Neil Sullivan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Neil Sullivan
Occupation	Football Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 24, 1970(1970-02-24)
Age	54
Birthplace	Luton
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aquarius

Neil Sullivan Biography

Neil Sullivan is one of the most popular and richest Football Player who was born on February 24, 1970 in Luton, England, United Kingdom. Neil Sullivan, born 24 February 1970, is a professional football coach and player. From 1988 to 2013, he was a goalkeeper in the Premier League for Wimbledon and Tottenham Hotspur. He also represented Scotland internationally. He is currently the academy goalkeeping coach at Football Championship side Leeds United.

Between 1997 and 2003, Sullivan was capped by Scotland 28 times. He was included in the squad of the Scottish FIFA World Cup 1998 in France. However, he was not used in any of the three matches in Scotland.

In 2000, after Wimbledon’s relegation, Sullivan moved from Wimbledon to Tottenham Hotspur, where he made over 80 appearances.

He started his career with Wimbledon shortly after the club’s FA Cup triumph. He remained with The Dons for twelve years and made 181 league appearances while at times covering for the likes of Dave Beasant, Hans Segers and Paul Heald and also spent a period on loan at Crystal Palace, though by the time of his departure he was firm number one. In 2000, he moved to Tottenham Hotspur where he replaced Ian Walker as the club’s favoured keeper. In 2003, he departed after losing his place in the team and was signed as a back-up keeper by rivals Chelsea. In 2004, he moved to freshly relegated Football Championship side Leeds United where he remained until 2007. Whilst at Leeds he eventually lost his place in the team and was loaned out to Doncaster Rovers in both 2006 and 2007. In 2007, he joined Rovers on a permanent deal where he remained the club’s favoured keeper until the 2012–13 season when he was loaned to AFC Wimbledon, the side formed after the relocation of his first club. Sullivan returned to Doncaster towards the end of the year and aided Doncaster to the League One title.

In August 1996, Sullivan conceded a goal by David Beckham from the halfway line. He was off his line at the time. In 1992, he also played one loan game for Crystal Palace.

Neil Sullivan Net Worth

Neil Sullivan is one of the richest Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Neil Sullivan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sullivan was born in Sutton (Greater London). He started his career at Wimbledon in 1988. Between 1988 and 2000, he played in 224 matches. Sullivan’s tenure at Wimbledon was marked by his selection as the division’s 1997-1998 team of season.

He started as an understudy of Hans Segers and spent the 1995-96 season competing with Paul Heald to be Wimbledon’s regular goalkeeper before assuming the position for 1996-97.

Between 1997 and 2003, Sullivan was capped 28 times by Scotland. He was selected for the 1998 Fifa World Cup, where he was the second choice goalkeeper behind Jim Leighton. Sullivan became the regular Scotland goalkeeper after Leighton retired from international football later that year.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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On 15 May 2007, Sullivan returned to Doncaster. He became the regular first team keeper and his consistent performances throughout the 2007–08 season helped Doncaster to promotion. He made an error in the 2–1 loss to Yeovil Town on 21 March 2008, mis-controlling a backpass which led to a Yeovil goal, but the disappointment of this mistake was over-shadowed by a very successful season between the sticks, in which Sullivan kept an impressive 20 clean sheets.

Facts & Trivia

Neil Ranked on the list of most popular Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Neil Sullivan celebrates birthday on February 24 of every year.

Sullivan was also credited with a man-of-the-match performance against Aston Villa on 24 January 2009 which gave Doncaster a 0–0 draw that helped keep them in the FA Cup.