Whelan with the Republic of Ireland squad at UEFA Euro 2012
Personal information
Full name
Glenn David Whelan[1]
Date of birth
(1984-01-13) 13 January 1984 (age 40)[2]
Place of birth
Dublin, Ireland
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s)
Defensive Midfielder[4]
Youth career
2000–2001
Cherry Orchard[5]
2001
Manchester City
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
2001–2004
Manchester City
0
(0)
2003
→ Bury (loan)
7
(0)
2003–2004
→ Bury (loan)
6
(0)
2004–2008
Sheffield Wednesday
142
(12)
2008–2017
Stoke City
291
(5)
2017–2019
Aston Villa
68
(2)
2019–2020
Heart of Midlothian
15
(0)
2020–2021
Fleetwood Town
34
(0)
2021
Wythenshawe Amateurs
4
(0)
2021–2023
Bristol Rovers
43
(0)
Total
610
(19)
International career
2000
Republic of Ireland U16
2
(0)
2002–2005
Republic of Ireland U21
19
(2)
2007
Republic of Ireland B
1
(0)
2008–2019
Republic of Ireland
91
(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Glenn David Whelan (born 13 January 1984) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He represented the
Republic of Ireland national football team. He was most recently a first-team coach at Bristol Rovers.
Whelan started his career at Manchester City but only made one appearance which came in the UEFA Cup and after a loan spell at Bury he moved on to play for Sheffield Wednesday, with whom he won promotion to the Championship in May 2005. In January 2008 Whelan joined Stoke City for a fee of £500,000 with whom he helped gain promotion to the Premier League. He took a while to establish himself in Tony Pulis' first team plans in the top flight but by 2009 he became a regular and went on to play in the 2011 FA Cup final, but his old club Manchester City beat Stoke 1–0. Whelan continued to be a regular in the side under Pulis and kept his place under Mark Hughes. Whelan spent nine years at Stoke making 338 appearances before joining Aston Villa in July 2017 and then Hearts in August 2019.
^"Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Aston Villa" (PDF). English Football League. p. 2. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
^Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 650. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
^"Player profile: Glenn Whelan: Overview". Premier League. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015.
^Bates, Pearce (5 June 2018). "'He always plays at 100 per cent' – Aston Villa midfielder Glenn Whelan in the words of his former manager". Birmingham Live. Reach. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
^"Glenn Whelan: What would Aston Villa be getting if they pursued a deal?". 4 June 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
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