Derek Geary

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Derek Geary
Personal information
Full name	Derek Peter Geary
Date of birth	June 19, 1980 (1980-06-19) (age 27)
Place of birth	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Playing position	Full Back
Club information
Current club	Sheffield United
Number	26
Youth clubs
1997	Rivermount Boys
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997–2004 2004 2004–	Sheffield Wednesday Stockport County Sheffield United	104 (0) 013 (0) 086 (1)[1]
National team
2007–	Ireland	000 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:20, 5 May 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Derek Peter Geary (born. June 19, 1980 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish footballer, who plays as a full-back for English Football League Championship team Sheffield United.

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 Sheffield Wednesday 1.2 Stockport County 1.3 Sheffield United 2 Statistics 3 International career 4 References and notes 5 External links

[edit] Club career

[edit] Sheffield Wednesday

Derek is one of the few players to have played for both sides in Sheffield. He was signed by Sheffield Wednesday from Rivermount Boys of Finglas in Dublin, his only schoolboy club, on November 11, 1997, he made a total of 121 appearances for the Owls and won the player of the season award for the 2001-2002 season.^[2]

[edit] Stockport County

On July 26, 2004 he joined Stockport County and made 13 appearances before transferring to Sheffield United for £25,000 on October 22, 2004.

[edit] Sheffield United

Geary became the third former Sheffield Wednesday player to be signed by manager Neil Warnock that season (the others being Alan Quinn and Leigh Bromby).

Geary made his first start for the Blades in a 3-2 away victory over Crewe at the end of October. His one and only senior career goal came for the Blades in a 2-1 away victory over Millwall in December 2004 where he scored a late winner.

Making 26 appearances in the Premiership for the Blades in season 2006-07, he subsequently signed a contract extension to keep him at Bramall Lane for a further three years in July 2007.^[3]

[edit] Statistics

Club Performance

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Others		Total
		App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
Sheffield United	2007-081	21	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	27	0
	2006-07	26	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	28	0
	2005-06	20	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	23	0
	2004-05	19	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	1
Stockport County	2004-05	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	15	0
Sheffield Wednesday	2003-04	38	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	47	0
	2002-03	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	28	0
	2001-02	32	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	39	0
	2000-01	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Total		200	1	13	0	22	0	0	0	6	0	241	1

¹ Last updated 5 May 2008

[edit] International career

On 8th May 2007, Geary was named in the Republic of Ireland squad by manager Steve Staunton for a two match trip to the U.S. to play Ecuador and Bolivia, of which both games were drawn 1-1. However due to hip and thigh injuries received in the last game of the season playing for Sheffield United against Wigan Athletic, he was forced to withdraw from the squad.

[edit] References and notes

[edit] External links

• Derek Geary career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Sheffield United F.C. – current squad 1 Kenny • 3 Naysmith • 5 Morgan • 6 Beattie • 7 Shelton • 8 Stead • 9 Hulse • 10 Webber • 11 Hendrie • 13 Bennett • 14 Carney • 15 Speed • 16 Kilgallon • 17 Montgomery • 18 Tonge • -- Zeyn Alabidyn S-Latef • 19 Gillespie • 20 Armstrong • 22 Lucketti • 24 Sharp • 26 Geary • 28 Quinn • 31 Law • 33 Ehiogu • –– Seck • Manager: Blackwell

Persondata
NAME	Geary, Derek Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Geary, Derek
SHORT DESCRIPTION	footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	1980 -6-19
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dublin , Republic of Ireland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH