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Stephen Gleeson
Personal information
Full name Stephen Michael Gleeson[1]
Date of birth (1988-08-03) 3 August 1988 (age 36)[1]
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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Gleeson signs Wolves pro contract". BBC Sport. 2006-05-09.
  3. ^ "Hereford bring in Gleeson on loan". BBC Sport. 2008-02-21.
  4. ^ "Goal of 2008". stockportcounty.com. 2009-01-16.
  5. ^ "Hatters bring in Gleeson on loan". BBC Sport. 2008-08-08.
  6. ^ "MK Dons snap up Wolves midfielder". BBC Sport. 2009-03-25.
  7. ^ "Gleeson Joins MK Dons". wolves.co.uk. 2009-07-01.

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