James Quinn (footballer)
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| James Quinn | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen James Quinn | |
| Date of birth | December 15, 1974 | |
| Place of birth | Coventry, England | |
| Height | 6 ft 1½ in (1.87 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker (retired) | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1992–1993 1993–1998 1994 1998–2002 2001–2002 2002 2002–2005 2005 2005–2006 2005 2006–2007 2007 |
Birmingham City Blackpool → Stockport County (loan) West Bromwich Albion → Notts County (loan) → Bristol Rovers (loan) Willem II Sheffield Wednesday Peterborough United → Bristol City (loan) Northampton Town → Scunthorpe United (loan) Career |
4 (0) 151 (36) 1 (0) 114 (9) 6 (3) 6 (1) 62 (15) 15 (2) 24 (7) 3 (1) 18 (1) 0 (0) 404 (75) |
| National team | ||
| 1996–2007 | Northern Ireland | 50 (4) |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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James Quinn (born Stephen James Quinn on December 15, 1974 in Coventry) is an English-born Northern Irish former professional footballer. A forward, his final club was Northampton Town. He played for numerous clubs in his career, and was also a Northern Ireland international.
After four league games with Birmingham City, Quinn was sold to Second Division Blackpool for £25,000. He scored a total of 47 goals and made 150 first-team starts over five years. Two of those goals were scored against Chelsea in the League Cup second round.
These exploits led West Bromwich Albion to sign Quinn for £500,000. He made his Albion debut in a 1-1 home draw against Bury on 21 February 1998. He scored twice in a 2-1 win over Middlesbrough on 4 April 1998, his first goals for the club; however, he found goals hard to come by during his Baggies career, scoring just ten times in 123 appearances in all competitions. During 2001-02, Quinn was loaned out to Notts County, but returned to the Hawthorns when a permanent deal could not be agreed.[1] He was then loaned out again, to Bristol Rovers. In the days following Albion's promotion to the Premiership in April 2002, Quinn found himself surplus to requirements and was released.[2] A few days later he moved to Dutch side Willem II.[3]
Quinn was released by Willem II in January 2005. He had been unhappy with his life in the Netherlands, and set about finding a new club in England whilst training with the MK Dons.[4] He quickly became Paul Sturrock's first permanent signing for Sheffield Wednesday, joining on a short-term contract until the end of the season.[5] After scoring two goals in fifteen appearances during four months at Hillsborough, Quinn signed for Peterborough United in August 2005.[6] In October of the same year he went on a month's loan to Bristol City.[7]
He signed for Northampton Town in August 2006.[8] On December 21, 2006, a poor start to the season saw him placed on the transfer list alongside Andy Kirk and Scott McGleish.[9] In March 2007 Quinn joined Scunthorpe United on loan for the remainder of the season.[10] He was an unused substitute for the Iron on several occasions, but did not experience any first-team action.
Quinn retired from playing football on September 11, 2007, due to his failure to break back into the Northern Ireland team.[11] He collected over fifty caps for his country, and scored goals against Luxembourg, Malta and Serbia & Montenegro.
[edit] References
- ^ "Quinn returns to Hawthorns", BBC Sport, 2002-01-06. Retrieved on 2007-05-23.
- ^ "West Brom release Quinn", BBC Sport, 2002-04-24. Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
- ^ "Quinn goes Dutch", BBC Sport, 2002-04-30. Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
- ^ "Striker Quinn trains with MK Dons", BBC Sport, 2005-01-10. Retrieved on 2007-05-23.
- ^ "Wednesday swoop for striker Quinn", BBC Sport, 2005-01-14. Retrieved on 2007-05-23.
- ^ "Peterborough sign striker Quinn", BBC Sport, 2005-08-05. Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
- ^ "City sign Quinn on loan from Posh", BBC Sport, 2005-10-21. Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
- ^ "Northampton tie up Quinn transfer", BBC Sport, 2006-08-04. Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
- ^ "Cobblers reject six figure bid for Chambers", www.ntfc.co.uk, 2006-12-21. Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
- ^ "Scunthorpe sign Cobblers striker", BBC Sport, 2007-03-22. Retrieved on 2007-08-03.
- ^ "N. Ireland striker Quinn retires", BBC Sport, 2007-09-11. Retrieved on 2007-09-11.
[edit] External links
- James Quinn career stats at Soccerbase
- Profile at the IrishFA.com
- Profile at UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database
- Northampton Town F.C. player profile
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Quinn, Stephen James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Quinn, James |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1974-12-15 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coventry, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
