{{Short description|English-born Northern Ireland footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Danny Sonner | image = | caption = | fullname = Daniel James Sonner<ref>{{Hugman|18512|accessdate=9 March 2017}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|1|9|df=y}} | birth_place = Wigan, England | height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}<ref>{{cite web |title=FootballSquads - Port Vale - 2006/07 |url=http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2006-2007/flone/portv.htm |website=footballsquads.co.uk |accessdate=24 June 2019}}</ref> | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = 1990–1991| youthclubs1 = Wigan Athletic | years1 = 1991–1993| clubs1 = Burnley | caps1 = 6| goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1992–1993| clubs2 = → Bury (loan) | caps2 = 5| goals2 = 3 | years3 = 1993–1995| clubs3 = FC Erzgebirge Aue | caps3 = 43| goals3 = 12 | years4 = 1995–1996| clubs4 = SCB Preußen Köln | caps4 = 21| goals4 = 3 | years5 = 1996–1998| clubs5 = Ipswich Town | caps5 = 56| goals5 = 3 | years6 = 1998–2000| clubs6 = Sheffield Wednesday| caps6 = 53| goals6 = 3 | years7 = 2000–2002| clubs7 = Birmingham City | caps7 = 41| goals7 = 2 | years8 = 2002–2003| clubs8 = Walsall | caps8 = 24| goals8 = 4 | years9 = 2003–2004| clubs9 = Nottingham Forest | caps9 = 28| goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2004–2005| clubs10= Peterborough United| caps10= 15| goals10= 0 | years11 = 2005 | clubs11= → Port Vale (loan) | caps11= 13| goals11= 0 | years12 = 2005–2007| clubs12= Port Vale | caps12= 62| goals12= 2 | years13 = 2007 | clubs13= Walsall | caps13= 6| goals13= 0 | years14 = 2008 | clubs14= Wrexham | caps14= 9| goals14= 1 | totalcaps = 382| totalgoals = 33 | nationalyears1 = 1995–1999| nationalteam1 = Northern Ireland B| nationalcaps1 = 4| nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 1997–2004| nationalteam2 = Northern Ireland | nationalcaps2 = 13| nationalgoals2 = 0 }}
'''Daniel James Sonner''' (born 9 January 1972) is an English-born former Northern Ireland international footballer. He won 13 caps in a seven-year international career.
A much-travelled midfielder, despite 18 years of professional football, he never spent more than two seasons at any one club. He played for numerous English clubs, predominantly in the Midlands, and also played in Germany. In the latter part of his career, he was easily recognizable due to his iconic long hair. His more notable spells were with Ipswich Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Birmingham City, and Port Vale; he played around fifty games for each club. In all, he played 386 games in the English Football League and more than 42 games in German football. He played in all of the top four divisions of English football, with his greatest honour being a runners-up medal in the League Cup in 2001.
==Club career== ===Burnley=== Starting his professional career with Third Division Wigan Athletic in 1990, Sonner never made a first-team appearance for Bryan Hamilton's side, and so signed with Frank Casper's Fourth Division Burnley in March 1991.<ref>{{cite web |title=DANNY SONNER - Clarets Mad |url=http://www.clarets-mad.co.uk/feat/ed35/danny_sonnernbsp_340068/index.shtml |website=clarets-mad.co.uk |accessdate=27 June 2019}}</ref> After Casper was replaced by Jimmy Mullen, Sonner barely featured at Turf Moor during their table-topping 1991–92 season and so was loaned out to Mike Walsh's Bury, back in the fourth tier, in November 1992, staying for the rest of the season.
===Germany=== Making little impact in the English Football League, he packed his bags and moved to Germany for the start of the 1993–94 season, signing with NOFV-Oberliga Süd side FC Erzgebirge Aue. After Aue's promotion he played in the third-tier Regionalliga Nordost for the 1994–95 season. He spent the 1995–96 season with Preußen Köln in the Oberliga Nordrhein.
