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| name = Denis Irwin
| image = Denis Irwin (2017-07-29 img06) (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Irwin in 2017
| fullname = Joseph Denis Irwin<ref>{{Hugman|9919|access-date=4 July 2018}}</ref>
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| birth_place = [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Ireland
| height = 1.73 m<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/denis-joseph-irwin/104375/ |title=D. Irwin: Summary |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>
| position = [[DefenderFull back (association football)#Full-back|Full- back]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.manutd.com/en/players-and-staff/detail/denis-irwin |title=Denis Irwin |publisher=Manchester United F.C. |access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1983 | youthclubs1 = [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]
| years1 = 1983–1986 |clubs1 = [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] |caps1 = 72 |goals1 = 1
| years2 = 1986–1990 |clubs2 = [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]] |caps2 = 167 |goals2 = 4
| years3 = 1990–2002 |clubs3 = [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] |caps3 = 368 |goals3 = 22
| years4 = 2002–2004 |clubs4 = [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] |caps4 = 75 |goals4 = 2
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| nationalyears4 = 1990–1999 |nationalteam4 = [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] |nationalcaps4 = 56 |nationalgoals4 = 4
}}
'''Joseph Denis Irwin''' (born 31 October 1965) is an Irish former professional [[association football|footballer]] and sports television presenter. Irwin is the joint most successful Irish footballer in history, a record he shares with [[Ronnie Whelan]] and fellow [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] stalwart [[Roy Keane]], having won 19 trophies in his career.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccer-ireland.com/footbal-miscellany/decorated-footballers.htm |title=Most Decorated Fottballers : Ireland : Honours : Trophies |website=soccer-ireland.com}}</ref>
 
As a player, he played as a [[DefenderFull back (association football)#Full-back|full- back]] from 1983 to 2004. Irwin is best known for his long and successful stint at [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], where he established himself as one of the most important players in the Uniteda team that won a host of domestic and European trophies inincluding hisseven time[[Premier thereLeague]] betweentitles and the [[UEFA Champions League]] from 1990 andto 2002. He has been regarded by [[Alex Ferguson]] as, pound for pound, his greatest ever signing.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Alex Ferguson: his 10 best and worst signings for Manchester United |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/may/08/sir-alex-ferguson-best-worst-signings |last=Campbell |first=Paul |date=8 May 2013 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> Earlier in his career he played for [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] and then [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]], and finished his career with a two-year spell at [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]], the club he supported as a child.<ref>{{cite news |title=Irwin: 2003 Play-off final winners are part of history |url=https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/features/20200706-irwin-2003-play-off-final-winners-are-part-of-history/ |work=wolves.co.uk}}</ref>
 
Irwin was [[Cap (sport)|capped]] by the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] national side 56 times, scoring four goals and featuring in the side that reached the second round (last 16) at the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]]. Irwin is the joint most successful Irish footballer in history, a record he shares with fellow Manchester United stalwart [[Roy Keane]], having won 19 trophies in his career.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccer-ireland.com/footbal-miscellany/decorated-footballers.htm |title=Most Decorated Fottballers : Ireland : Honours : Trophies |website=soccer-ireland.com}}</ref>
 
==Early life==
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==Club career==
===Early career===
[[File:The Cliff (Denis Irwin).JPG|thumb|upright|Irwin outside [[The Cliff (training ground)|The Cliff]] in 1992]]
Irwin began his career with [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] in 1983, making 72 appearances in the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]], before moving on to [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]] on a free transfer in 1986. He helped Oldham reach the semi-finals of the [[FA Cup]] and the [[1990 Football League Cup Finalfinal|final]] of the [[EFL Cup|League Cup]] in 1990 before he was transferred to [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] for a fee of £650,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/transfer-tales-denis-irwin-signing-from-oldham-athletic|title=TRANSFER TALES: DENIS IRWIN|date=8 June 2023|access-date=16 October 2023|publisher=Manchester United F.C.}}</ref>
 
===Manchester United===
Irwin began his career with [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] in 1983, making 72 appearances in the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]], before moving on to [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]] on a free transfer in 1986. He helped Oldham reach the semi-finals of the [[FA Cup]] and the [[1990 Football League Cup Final|final]] of the [[EFL Cup|League Cup]] in 1990 before he was transferred to Manchester United for a fee of £650,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/transfer-tales-denis-irwin-signing-from-oldham-athletic|title=TRANSFER TALES: DENIS IRWIN|date=8 June 2023|access-date=16 October 2023|publisher=Manchester United F.C.}}</ref>
[[File:The Cliff (Denis Irwin).JPG|thumb|upright|Irwin outside [[The Cliff (training ground)|The Cliff]] in 1992]]
 
