var teamInfo={"6C2FDBC58B5FC31747574B8DEC532270":"62 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 4, Dublin, Ireland","58839C5489CF8F47":"","CB6C8C34A68D7715A055D664FDADB411":"63","0AF0E16F0C83F152F5BEC0064DED5CF2":"Birmingham","99076DE7EF4979F536E5BDD3036F7064":"<P><STRONG><U>CLUB<\/U><\/STRONG><BR><BR><STRONG>Manchester United<BR><\/STRONG>Premier League: 2002&#8211;03, 2006&#8211;07, 2007&#8211;08, 2008&#8211;09, 2010&#8211;11<BR>FA Cup: 2003&#8211;04<BR>Football League Cup: 2005&#8211;06, 2008&#8211;09 2009&#8211;10<BR>FA Community Shield: 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010<BR>UEFA Champions League: 2007&#8211;08<BR>FIFA Club World Cup: 2008<BR><BR><STRONG>Sunderland<\/STRONG><BR>Football League Cup: 2013&#8211;14 Runner-up<BR><STRONG><U><BR>INTERNATIONAL<\/U><\/STRONG><BR><BR><STRONG>Republic of Ireland<\/STRONG><BR>UEFA U-17 Championship: 1998<BR><BR><STRONG><U>INDIVIDUAL<\/U><\/STRONG><BR><BR><STRONG>Denzil Haroun Reserve Team Player of the Year:<BR><\/STRONG>2001&#8211;02<BR><BR><STRONG>FAI Senior International Player of the Year:<\/STRONG><BR>2014<\/P>","EC0A9CD40A79F4A7":"1","699012D84534D371":"John Francis O'Shea","D39E7C23A464F86D":"1","C3DE130B7D4AB7DB":"Republic of Ireland","FEE968D9DBFC6146299A2FFCF2C397DB":"Ireland","97493DA145895B7F":"3891","6BCA2519085BAC06":"<P><STRONG>First international:<\/STRONG> <BR>Irish Free State 1&#8211;0 Bulgaria <BR><BR><STRONG>Most caps: <BR><\/STRONG>Robbie Keane (143)<BR><BR><STRONG>Top scorer: <BR><\/STRONG>Robbie Keane (67)<BR><BR><STRONG>Most appearances:<\/STRONG> <BR>All-time &#8211; Runar Kristinsson (104)<BR>Current &#8211; Eidur Gudjohnsen (81)<BR><BR><U><STRONG>TEAM RECORD IN UEFA COMPETITIONS<BR><BR><\/STRONG><\/U><STRONG>Biggest win:<\/STRONG><BR>28\/03\/2015, Kazakhstan 0-3 Iceland, Astana<BR>10\/10\/2014, Latvia 0-3 Iceland, Riga<BR>09\/09\/2014, Iceland 3-0 Turkey, Reykjavik<BR>02\/09\/2006, Northern Ireland 0-3 Iceland, Belfast<BR>11\/06\/2003, Lithuania 0-3 Iceland, Kaunas<BR>16\/10\/2002, Iceland 3-0 Lithuania, Reykjavik<BR>04\/09\/1999, Iceland 3-0 Andorra, Reykjavik<BR><BR><STRONG>Biggest defeat:<\/STRONG><BR>03\/06\/1987, Iceland 0-6 East Germany, Reykjavik<BR><BR><STRONG>Appearances in UEFA European Football Championship:<\/STRONG> 12<BR><BR><STRONG>Player with most appearances:<\/STRONG> 29<BR>Runar Kristinsson (ISL)<BR><BR><STRONG>Top scorers:<\/STRONG> 10<BR>Eidur Gudjohnsen (ISL)<\/P>","41F6CDCCD6C1C3AD77386ED2FC4083F7":"<P>The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010.<BR><BR>The team made its debut at the 1924 Summer Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals, it also participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Between 1924 and 1936, the team competed as the Irish Free State and from then until 1950, it was referred to by the FAI as Eire or Ireland.<BR><BR>The side was the first team from outside the United Kingdom to defeat England on home soil, at a fixture played at Goodison Park, Liverpool, in 1949. The team also reached the quarter-finals of the 1964 European Nations&#39; Cup.<BR><BR>Under the guidance of Jack Charlton and his successor Mick McCarthy, qualifying for UEFA Euro 1988 in their first appearance at the UEFA European Championship, reaching the quarterfinals of the 1990 FIFA World Cup in their first ever appearance at the finals, and making the last 16 at both the 1994 and 2002 FIFA World Cups. Under 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.