===Ipswich Town to Sheffield Wednesday=== It was whilst at Cologne that he was plucked from obscurity by Ipswich Town manager George Burley. Sonner would spend the 1996–97 season in the English First Division.
In two seasons with the club, he played 56 league games, half of which were substitute appearances. However, he and Burley soon fell out, and Sonner was on the move to Danny Wilson's Sheffield Wednesday in October 1998 for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around £75,000. Once again, Sonner had fallen on his feet, spending the 1998–99 season in the Premier League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=28585|title=Sheffield Wednesday FC 1998-2000|work=sporting-heroes.net|accessdate=28 June 2009}}</ref> He played the club's 8–0 thumping at the hands of Newcastle United at St James' Park on 19 September, and Wednesday suffered relegation at the end of the 1999–2000 season. He was not retained for the following season after failing to agree a new contract and was forced to search for a new club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/northern_ireland/817274.stm|title=Sheffield Wednesday lose Sonner and Nolan|date=4 July 2000|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref>
===Birmingham City=== He soon signed for Birmingham City,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=28586|title=Birmingham City FC 2000-2002|work=sporting-heroes.net|accessdate=28 June 2009}}</ref> where he helped the club to the 2001 League Cup final. In the quarter-finals, he gave his old club some food for thought, scoring a 2–0 victory over the "Owls" on December 12, 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/worthington_cup/1065981.stm|title=Sonner shines in the rain|date=12 December 2000|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/1068514.stm|title=Former Owl makes his point|date=13 December 2000|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> In the final he was replaced by Bryan Hughes after 71 minutes and was forced to watch his team lose the penalty shoot-out to Liverpool 5–4, after a 1–1 draw in normal time. In a play-off semi-final defeat at Preston North End's Deepdale, Sonner, teammate Michael Johnson and boss Trevor Francis were all charged with misconduct by the Football Association,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/1461135.stm|title=Blues trio face FA charges|date=27 July 2001|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> Sonner and Johnson were also charged for using abusive language.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/1513131.stm|title=Francis faces FA rap|date=28 August 2001|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> Sonner was fined £1,000 following a hearing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/1563163.stm|title=Francis fined over conduct|date=25 September 2001|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref>
Birmingham released him at the end of the 2001–02 season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/1998331.stm|title=Birmingham release trio|date=21 May 2002|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> He played his last game for the club on 7 November 2001. He was sent off 77 minutes into a 1–0 home defeat by West Bromwich Albion after a poor challenge on Phil Gilchrist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/birmingham_city/1644666.stm|title=Mills frustrated by defeat|date=8 November 2001|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> Not long after this Steve Bruce was appointed as the club's new manager. Bruce never selected Sonner for a matchday squad, so he played no part in the 2002 play-off final.
===Walsall=== After training with Wolverhampton Wanderers,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wolverhampton_wanderers/2123156.stm|title=Sonner trains at Wolves|date=11 July 2002|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> he spent the 2002–03 season with Walsall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/walsall/2136222.stm|title=Sonner seals Saddlers switch|date=18 July 2002|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> He got off to a bad start, wrestling opposition player Tommy Smith to the ground in a 2–0 defeat at Watford, earning a red card and causing manager Colin Lee to brand his behaviour "a disgrace".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/walsall/2248436.stm |title=Sonner fined by Walsall|date=10 September 2002|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> He managed to recover his reputation, scoring four goals in 28 games. After getting released at the end of the season by the cash-strapped club,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/walsall/2936691.stm|title=Sonner leaves Walsall|date=10 April 2003|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> he considered a move to Carlisle United,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/carlisle_united/3044487.stm|title=Carlisle in Sonner talks|date=20 May 2003|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> before opting for Nottingham Forest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/n/nottm_forest/3123887.stm|title=Forest bring in duo|date=4 August 2003|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref>