In 12 years at [[Old Trafford]], he made 296 [[Premier League]] appearances and won seven Premier League title medals, as well as two FA Cup winner's medals (1994 and 1996), a League Cup winner's medal, and [[UEFA Champions League]] and [[European Cup Winners' Cup]] honours. He was comfortable in either of the [[Full back (association football)|full back]] positions and an expert at [[Direct free kick|free kicks]] and [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalties]], and even in his mid thirties he was still United's first -choice [[left- back]] in preference to the much younger [[Phil Neville]].{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
 
He scored a total of 22 league goals for Manchester United, including several penalties. The first of these came on 7 September 1991 in a 3–0 home win over [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] in the First Division.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manchester-united-fans-site.com/manchester-united-results-1991-1992.html |title=Manchester United Results 1991-1992, Division One, FA Cup, League Cup, European |access-date=12 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515043036/http://www.manchester-united-fans-site.com/manchester-united-results-1991-1992.html |archive-date=15 May 2011}}</ref>
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Notable goals came on 26 December 1991, when he scored twice in a 6–3 away league win over his old club Oldham Athletic, and his late winner against [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] in May 1995<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/manchester-united-need-new-denis-9177768|title=Manchester United need a new Denis Irwin for penalty duties|work=[[Manchester Evening News]]|date=4 May 2015}}</ref> which kept the league title race open until the final match.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BthVDwAAQBAJ&q=manchester+united+2-1+southampton+%22denis+irwin%22+1995&pg=PT116|title=Fifty Cup Finals: My Life in Football|isbn=9781785314193|last1=Collins|first1=Nick|date=May 2018}}</ref>
 
Irwin was awarded a [[testimonial match]] for Manchester United – played on 16 August 2000 against Manchester City at Old Trafford. Despite testimonials being [[ExhibitionFriendly game#Association(association football)|friendly]] matches, due to the match being between local rivals it was a physical affair. Irwin went off injured in the 37th minute after a bad challenge by City striker [[George Weah]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Irwin's affair turns sour |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/irwin-s-affair-turns-sour-1.1259618 |access-date=18 August 2023 |work=Irish Times |date=17 August 2000}}</ref>
 
Irwin made his last appearance for Manchester United at Old Trafford against [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] on the final day of the [[2001–02 Premier League]] season (1211 May 2002), which ended in a 0–0 draw. For his final appearance as a Manchester United player, Alex Ferguson awarded him the captain's armband.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/1978531.stm|title=Charlton hold Man Utd|date=11 May 2002|access-date=16 October 2023|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>
 
=== Wolverhampton Wanderers ===
Irwin joined [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] on a free transfer after the 2001–02 season, coincidentally joining the [[Black Country]] club at the same time as his former Manchester United teammate [[Paul Ince]] made the move to the [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]] club, having previously been at [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]. Irwin scored twice in his first season at Wolves, against Burnley<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/2195416.stm |title=Wolves 3–0 Burnley |website=BBC Sport |date=17 August 2002 |access-date=28 October 2009}}</ref> and Grimsby.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/2342289.stm |title=Wolves 4–1 Grimsby |website=BBC Sport |date=26 October 2002 |access-date=28 October 2009}}</ref>
 
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==International career==
Irwin played for the [[Republic of Ireland national under-19 football team|Republic of Ireland national under-19 team]] that qualified for the [[1983 UEFA European Under-18 Championship]] and the [[1984 UEFA European Under-18 Championship]]. He was [[cap (football)|capped]] 56 times for the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] between 1990 and 1999, and scored four goals. His first appearance came on 12 September 1990 (just after his move to Manchester United), when he helped them beat [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]] 1–0 in a friendly at [[Dalymount Park]]. He made his competitive international debut on 17 October 1990, when the national side began their [[UEFA Euro 1992]] qualifying campaign with a 5–0 win over [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] at [[Lansdowne Road]]. He scored his first international goal on 29 April 1992 in a friendly against the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] at [[Lansdowne Road]]. His final international appearance came on 17 November 1999, at the age of 34, when Republic of Ireland lost to Turkey in the [[UEFA Euro 2000]] qualifying play-off second leg in [[Bursa]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soccer-ireland.com/manchester-united/denis-irwin.htm |title=Denis Irwin : Manchester United : Irish Footballer : Cork |website=soccer-ireland.com}}</ref>
 
