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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stephen Michael Gleeson[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 3 August 1988||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Milton Keynes Dons | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2009 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4 | (0) |
2006–2007 | → Stockport County (loan) | 14 | (2) |
2008 | → Hereford United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2008 | → Stockport County (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2008–2009 | → Stockport County (loan) | 21 | (2) |
2009 | → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2009– | Milton Keynes Dons | 121 | (10) |
International career‡ | |||
2006–2010 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 12 | (2) |
2007– | Republic of Ireland | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2012 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2009 |
Stephen Michael Gleeson (born 3 August 1988) is an Irish international footballer who plays for Milton Keynes Dons.
Club career
Born in Dublin,[1] Gleeson played for Cherry Orchard before moving to England where he received a three-year contract at the start of May 2006 having come up through the Wolves Academy.[2]
In the 2006-07 season he went on loan to Stockport County for three months, making his senior debut on 11 November 2006 in a 2-1 victory at Exeter City in the FA Cup. He impressed at County, scoring two goals from midfield and playing an influential part in their nine match winning streak, without conceding a goal.
On returning to Wolves, he made four substitute appearances, including their play-off semi-final 2nd leg defeat at West Bromwich Albion. The following season saw his only first team appearance for the club come in a League Cup game. To gain playing time, he joined League Two Hereford United on 21 February 2008 on a month's loan.[3] However, this was unsuccessful and fans became annoyed with his attitude, especially during a match against Stockport where Gleeson showed no desire throughout the match, prompting an early end to the loan spell.
After spending a couple of days back with his home club, Gleeson returned on loan to Stockport County on 26 March 2008 until the end of the 2007/08 season. His first goal since his return to Edgeley Park was at Wycombe Wanderers in their semi-final play-off tie that saw them reach the final. Gleeson then appeared in the Wembley final where the club won promotion to League One after beating Rochdale. His semi-final goal was later voted Stockport's Goal of 2008 by fans, and also chosen by manager Jim Gannon as his favourite goal of the year.[4]
His association with Stockport continued again during the 2008/09 season as he spent the first half of the campaign on loan again with them.[5] He returned to his parent club but again went out on loan, this time to League One side Milton Keynes Dons in March 2009 for the remainder of the 2008–09 season.[6] He helped the club reach the play-offs, but suffered ankle ligament damage which lead him to miss their unsuccessful bid for playoff promotion to the Championship.
He subsequently joined the MK Dons on a permanent basis on 1 July 2009 in a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[7]
International career
Gleeson was called up to the Irish Under 19 squad for a friendly tournament in La Manga in February 2006, despite being a year younger than most of his colleagues, and was also named in the squad for the Under-19 European Championship qualifying rounds in May 2006. He also represented his country at Under 21 level, scoring twice on his debut, a 2-2 draw against Germany on 21 August 2007.
He made his full international debut for the Republic of Ireland against Ecuador on 23 May 2007 in a 1-1 friendly draw at the Giants Stadium in New Jersey, United States.
References
- ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
- ^ "Gleeson signs Wolves pro contract". BBC Sport. 2006-05-09.
- ^ "Hereford bring in Gleeson on loan". BBC Sport. 2008-02-21.
- ^ "Goal of 2008". stockportcounty.com. 2009-01-16.
- ^ "Hatters bring in Gleeson on loan". BBC Sport. 2008-08-08.
- ^ "MK Dons snap up Wolves midfielder". BBC Sport. 2009-03-25.
- ^ "Gleeson Joins MK Dons". wolves.co.uk. 2009-07-01.
External links
- Official club profile
- Stephen Gleeson at Soccerbase
- Stephen Gleeson at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1988 births
- Living people
- People from County Dublin
- Republic of Ireland association footballers
- Republic of Ireland under-21 international footballers
- Republic of Ireland international footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players
- Stockport County F.C. players
- Hereford United F.C. players
- Milton Keynes Dons F.C. players
- The Football League players