===Nottingham Forest=== He was with Forest throughout the 2003–04 season,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=22218|title=Nottingham Forest FC 2003-2004|work=sporting-heroes.net|accessdate=28 June 2009}}</ref> playing 32 games over all competitions. At Forest, a bad miss caused the late Brian Clough to say: "I wish I'd been out there. I scored 250 goals in 271 games and I could have put that in with my you-know-what!"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/quotes_of_week/3148148.stm|title=Quotes: Clough and Westwood |date=6 October 2003|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> Sonner was keen to stay at the City Ground,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/nottm_forest/3738167.stm|title=Sonner makes Forest plea|date=1 June 2004|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> but was released by manager Joe Kinnear at the end of the season. Sonner received an offer from Eintracht Frankfurt, a trial at Kidderminster Harriers<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/k/kidderminster_harriers/3915829.stm|title=Harriers hand Sonner trial|date=22 July 2004|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> and an offer from Portadown.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/irish/3545464.stm|title=Ports chase Sonner|date=7 August 2004|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref>
===Peterborough United to Port Vale=== Sonner spent the 2004–05 season at League One Peterborough United, then managed by Barry Fry. He spent February to May of that season on loan with Port Vale,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/peterborough_united/4284517.stm|title=Sonner joins Vale in loan switch |date=21 February 2005|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> making 13 appearances. Impressing during his loan spell,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/peterborough_united/4371735.stm|title=Sonner lengthens Vale loan move |date=22 March 2005|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> he signed with Vale permanently for the start of the 2005–06 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/4589555.stm|title=Vale sign Posh midfielder Sonner |date=28 May 2005|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> A regular under Martin Foyle, he also spent the 2006–07 season at Vale Park, where he and Tony Dinning became the old heads at the centre of the park. Sonner was popular with the fans and played more games for the club than he did for any other club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.port-vale.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10381~1027900,00.html|title=- AUCTION |date=21 May 2007|work=Port Vale Official Website|accessdate=1 May 2009}}</ref> However, at the age of 35, Sonner rejected Vale's contract offer,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/6666199.stm|title=Veteran Sonner rejects Vale offer |date=17 May 2007|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> claiming that offer was too low paying.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.port-vale.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10381~1029163,00.html|title=- LATEST|last=Bratt|first=Bill|date=24 May 2007|work=Official Port Vale Website|accessdate=1 May 2009}}</ref> He said: "I deserve a rise and a decent offer. The club wants me to play for next to nothing. If they carry on paying Conference wages, then the club is going nowhere. They talk about promotion, but don't want to keep players."<ref name="Brat">{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/port_vale/6684709.stm|title=Chairman responds to Sonner blast|date=24 May 2007|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> Chairman Bill Bratt responded by saying that: "The manager had faith in Danny to pluck him from Peterborough reserves and to offer him another contract with better terms... if he thinks he is on next to nothing he should try working in the pottery industry for 40 hours a week for £200."<ref name="Brat" />
