Paul McShane

**Paul David McShane** (born 6 January 1986) is an Irish professional football coach and former player. After he retired in 2022 he was named the Professional Development Phase coach at Premier League side Manchester United.

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|FA Cup|colspan=2|League Cup|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=3|Manchester United|2004–05|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|2005–06|Premier League|0|0|—|—|—|0|0||||||
|Walsall (loan)|2004–05|League One|4|1|—|—|—|4|1|||||
|Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)|2005–06|Championship|38|4|1|0|1|0|—|40|4|||
|West Bromwich Albion|2006–07|Championship|32|2|4|1|3|0|3|0|42|3||
|rowspan=4|Sunderland|2007–08|Premier League|21|0|1|0|0|0|—|22|0||
|2008–09|Premier League|3|0|0|0|0|0|—|3|0||||
|2009–10|Premier League|0|0|—|0|0|—|0|0|||||
|Hull City (loan)|2008–09|Premier League|17|1|2|0|—|—|19|1||||
|rowspan=7|Hull City|2009–10|Premier League|27|0|0|0|1|0|—|28|0||
|2010–11|Championship|19|0|0|0|1|0|—|20|0||||
|2011–12|Championship|1|0|1|0|—|—|2|0|||||
|2012–13|Championship|25|2|3|0|1|0|—|29|2||||
|2013–14|Premier League|10|0|3|0|2|1|—|15|1||||
|2014–15|Premier League|20|1|1|0|1|0|1|0|23|1|||
|Barnsley (loan)|2010–11|Championship|10|1|—|—|—|10|1|||||
|Crystal Palace (loan)|2011–12|Championship|11|0|—|1|0|—|12|0||||
|rowspan=5|Reading|2015–16|Championship|35|0|3|1|2|0|—|40|1||
|2016–17|Championship|30|3|0|0|0|0|1|0|31|3|||
|2017–18|Championship|26|0|1|0|0|0|—|27|0||||
|2018–19|Championship|5|0|0|0|0|0|—|5|0||||
|rowspan=3|Rochdale|2019–20|League One|16|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|17|1|
|2020–21|League One|19|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|20|0|||
|Manchester United|2021–22|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0||
|Manchester United U21|2021–22|—|—|—|2|0|2|0||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=11|Republic of Ireland|2006|2|0|
|2007|7|0|||
|2008|5|0|||
|2009|6|0|||
|2010|3|0|||
|2011|3|0|||
|2012|2|0|||
|2013|3|0|||
|2014|0|0|||
|2015|1|0|||
|2016|1|0|||

## Honours

**Manchester United U18**
- FA Youth Cup: 2002–03

**Hull City**
- Football League Championship runner-up: 2012–13
- FA Cup runner-up: 2013–14

**Republic of Ireland**
- Nations Cup: 2011

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Paul McShane
- **image**: FIFA WC-qualification 2014 - Austria vs Ireland 2013-09-10 - Paul McShane 03 (cropped).JPG
- **caption**: McShane with the Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland in 2013
- **full name**: Paul David McShane
- **birth place**: Wicklow, Ireland
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **currentclub**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
(Professional Development Phase coach)
- **youthclubs1**: St Joseph's Boys
- **youthyears2**: 2002–2004
- **youthclubs2**: Manchester United F.C. Reserves and Academy, Manchester United
- **years1**: 2004–2006
- **clubs1**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **caps1**: 0
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2004–2005
- **clubs2**: → Walsall F.C., Walsall (loan)
- **caps2**: 4
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 2005–2006
- **clubs3**: → Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)
- **caps3**: 38
- **goals3**: 4
- **years4**: 2006–2007
- **clubs4**: West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion
- **caps4**: 32
- **goals4**: 2
- **years5**: 2007–2009
- **clubs5**: Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland
- **caps5**: 24
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2008–2009
- **clubs6**: → Hull City A.F.C., Hull City (loan)
- **caps6**: 17
- **goals6**: 1
- **years7**: 2009–2015
- **clubs7**: Hull City A.F.C., Hull City
- **caps7**: 102
- **goals7**: 3
- **years8**: 2011
- **clubs8**: → Barnsley F.C., Barnsley (loan)
- **caps8**: 10
- **goals8**: 1
- **years9**: 2012
- **clubs9**: → Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace (loan)
- **caps9**: 11
- **goals9**: 0
- **years10**: 2015–2019
- **clubs10**: Reading F.C., Reading
- **caps10**: 96
- **goals10**: 3
- **years11**: 2019–2021
- **clubs11**: Rochdale A.F.C., Rochdale
- **caps11**: 35
- **goals11**: 0
- **years12**: 2021–2022
- **clubs12**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **caps12**: 0
- **goals12**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 369
- **totalgoals**: 16
- **nationalyears1**: 2005–2006
- **nationalteam1**: Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team, Republic of Ireland U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 6
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2006–2016
- **nationalteam2**: Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland
- **nationalcaps2**: 33
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **club-update**: 00:10, 01 July 2021 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 15:28, 31 August 2018 (UTC)