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Entertaining and revealing life story of popular Premier League goalkeeper who is Irish football's second longest serving player.

BORN in Lifford, County Donegal in 1976, Shay Given is a Republic of Ireland legend. Domestically, no one in the game has played under more Premier League managers. When Given appeared for his country against Belarus in 2016, he became the longest serving Ireland player by timespan, surpassing John Giles. He is the second most capped Irishman of all time behind Robbie Keane. Mick McCarthy awarded Given the first of his 134 caps in 1996. He would represent Ireland for 20 years, keeping 52 clean sheets and appearing in the 2002 World Cup and the infamous Thierry Henry game of 2009. He announced his final retirement after Euro 16. Given started his club career at Celtic. He was signed by Blackburn Rovers in 1994 and after loan spells with Swindon Town and Sunderland, he moved to Newcastle in 1997. He stayed at St James' Park until 2009 when Mark Hughes signed him for Manchester City, where he picked up an FA Cup winner's medal. Spells at Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and Stoke City followed in a domestic career that has seen him make more than 600 appearances.