Irwin made his only international tournament appearance for Republic of Ireland at the [[1994 FIFA World Cup]] in the [[United States]]. He started at right back in the team's first two group matches; a 1–0 defeat of [[Italy national football team|Italy]] and a 2–1 loss to [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]. He was then suspended for Republic of Ireland's final group game (0–0 draw vs. [[Norway national football team|Norway]]) and was an unused substitute in the 2–0 loss to the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] in the Round of 16.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/2018/june/12062018-world-cup-connections-denis-irwin/|title=World Cup Connections: Denis Irwin|date=12 June 2018|access-date=16 October 2023|publisher=Oldham Athletic}}</ref>
 
==Media career==
Since 2004, Irwin has worked as a presenter on [[MUTV (Manchester United F.C.)|MUTV]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7B1A602F87-542E-49B4-9DE3-8B8D245F7FB2%7D&section=presenterProfile&bioid=92631# |title=MUTV – – Presenters Profiles Manchester United Official Web Site |access-date=10 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903214207/http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7B1A602F87-542E-49B4-9DE3-8B8D245F7FB2%7D&section=presenterProfile&bioid=92631# |archive-date=3 September 2017}}</ref> Irwin has been involved in coverage of several football tournaments on RTÉ. He is also a columnist with Ireland's ''Sunday World'' newspaper. He contributed to [[RTÉ Sport]]'s coverage of the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Black, Fergus |url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/rte-hopes-ossie-and-squad-will-spur-fans-to-back-home-team-2203365.html |work=Irish Independent |title=RTÉ hopes Ossie and squad will spur fans to back home team |date=2 June 2010 |access-date=2 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=O'Malley, Carl |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0602/1224271676683.html |newspaper=The Irish Times |title=RTÉ roll out big guns for their 56 live games |date=2 June 2010 |access-date=2 June 2010 |archive-date=21 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021053654/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0602/1224271676683.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{cite web |url=httphttps://www.enfa.co.uk/playersearch.php |title=Player searchDetails: Denis Irwin |website=English National Football Archive |access-date=1731 AprilOctober 20202023}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[FA Cup]]
!colspan="2"|[[EFL Cup|League Cup]]
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
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|19||0||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|name=FMC|Appearance(s) in [[Full Members' Cup]]}}||0||24||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!72!!1!!3!!0!!5!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!2!!0!!82!!1
!1
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]]
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|42||1||9||0||8||0||colspan="2"|—||1{{efn|name=FMC}}||0||60||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!167!!4!!13!!0!!19!!3!!0!!0!!5!!0!!204!!7
|-
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|12||0||0||0||0||0||10{{efn|name=UCL}}||0||1{{efn|name=FACS}}||0||23||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!368!!22!!43!!7!!31!!0!!75!!4!!12!!0!!529!!33
|-
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|32||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||33||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!75!!2!!5!!0!!2!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!3!!0!!85!!2
|-
! colspan="3 "| Career total
!682!!29!!64!!7!!57!!3!!75!!4!!22!!0!!900!!43
|}
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===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/denis-irwin/4/ |title=Denis Irwin: Internationals |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref>
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
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|rowspan="10"|[[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]]<ref>{{NFT player |id=14080|name=Irwin, Denis |accessdate=17 April 2020}}</ref>
|1990||2||0
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|1999||6||1
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!colspan="2"|Total||56||4
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:''Republic of Ireland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Irwin goal.''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/denis-irwin-303/ |title=Denis Irwin |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Denis Irwin
!No.!!Date!!Venue!!Cap!!Opponent!!Score!!Result!!Competition!!class=unsortable|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="col"|No.
|align=center|1||29 April 1992||[[Lansdowne Road]], Dublin, Ireland||align=center|10||{{fb|USA}}||align=center|2–0||align=center|4–1||[[Exhibition game#Association football|Friendly]]||align=center|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/republic-of-ireland-v-usa-29-april-1992-243521/ |title=Republic of Ireland v USA, 29 April 1992 |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Cap
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|alignstyle="text-align: center;"|1||29 April 1992||[[Lansdowne Road]], Dublin, Ireland||alignstyle="text-align: center;"|10||{{fb|USA}}||alignstyle="text-align: center;"|2–0||alignstyle="text-align: center;"|4–1||[[ExhibitionFriendly game#Association(association football)|Friendly]]||alignstyle="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/republic-of-ireland-v-usa-29-april-1992-243521/ |title=Republic of Ireland v USA, 29 April 1992 |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>
|-
|alignstyle="text-align: center;"|2||29 October 1997||[[Lansdowne Road]], Dublin, Ireland||style="text-align=: center;"|47||{{fb|BEL}}||alignstyle="text-align: center;"|1–0||alignstyle="text-align: center;"|1–1||[[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA second round|1998 World Cup qualification play-offs]]||style="text-align=: center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/republic-of-ireland-v-belgium-29-october-1997-264527/ |title=Republic of Ireland v Belgium, 29 October 1997 |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>
|-
|alignstyle="text-align: center;"|3||5 September 1998||[[Lansdowne Road]], Dublin, Ireland||alignstyle="text-align: center;"|49||{{fb|CRO}}||alignstyle="text-align: center;"|1–0||alignstyle="text-align: center;"|2–0||[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualificationqualifying]]||alignstyle="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/republic-of-ireland-v-croatia-06-september-1998-265737/ |title=Republic of Ireland v Croatia, 06 September 1998 |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>
|-
|alignstyle="text-align: center;"|4||10 February 1999||[[Lansdowne Road]], Dublin, Ireland||alignstyle="text-align: center;"|51||{{fb|PAR}}||alignstyle="text-align: center;"|1–0||alignstyle="text-align: center;"|2–0||[[ExhibitionFriendly game#Association(association football)|Friendly]]||alignstyle="text-align: center;"|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/republic-of-ireland-v-paraguay-10-february-1999-266341/ |title=Republic of Ireland v Paraguay, 10 February 1999 |website=11v11.com |publisher=AFS Enterprises |access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>
|}
 