===Later career=== He moved on to former club Walsall,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/walsall/6691331.stm|title=Veteran Sonner returns to Walsall |date=25 May 2007|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> now led by Richard Money, but due to injury he played just seven games of the 2007–08 season before leaving the club in September 2007.<ref>{{cite news | title = Midfielder Sonner leaves Walsall | url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/walsall/7016624.stm | work = BBC Sport | date = 27 September 2007 | access-date = 20 October 2007}}</ref> In January 2008, Sonner and fellow "Saddlers" teammate, Paul Hall both joined League Two strugglers Wrexham.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wrexham capture Hall and Sonner |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wrexham/7182716.stm |work=BBC Sport |date=11 January 2008 |access-date=11 January 2008 }}</ref> He was released by manager Brian Little in May 2008, following the club's relegation to the Conference.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wrexham/7367679.stm|title=Roberts and Llewellyn leave Reds |date=6 May 2008|work=BBC Sport|access-date=11 May 2008}}</ref> Sonner scored once during his spell at Wrexham, his goal coming in a 2–2 draw with Morecambe on 29 January 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_3/7210663.stm|title=Morecambe 2-2 Wrexham |publisher=BBC |date=29 January 2008 |access-date=22 February 2010}}</ref>
==International career== Sonner has represented Northern Ireland 13 times.<ref name="NI" /> Between 1995 and 1999 he also earned four Northern Ireland B caps, scoring one goal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nifootball.blogspot.com/2006/11/danny-sonner.html|title=Danny Sonner|date=14 November 2006|work=nifootball.blogspot.com|accessdate=28 June 2009}}</ref>
He earned his first cap on 10 September 1997 in a 1–0 defeat to Albania in Zürich. His second cap came in a 3–0 home loss to Germany on 27 March 1999 in a Euro 2000 qualifier. His remaining caps were all friendlies.<ref name="NI">{{cite web|url=http://www.claretsmad.co.uk/news/loadsngl.asp?cid=ED36&id=302996|title=Danny Sonner (N IRELAND) - 13 caps|last=Scholes|first=Tony|date=12 October 2006|accessdate=28 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222185724/http://www.claretsmad.co.uk/news/loadsngl.asp?cid=ED36|archive-date=22 December 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> His first start for Northern Ireland came in Belfast on 26 April 2000, his sixth cap – the Northern Irish beat the Hungarians 1–0.<ref name="NI" />
After three years away from the international scene, he was recalled in February 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/northern_ireland/3476237.stm|title=Sonner back in NI squad|date=10 February 2004|work=BBC Sport|access-date=28 June 2009}}</ref> He played six games in 2004 after being recalled, his last one coming in a goalless draw with Switzerland on 18 August.<ref name="NI" />
==Style of play== Sonner was a midfielder with long hair, a languid playing style, excellent vision and passing skills.<ref name="ovf">{{cite news |title=Cult Hero 09: Danny Sonner |url=https://www.onevalefan.co.uk/2012/01/09-danny-sonner/ |accessdate=1 June 2020 |work=onevalefan.co.uk |date=30 January 2012}}</ref>
==Coaching career== Sonner joined Savannah United (based in Savannah, Georgia) as a staff coach in August 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Staff|url=http://www.savannahunited.com/Default.aspx?tabid=902061|website=savannahunited.com|accessdate=5 January 2018|archive-date=5 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105233657/http://www.savannahunited.com/Default.aspx?tabid=902061|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Club level=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|Burnley||1991–92||Fourth Division||6||0||0||0||1||1||2||1||9||2 |- |1992–93||Third Division||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !6!!0!!0!!0!!1!!1!!2!!1!!9!!2 |- |Bury (loan)||1992–93||Third Division||5||3||3||0||0||0||2||1||10||4 |- |rowspan="3"|FC Erzgebirge Aue||1993–94<ref name="bsg-wismut-aue.de">{{cite web|url=http://www.bsg-wismut-aue.de/index.php?source=spieler&b=83&s=81|title=Daniel Sonner|work=bsg-wismut-aue.de|language=German|accessdate=16 May 2014}}</ref>||NOFV-Oberliga Süd||22||6||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0||22||6 |- |1994–95<ref name="bsg-wismut-aue.de"/>||Regionalliga Nordost |21||6{{efn|Sonner's profile page at ''bsg-wismut-aue.de'' gives him four goals for 1994–95,<ref name="bsg-wismut-aue.de"/> but individual match reports on that site give him six.