Sean St Ledger
(Leicester)
18
Darren O'Dea
(Celtic)
12
Stephen Kelly
(Fulham)
13
Paul McShane (Hull)
Midfielders:
6
Glenn Whelan (Stoke)
8
Keith Andrews (West
Brom)
7
Aiden McGeady
(Sp.Moskva)
15
Darron Gibson
(Everton)
21
Paul Green
(unattached)
11
Damien Duff (Fulham)
17
Stephen Hunt
(Wolves)
22
James McClean
(Sunderland)
Forwards:
10
Robbie Keane (LA
Galaxy) C
9
Kevin Doyle (Wolves)
19
Shane Long (West
Brom)
14
Jonathan Walters
(Stoke)
20
Simon Cox (West
Brom)
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