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'''Individual'''
*[[PFA Team of the Year]]: [[PFA Team of the Year (1990s)#Second Division|1989–90 Second Division]],<ref>{{cite book |first=Tony |last=Lynch |title=The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes |year=1995 |publisher=Random House |location=London |isbn=978-0-09-179135-3 |page=148}}</ref> [[PFA Team of the Year (1990s)#FA Premier League 2|1993–94 Premier League]],<ref>{{cite book |first=Tony |last=Lynch |title=The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes |year=1995 |publisher=Random House |location=London |isbn=978-0-09-179135-3 |page=150}}</ref> [[PFA Team of the Year (1990s)#FA Premier League 7|1998–99 Premier League]],<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=Barry J. |editor-last=Hugman |title=The 1999–2000 Official PFA Footballers Factfile |year=1999 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=Harpenden |isbn=978-1-85291-607-7 |page=352}}</ref> [[PFA Team of the Year (2000s)#First Division 4|2002–03 First Division]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/apr/28/newsstory.premierleague200203 |title=Henry lands PFA award |first=David |last=McKechnie |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=28 April 2003 |access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>
*Overall Team of the Decade – [[Premier League 10 Seasons Awards]] (1992/3 – 2001/2){{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
*[[Professional Footballers' Association|PFA]] Team of the Century (1997–2007): 2007<ref>{{cite news |title=Team of the Century: 1997–2007 – the Premiership's finest of the last decade |url=http://www.givemefootball.com/pfa-legends/teams-of-the-century/team-of-the-century-1997-2007 |work=Give Me Football |date=5 September 2007 |access-date=17 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021032411/http://www.givemefootball.com/pfa-legends/teams-of-the-century/team-of-the-century-1997-2007 |archive-date=21 October 2008}}</ref>
*[[English Football Hall of Fame]]: 2016<ref>{{cite news |title=National Football Museum Hall of Fame |url=https://www.nationalfootballmuseum.com/halloffame/denis-irwin/ |date=April 2020}}</ref>
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[[Category:Association footballers from Cork (city)]]
[[Category:Republic of Ireland men's association footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football defendersfullbacks]]
[[Category:People educated at Coláiste Chríost Rí]]
[[Category:Leeds United F.C. players]]