John O'Shea

**John Francis O'Shea** (; born 30 April 1981) is an Irish professional football coach and former player. He was known for his versatility in playing several positions on either side of the pitch or the centre.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="13"|Manchester United|1999–2000|Premier League|0|0|—|1|0|0|0|0|0|1|0||
|2000–01|Premier League|0|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|||
|2001–02|Premier League|9|0|0|0|1|0|3|0|0|0|13|0|||
|2002–03|Premier League|32|0|1|0|3|0|16|0|0|0|52|0|||
|2003–04|Premier League|33|2|6|0|2|0|7|0|1|0|49|2|||
|2004–05|Premier League|23|2|4|1|4|0|5|0|1|0|37|3|||
|2005–06|Premier League|34|1|2|0|4|1|7|0|0|0|47|2|||
|2006–07|Premier League|32|4|5|0|1|0|11|1|0|0|49|5|||
|2007–08|Premier League|28|0|2|0|1|0|6|0|1|0|38|0|||
|2008–09|Premier League|30|0|4|0|6|1|12|1|2|0|54|2|||
|2009–10|Premier League|15|1|0|0|0|0|3|0|1|0|19|1|||
|2010–11|Premier League|20|0|4|0|1|0|6|0|1|0|32|0|||
|AFC Bournemouth (loan)|1999–2000|Second Division|10|1|0|0|—|—|—|10|1|||||
|Royal Antwerp (loan)|2000–01|Belgian First Division|14|0|0|0|—|—|—|14|0|||||
|rowspan="8"|Sunderland|2011–12|Premier League|29|0|5|0|0|0|—|—|34|0|||
|2012–13|Premier League|34|2|0|0|2|0|—|—|36|2|||||
|2013–14|Premier League|33|1|2|0|7|0|—|—|42|1|||||
|2014–15|Premier League|37|0|4|0|2|0|—|—|43|0|||||
|2015–16|Premier League|28|0|1|0|2|0|—|—|31|0|||||
|2016–17|Premier League|28|0|1|0|1|0|—|—|30|0|||||
|2017–18|Championship|37|1|1|0|2|0|—|—|40|1|||||
|Reading|2018–19|Championship|9|0|0|0|2|0|—|—|11|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="18"|Republic of Ireland|2001|1|0|
|2002|1|0|||
|2003|9|1|||
|2004|8|0|||
|2005|9|0|||
|2006|7|0|||
|2007|8|0|||
|2008|7|0|||
|2009|10|0|||
|2010|8|0|||
|2011|6|0|||
|2012|10|0|||
|2013|11|1|||
|2014|6|1|||
|2015|8|0|||
|2016|7|0|||
|2017|1|0|||
|2018|1|0|||

- _Scores and results list Ireland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each O'Shea goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col" data-sort-type="date"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center"|1|19 August 2003|Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland|8||1–1|2–1|Friendly||||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|2|15 October 2013|Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland|93||2–1|3–1|FIFA World Cup Qualification||||||||||
|style="text-align:center"|3|14 October 2014|Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany|100||1–1|1–1|Euro 2016 qualifying||||||||||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="8"|Record|rowspan=2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Republic of Ireland (Interim)|align=left|28 February 2024|align=left|11 June 2024|||||

## Honours

**Manchester United**
- Premier League: 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11
- FA Cup: 2003–04
- Football League Cup: 2005–06, 2008–09
- FA Community Shield: 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010
- UEFA Champions League: 2007–08
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2008

**Sunderland**
- Football League Cup runner-up: 2013–14

**Republic of Ireland U16**
- UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 1998

**Individual**
- Denzil Haroun Reserve Team Player of the Year: 2001–02
- FAI Senior International Player of the Year: 2014

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: John O'Shea
- **image**: FIFA WC-qualification 2014 - Austria vs Ireland 2013-09-10 - John O'Shea 01.jpg
- **caption**: O'Shea lining up for the Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland in 2013
- **fullname**: John Francis O'Shea
- **birth place**: Waterford, Ireland
- **height**: 1.91 m
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender, defensive midfielder
- **currentclub**: Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland (assistant manager)
- **youthyears1**: 1989–1995
- **youthclubs1**: Ferrybank AFC
- **youthyears2**: 1995–1998
- **youthclubs2**: Waterford Bohemians
- **youthyears3**: 1998–1999
- **youthclubs3**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **years1**: 1999–2011
- **clubs1**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **caps1**: 256
- **goals1**: 10
- **years2**: 2000
- **clubs2**: → AFC Bournemouth (loan)
- **caps2**: 10
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 2000–2001
- **clubs3**: → Royal Antwerp F.C., Royal Antwerp (loan)
- **caps3**: 14
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2011–2018
- **clubs4**: Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland
- **caps4**: 226
- **goals4**: 4
- **years5**: 2018–2019
- **clubs5**: Reading F.C., Reading
- **caps5**: 9
- **goals5**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 515
- **totalgoals**: 15
- **nationalyears1**: 1998
- **nationalteam1**: Republic of Ireland U16
- **nationalyears2**: 2000–2002
- **nationalteam2**: Republic of Ireland under-21 national football team, Republic of Ireland U21
- **nationalcaps2**: 13
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 2001–2018
- **nationalteam3**: Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland
- **nationalcaps3**: 118
- **nationalgoals3**: 3
- **manageryears1**: 2020–2023
- **managerclubs1**: Republic of Ireland under-21 national football team, Republic of Ireland U21 (assistant)
- **manageryears2**: 2023–2024
- **managerclubs2**: Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland (assistant)
- **manageryears3**: 2024
- **managerclubs3**: Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland (interim)
- **manageryears4**: 2024–
- **managerclubs4**: Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland (assistant)