<BR><BR><STRONG>How they qualified for EURO 2016:<BR><BR><\/STRONG>Jonathan Walters was the two-goal hero as an organised Ireland saw off Bosnia-Herzegovina and deservedly booked their place at Euro 2016, reaching their second successive UEFA European Championship.<\/P>","4873D80D884C1965174890917813A0BA":"75kg","12F030D6FCEE9D12":"552","BF30D6091E95FD5C1F450BE35912A445":"2024-2-28","1EC75259044B48303E2B2218490C3924":"Birmingham","7FB3F46040506B81":"Republic of Ireland","B5EB80A22A57B91E":"info@fai.ie","14CEFA5CBB9C80784CE9143AE9461C0C":"Ireland","9FD5B574D8E8CE5C88A3F16796B0AB69":"Republic of Ireland","FA57902DDF74DCE49FAB6DBEF2AE8499":"John Francis O'Shea","63AFECC3B4146719A7C304785A3E3995":"Aviva Stadium","3A5BA2FF10D30F08":"http:\/\/www.fai.ie","736ECA69114CA0121CDC75D8A7FDA057F4F7013DE66F87F8":"1921","1F226704445BE844DD86978D1C491CD0":"1981-4-30","8CE97C5D66CE80B1AC3199ACA41392EF":"<P>John Francis O&#39;Shea is an Irish footballer, who plays as a defender for Sunderland and the Republic of Ireland national team, where he serves as captain and vice-captain respectively.<BR><BR>He is known for his versatility in playing several positions on either side of the pitch or the centre.<BR><BR>Born in Waterford, O&#39;Shea joined Manchester United when he was 17. He spent loan spells at Bournemouth and Royal Antwerp before establishing himself in the Manchester United first team, going on to make almost 400 appearances in all competitions over 10 years. O&#39;Shea won 15 trophies at United, including five Premier League titles, one FA Cup, three Football League Cups, the UEFA Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup while at Manchester United. He joined Sunderland in July 2011. O&#39;Shea scored his first Sunderland goal at the Stadium of Light in the 2012&#8211;13 season in a 2-1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur. O&#39;Shea made his Republic of Ireland debut in 2001 against Croatia and has since gone on to make over 100 appearances for his country, scoring three goals, his first in 2003 against Australia. He was part of the team that controversially lost to France in a play-off for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and went on to play in UEFA Euro 2012. On 14 October 2014, on his 100th cap, O&#39;Shea scored the equalising goal with the last kick of the match, in a 1-1 draw against Germany at Gelsenkirchen, in a Euro 2016 qualifier.<BR><BR><STRONG>Facebook:<\/STRONG> facebook.com\/BIG-JOHN-OShea-218358471525808\/?ref=br_rs<BR><STRONG>Twitter:<\/STRONG> twitter.com\/johnoshea81<\/P>","6267E3B72302FBDE":"Dublin","2B86CD8155EF4869BD305F9EC6E55A2D":"51700","577B068F2C47D74D":"25.74","A667671DDBFFBFB212A5D1335EAC16DE":"0","A667671DDBFFBFB2FA72AB297542675213E7B0BF26878540":"1","6D32C6445CC2D59F8C50EC9CE9BD145C":"191cm","5D60482112F81397E864AECB05D29C32":"<P><STRONG>Celtic Nations Cup<BR><\/STRONG>Winners (1): 2011<BR><BR><STRONG>Iceland Triangular Tournament<\/STRONG><BR>Winners (1): 1986<BR><BR><STRONG>FIFA Fair Play Award<\/STRONG><BR>Winners (1) 1997<BR><BR><STRONG>Unofficial Football World Championships<BR><\/STRONG>Holders (2): 30 March 1977 &#8211; 1 July 1977, 31 March 2004 &#8211; 29 May 2004<\/P>","e_index":5};