Keith Gillespie
- January 10, 2024
- Northern Irish Footballer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Keith Gillespie |
| Occupation | Northern Irish footballer |
| Date Of Birth | Feb 18, 1975(1975-02-18) |
| Age | 49 |
| Birthplace | Larne |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Horoscope | Aquarius |
Keith Gillespie Biography
| Name | Keith Gillespie |
| Birthday | Feb 18 |
| Birth Year | 1975 |
| Place Of Birth | Larne |
| Birth Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
Keith Gillespie is one of the most popular and richest Northern Irish footballer who was born on February 18, 1975 in Larne, United Kingdom. Keith Robert Gillespie (born 18 February 1975) is a Northern Irish retired professional footballer who played as a winger.
Occasional appearances for United followed in 1994–95, but he was never able to displace Andrei Kanchelskis as United’s first-choice right winger.
Gillespie stayed at Newcastle for three-and-a-half years and during this time he played 143 games, including 15 European ties (in both the Champions League and UEFA Cup) and scored 13 goals. In both the 1995–96 and 1996–97 seasons he helped Newcastle to finish second in the Premier League (runners up to Gillespie’s former club, Manchester United, on both occasions), being a key member of “The Entertainers”. On the first occasion, the Magpies very nearly beat Gillespie’s old club to the title, having been 10 points ahead of them by Christmas 1995 before a dismal final three months of the season saw the title sealed by Gillespie’s former team mates. Initially injured from a Phil Neville tackle in a 0–2 defeat at Old Trafford on 27 December 1995 causing him to miss the following three games, at the end of the 1995–96 season Gary Lineker, then a BBC pundit, said that one of the main reasons that Newcastle lost out on the title race was because they dropped Gillespie (who had been supplying Newcastle’s forwards with a stream of good crosses) for several key games in the latter part of the season.
On 20 August 1995, the News of the World carried reports that Gillespie was subject of an approach from Alex Ferguson to return to Manchester United to fill the gap on the right wing being left by the sale of Andrei Kanchelskis to Everton, but the return to Old Trafford never happened and United instead turned to up-and-coming youngster David Beckham to occupy that position. 18 years later, Gillespie confirmed that Ferguson did contact him regarding a possible return to Manchester United, but claims that he heard nothing more about the prospective transfer after that original telephone conversation with his former manager.
Gillespie made his first senior appearance for Manchester United in the 1992–93 season. He scored on his debut against Bury in a 2–0 FA Cup third round triumph on 5 January 1993. He was issued with the number 31 shirt for the 1993–94 season with the introduction of squad numbers, but did not play any first team games and was loaned to Division Three club Wigan Athletic, scoring four goals in eight games.
Keith Gillespie Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Northern Irish footballer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Keith Gillespie is one of the richest Northern Irish footballer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Keith Gillespie 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Gillespie signed for Manchester United on leaving school in the summer of 1991, being a member of the FA Youth Cup winning side in 1992. Also in that team were Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, David Beckham, Gary Neville and Robbie Savage.
He began his career at Manchester United after winning the FA Youth Cup in 1992, before moving to Newcastle United, where he played in the UEFA Champions League. Gillespie also played in the Premier League for Blackburn Rovers, Leicester City and Sheffield United, helping Blackburn win the Football League Cup in 2002. Towards the end of his career, he played for Glentoran in the Irish League and Longford Town in the League of Ireland.
Gillespie earned 86 caps for Northern Ireland between 1994 and 2008, putting him 6th in their most capped players of all time.
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Gillespie is currently sixth place in the list of appearances for Northern Ireland with 86 caps. He made his debut in September 1994 in a 2–1 home defeat by Portugal. He played an important role in his country’s 3–2 qualifying win against Spain at Windsor Park on 6 September 2006. Gillespie was investigated by the Irish FA for his involvement in a fracas with George McCartney on the trip back home from a game in Iceland in September 2007. He was not involved with the Northern Ireland set-up since being omitted from the squad that faced San Marino in February 2009. His final cap was won in a 2–0 defeat by Hungary at Windsor Park in November 2008.
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Keith Ranked on the list of most popular Northern Irish footballer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Keith Gillespie celebrates birthday on February 18 of every year.
Gillespie impressed McCall during training and told the manager he was very keen to gain match experience; as a result, Gillespie signed for Bradford City in March for the rest of the 2008–09 season. Gillespie was an unused substitute in their 1–0 defeat to Exeter City and so had to wait for his debut which came as a second-half substitute with City already 4–1 down to Bournemouth three days later. After just three appearances Gillespie was not offered a long-term deal by Bradford City. In the summer of 2009 he had a trial with Hungarian side Ferencváros and had been linked with a move to the IFA Premiership.
What is Keith Gillespie doing now?
He now works as a football agent after founding the One Two agency with former Irish League player and successful businessman Brian Adair.
Who is Keith Gillespie married to?
Vicky Gillespie
How old is Keith Gillespie?
47 years (February 18, 1975)
Where was Keith Gillespie born?
Larne, United Kingdom
What is Lee Sharpe doing now?
After retirement in 2004 and 2006, Sharpe became a football pundit for ESPN Star in Singapore in Asia , and together with Les Ferdinand, is a celebrity host on the game show “Kickoff” where he is known as “Sharpey”.