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bsg-wismut-aue.de/index.php?source=ligaspielplan&j=1994&e=592 |title=Spielinfo: 1. Suhler SV 06 – FC Erzgebirge Aue 1:4}}, {{cite web |url=http://bsg-wismut-aue.de/index.php?source=ligaspielplan&j=1994&e=592 |title=Spielinfo: Dresdner SC Fußball 98 – FC Erzgebirge Aue 2:5}}, and {{cite web |url=http://bsg-wismut-aue.de/index.php?source=ligaspielplan&j=1994&e=592 |title=Spielinfo: FC Erzgebirge Aue – Chemnitzer SV 51 Heckert 6:0 |work=bsg-wismut-aue.de |language=German |accessdate=16 May 2014}}</ref>}} |colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1{{efn|name=sax|Appearance(s) in the Saxony Cup.}}||0||22||6 |- !colspan="2"|Total !43!!12!!colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—!!1!!0!!44!!12 |- |Preußen Köln||1995–96||Oberliga Nordrhein||21||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0||21||3 |- |rowspan="4"|Ipswich Town||1996–97<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=7481|season=1996|accessdate=1 January 2017}}</ref>||First Division||29||2||1||0||6||1||1||0||37||2 |- |1997–98<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=7481|season=1997|accessdate=1 January 2017}}</ref>||First Division||23||1||1||0||2||0||1{{efn|name=pof|Appearance(s) in the play-offs.}}||0||27||1 |- |1998–99<ref name="98/99">{{Soccerbase season|id=7481|season=1998|accessdate=1 January 2017}}</ref>||First Division||4||0||0||0||2||0||0||0||6||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !56!!3!!2!!0!!10!!1!!2!!0!!70!!3 |- |rowspan="3"|Sheffield Wednesday||1998–99<ref name="98/99" />||Premier League||26||3||3||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||29||3 |- |1999–2000<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=7481|season=1999|accessdate=1 January 2017}}</ref>||Premier League||27||0||3||0||4||1||0||0||34||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !53!!3!!6!!0!!4!!1!!0!!0!!63!!4 |- |rowspan="3"|Birmingham City||2000–01<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=7481|season=2000|accessdate=1 January 2017}}</ref>||First Division||26||1||1||0||9||1||2{{efn|name=pof}}||0||38||2 |- |2001–02<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=7481|season=2001|accessdate=1 January 2017}}</ref>||First Division||15||1||0||0||3||0||0||0||18||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !41!!2!!1!!0!!12!!1!!2!!0!!56!!3 |- |Walsall||2002–03<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=7481|season=2002|accessdate=1 January 2017}}</ref>||First Division||24||4||2||0||2||0||colspan=2|—||28||4 |- |Nottingham Forest||2003–04<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=7481|season=2003|accessdate=1 January 2017}}</ref>||First Division||28||0||1||0||3||0||colspan=2|—||32||0 |- |Peterborough United||2004–05<ref name="04/05">{{Soccerbase season|id=7481|season=2004|accessdate=1 January 2017}}</ref>||League One||15||0||0||0||1||0||1{{efn|name=efl|Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.}}||0||17||0 |- |rowspan="4"|Port Vale||2004–05<ref name="04/05" />||League One||13||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||13||0 |- |2005–06<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=7481|season=2005|accessdate=1 January 2017}}</ref>||League One||29||1||2||0||1||0||1{{efn|name=efl}}||0||33||1 |- |2006–07<ref>{{Soccerbase season|id=7481|season=2006|accessdate=1 January 2017}}</ref>||League One||33||1||2||0||4||0||1{{efn|name=efl}}||0||40||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !75!!2!!4!!0!!5!!0!!2!!0!!86!!2 |- |Walsall||2007–08<ref name="07/08">{{Soccerbase season|id=7481|season=2007|accessdate=1 January 2017}}</ref>||League One||6||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||7||0 |- |Wrexham||2007–08<ref name="07/08" />||League Two||9||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||9||1 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !382!!33!!19!!0!!39!!4!!12!!2!!452!!39 |} {{notelist}}
===International level=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan=3 | Northern Ireland national team<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/4906.html |title=Player profile |website=National-Football-Teams.com |accessdate=10 July 2016}}</ref> |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |1997||1||0 |- |1999||2||0 |- |2000||3||0 |- |2001||1||0 |- |2004||6||0 |- !Total||13||0 |}
==Honours== '''Burnley''' *Football League Fourth Division: 1991–92
'''Birmingham City''' *Football League Cup runner-up: 2000–01<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/worthington_cup/1187654.stm |title=Blues shot down as Liverpool lift cup |website=BBC Sport |date=25 February 2001 |access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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