Shay Given é um ex-goleiro irlandês, ídolo do Newcastle, com 463 jogos pelo clube e 134 partidas pela Irlanda, entre 1996 e 2016.
Shay Given
Shay Given was born on April 20, 1976, in Lifford, in the county of Donegal, in Ireland. A goalkeeper with quick reflexes, he developed at Celtic and Blackburn Rovers before becoming a Newcastle United idol, where he played from 1997 to 2009. At Newcastle, he played in 463 matches and was a key piece of a team that reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup and the final of the 1999 FA Cup. Later he went to Manchester City, Aston Villa and Stoke City, where he ended his career in 2016. For the Ireland national team, he played between 1996 and 2016 and accumulated 134 matches, the second highest record in the country, behind only Robbie Keane. He participated in the 2002 World Cup and the 2012 Euro.