Keiren Westwood
Westwood on international duty with the Republic of Ireland in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Keiren Westwood | ||
| Date of birth | 23 October 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–2002 | Manchester City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2004–2008 | Carlisle United | 131 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | Coventry City | 131 | (0) |
| 2011–2014 | Sunderland | 19 | (0) |
| 2014– | Sheffield Wednesday | 98 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009– | Republic of Ireland | 19 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:28, 27 December 2016 (UTC). |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:28, 27 December 2016 (UTC).
Keiren Westwood (born 23 October 1984) is an English-born Irish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championship club Sheffield Wednesday and the Republic of Ireland national team. He was for a time Ireland's first choice keeper, following the international retirement of Shay Given.
Westwood was born in Manchester. After being rejected by Manchester United as a boy, he started his career at Manchester City where he never played a first team game and was released as he was understudy to David James and Nicky Weaver. Weeks before his release he had broken his hand while on loan at Oldham Athletic. He then had unsuccessful trials at Bradford City and Accrington Stanley. After this he contemplated giving up football, to start a new career as a police officer.
Westwood then joined Carlisle United, becoming the understudy to Matt Glennon. Although he played in most cup games, in March 2005, when Glennon was injured, Westwood played some Conference games for Carlisle before being replaced by the fit-again Glennon.
In the 2005–06 season, Glennon left Carlisle and they signed Anthony Williams as his replacement. It looked like Westwood would be the club's number two goalkeeper again, though he finally got his chance to compete for the number one shirt and he succeeded in taking his chance. He started 35 League Two games in their title season and continued to be the club's number one goalkeeper. At the end of the 2007–08 season in League One, Westwood was named in the PFA Team of the Year and also won all of the club's Player of the Season awards.
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