Shane Long
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| Shane Long | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Shane Patrick Long | |
| Date of birth | 22 January 1987 | |
| Place of birth | Gortnahoe, Ireland | |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Reading | |
| Number | 9 | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2004–2005 2005– |
Cork City Reading |
1 (0) 100 (17) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2006 2007– |
Republic of Ireland B Republic of Ireland |
1 (0) 10 (3) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Shane Patrick Long (born 22 January 1987) is a professional footballer with Reading. Before concentrating on soccer, he was an Under-18 hurler with Tipperary GAA in the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship.
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[edit] Early career
Long was born in Gortnahoe, County Tipperary, Ireland.[1]. He was a talented hurler and appeared in two All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship (Under 18) semi-finals with Tipperary at Croke Park[2], being regarded as a pacey and promising forward.[3] Long was also playing soccer at this time, and started his career in the game with Tipperary club St Kevins's in 1998, joining St. Micheals in 2000. Soon after he was discovered and brought to Cork City with a scholarship on 1 July 2004 by Pat Dolan. When ready, Long was called to the first team squad for the 2005 season when manager Pat Dolan was replaced by Damien Richardson, and the new manager awarded him his senior début in the Setanta Sports Cup in March 2005. However, following Dolan's consultation with his brother, Reading coach Eamonn Dolan, Reading made bids for both Long and Kevin Doyle. Cork were forced to sell Doyle due to a contract clause, but the circumstances surrounding Long's transfer were not disclosed. Long signed as a Reading player on 7 June 2005.
[edit] Reading
In Reading's Championship-winning 2005–06 campaign, he scored three goals in 10 substitute appearances, making his first league start on 17 April 2006 in the 3-1 home victory against Stoke City. He also started all of the games in Reading's FA Cup campaign and scored one goal.[4]
On 4 July 2007, Long signed an improved four-year contract to keep him at Reading until the end of the 2010–11 season.[5]
On 16 March 2008, in a 2-1 defeat at Anfield against Liverpool Long was involved in an incident as to where he flung his shirt to the ground, citing frustration at his performance and frustration with the match officials, after being subbed by manager Steve Coppell. In the post match interview, Steve Coppell made a stern point in that "It will not happen again." Long made a fulsome apology on the official club website.[6]
His 2008 ended happily after scoring an equaliser in a 1-1 draw at Southampton, before ending the season with a brace in a 2-0 victory at Norwich City.
[edit] International career
Long's form for Reading in the 2005–06 season earned him four Republic of Ireland U19 caps.[7]
Due to injuries to his Reading team mate Kevin Doyle and Sunderland's Stephen Elliott,[8] he earned his first senior cap for the Republic of Ireland in their 2-1 win away to San Marino on 7 February 2007.[9] When Long earned his second cap as a substitute against Slovakia on 28 March 2007 he became the first person to play both hurling and international football at Croke Park, having been part of the Tipperary team for the All-Ireland Minor semi-finals in 2003 and 2004.[10] [11] Long scored his first international goal in a friendly 1-1 draw against Bolivia on 26 May 2007.[12], and followed this with a brace in Ireland's 4-0 win over Denmark on 22 August 2007.
He has been nominated as the Football Association of Ireland Young Player of the Year for 2007.[13][14]
[edit] Career statistics
| Club | Season |  League |
FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Reading | 2008-09 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 9 |
| 2007-08 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3 | |
| 2006-07 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | |
| 2005-06 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | |
| Reading Total | 103 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 20 | |
| Career Total | 103 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 20 | |
| Last updated 10 May 2009 (Statistics for career in English leagues only). | |||||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ "Treated like Royalty". The Sunday Times. 2006-04-16. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2093-2136208_1,00.html. Retrieved 2006-05-17.
- ^ Irish Post: The long way from Tipperary
- ^ Irish Examiner - 2003/05/15: Ruth keeps Tipperary in title race
- ^ "Reading Club stats". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/reading/club_stats/default.stm. Retrieved 2006-06-03.
- ^ "Four new contracts agreed". readingfc.co.uk. 2007-07-04. http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~1067116,00.html. Retrieved 2007-07-07.
- ^ "Long apologises". readingfc.co.uk. 2008-03-16. http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~1266249,00.html. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ "Republic of Ireland: Under 19 - Squad Profile". Football Association of Ireland. http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62&Itemid=75. Retrieved 2006-06-03.
- ^ "Long ready to make Republic debut". BBC Sport. 2007-02-06. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6332277.stm. Retrieved 2007-02-07.
- ^ "San Marino 1-2 Rep of Ireland". BBC Sport. 2007-02-07. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6340553.stm. Retrieved 2007-02-07.
- ^ "Royals trio line up for historic match". Berkshire Regional Newspapers. 2007-03-22. http://icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/0275readingfc/0100news/tm_headline=royals-trio-line-up-for-historic-match&method=full&objectid=18791576&siteid=50102-name_page.html. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
- ^ "Republic of Ireland 1-0 Slovakia". Football Association of Ireland. 2007-03-22. http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1886. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
- ^ "Bolivia 1-1 Rep of Ireland". BBC Sport. 2007-05-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/6690809.stm. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
- ^ "FAI and eircom announce nominations for eircom International Awards". Football Association of Ireland. 2007-12-20. http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2738. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
- ^ "Duo up for player of the year". readingfc.co.uk. 2007-12-20. http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~1195721,00.html. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
[edit] External links
- Shane Long profile at readingfc.co.uk
- Shane Long career stats at Soccerbase
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