- Keiren Westwood
Football player infobox
playername = Keiren Westwood
fullname = Keiren Westwood
height = height|ft=6|in=2
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|10|23
cityofbirth =Manchester
countryofbirth =England
currentclub = Coventry City
clubnumber = 1
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2003–2004
2004
2004–2008
2008–
clubs = Manchester City
→ Oldham Athletic (loan)
Carlisle United
Coventry City
caps(goals) = 000 (0)
000 (0)
131 (0)
007 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 21:10, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =Keiren Westwood (born
October 23 ,1984 inManchester ,Greater Manchester ) is an English-born Irish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He currently plays for Coventry City. He qualifies to play for the Republic of Ireland national team by virtue of an Irish born Grandmother. [cite news
title=Ireland hopeful Westwood focused on Wembley
publisher=The Times
url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article3935227.ece
date=2008-05-15
accessdate=]Club career
Westwood started his career at Manchester City where he did not play a game and was released as they had David James and
Nicky Weaver in front of Westwood. He then joined Carlisle United becoming the understudy toMatt Glennon . Although Westwood played in most cup games. In March 2005, when Glennon was injured, Westwood played a couple of Conference games before being replaced by the fit-again Glennon.In the 2005-2006 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, however, with a few below-par performances from Williamsclarifyme, Westwood finally got his chance to secure the number one shirt which he did. 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
Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) team of the season and also won all of the club's Player of the Season awards.On
18 June ,2008 Westwood signed a three year contract with Championship club Coventry City for an undisclosed fee. cite news
title = Westwood signs for City
publisher =Coventry City F.C.
date =2008-06-18
url = http://www.ccfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10269~1330471,00.html
accessdate = 2008-06-18 ]International career
On
17 May 2008 , Westwood was called up by the Republic of Ireland to attend their training camp inPortugal , after impressive displaysclarifyme against Leeds United in the League One playoffs. Three days later, he made his debut as a second half substitute in a practice match against Portuguese club Lagos, replacing Joe Murphy after 66 minutes. [cite news
title=Lagos 1-3 Republic of Ireland
publisher=BBC
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7409889.stm
date=2008-05-20
accessdate=2008-05-25]Westwood's inclusion was controversial with some Irish fans who believed there were more worthy choices for the jersey to be found in the League of Ireland such as Bohemian's Brian Murphy. Murphy himself called Westwood's call-up to the squad a "piss take" [cite news
title=Murphy: Westwood call-up a piss-take
publisher=Bohs News
url=http://bohsnews.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/murphy-westwood-call-up-a-piss-take/
date=2008-05-20
accessdate=]Some fans were also concerned with comments Westwood made concerning his eligbility to play for Ireland in which the goalkeeper said, "I'm not Irish as such, but I'm a Catholic boy." [cite news
title=Ireland hopeful Westwood focused on Wembley
publisher=The Times
url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article3935227.ece
date=2008-05-15
accessdate=]Westwood tried to set the record straight by insisting his comments were "tongue in cheek." [cite news
title=Coventry City new-boy Keiren Westwood aims to set record straight
publisher=The Sunday Mercury
url=http://www.sundaymercury.net/midlands-sport/midlands-football/coventry-city-fc/2008/06/21/coventry-city-new-boy-keiren-westwood-aims-to-set-record-straight-66331-21135286/
date=2008-06-21
accessdate=] "As a bit of a joke I said I'm a good Catholic boy and it seemed to have got taken out of context by somebody at some point."References
External links
*soccerbase|37039|Keiren Westwood's
* [http://www.carlisleunited.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Squad/ProfilesDetail/0,,10361~29133,00.html Official Carlisle United profile]Persondata
NAME=Westwood, Keiren
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH=October 23 ,1984
PLACE OF BIRTH=Manchester ,Greater Manchester ,England
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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