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Shane Long

1987 - Today

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Shane Patrick Long (born 22 January 1987) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Long began his football career at Cork City. He later moved to Reading where, among other achievements, he scored three goals in ten substitute appearances during his team's Championship-winning 2005–06 campaign, guided his team into the fourth round of the FA Cup by defeating Liverpool in a third round replay match in 2010, and later won a player of the season award. He signed for Premier League side West Bromwich Albion in 2011 for a fee of £6 million, and joined Hull City in January 2014, then Southampton in August 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shane Long is the 12,926th most popular soccer player (up from 12,933rd in 2019), the 465th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 469th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Irish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Shane Long ranks 12,926 out of 21,273. Before him are Simone Del Nero, Kenji Arai, Mikkel Damsgaard, Josef de Souza, Marco Carnesecchi, and Erivaldo Antonio Saraiva. After him are Vladimír Coufal, Hiroyoshi Kuwabara, Frank Acheampong, Yuzo Funakoshi, Álex Gálvez, and Maxsandro Barbosa de Oliveira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Shane Long ranks 791. Before him are Yanet Bermoy, Bilyal Makhov, Adrián López, Dioko Kaluyituka, Daniel Logan, and Yumi Uetsuji. After him are Roy Beerens, Issiar Dia, Kaori Matsumoto, Mauro Nespoli, Joe Ingles, and Marcin Lewandowski.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Shane Long ranks 465 out of 549. Before him are Amybeth McNulty (2001), John Egan (1992), Stefan Molyneux (1966), Craig Breen (1990), Jonas Armstrong (1981), and Eamonn Coghlan (1952). After him are Dermot Kennedy (1991), Victoria Smurfit (1974), João Pereira (null), Ian Harte (1977), Jonathan Sexton (1985), and Daniel O'Donnell (1961).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ireland

Among soccer players born in Ireland, Shane Long ranks 37. Before him are Brian Murphy (1983), Séamus Coleman (1988), Niall Quinn (1966), Frank Stapleton (1956), Kevin Moran (1956), and John Egan (1992). After him are Ian Harte (1977), Stephen Ireland (1986), Troy Parrott (2002), Anthony Stokes (1988), Mark Travers (1999), and Stephen Carr (1976).

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