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Also known as Joseph Denis Irwin

Irish association football player

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Finland
Active from
1943-09-14
Active to
1991-01-14
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Listeners
14
Total plays
68

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Key facts

1989
Republic of Ireland U23
1990
Republic of Ireland B
Full name
Joseph Denis Irwin
Date of birth
( 1965-10-31 ) 31 October 1965 (age 60)
Place of birth
Cork , Ireland
Height
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position
Full back
0000 1983
Leeds United
Years
Team
1983 1986
Leeds United
1986 1990
Oldham Athletic
1990 2002
Manchester United
2002 2004
Wolverhampton Wanderers
1986 1987
Republic of Ireland U21
1990 1999
Republic of Ireland

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Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
_Retired Soccer
Position
Left-Back
Nationality
Ireland

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Wikidata facts

Mass
80
Image
Denis Irwin (2017-07-29 img06) (cropped).jpg
Height
173
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date of birth
1965-10-31
Commons category
Denis Irwin
birth name
Joseph Denis Irwin
name in native language
Denis Irwin
end of work period
2004-00-00
start of work period
1983-00-00
number of matches played/races/starts
1
total goals in career
0
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Joseph Denis Irwin (born 31 October 1965) is an Irish former professional footballer and sports television presenter. Irwin is the joint most successful Irish footballer in history, a record he shares with Ronnie Whelan and fellow Manchester United stalwart Roy Keane, having won 19 trophies in his career.

As a player, he played as a full back from 1983 to 2004. Irwin is best known for his long and successful stint at Manchester United, where he established himself as one of the most important players in a team that won a host of domestic and European trophies from 1990 to 2002, including seven Premier League titles and the UEFA Champions League. He has been regarded by Alex Ferguson as, pound for pound, his greatest ever signing. Earlier in his career he played for Leeds United and then Oldham Athletic, and finished his career with a two-year spell at Wolverhampton Wanderers, the club he supported as a child.

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