James McClean
James McClean, the Irish forward, made 70 appearances for Sunderland. He found the net 11 times, averaging 0.16 goals per game. His most prolific season in our data was 2011-12, with 6 goals.
James Joseph McClean (born 22 April 1989) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a winger for League of Ireland Premier Division club Derry City . McClean began his career with Trojans , Institute , and Derry City of his hometown. He signed for Sunderland in England's Premier League in 2011 and moved to Wigan Athletic in August 2013. He spent two seasons at Wigan, claiming their player of the year award in the latter, and then returned to the Premier League by joining West Bromwich Albion in June 2015. McClean spent three season with the Baggies before joining Stoke City in July 2018. McClean re-signed for Wigan Athletic in August 2021 and joined Wrexham two years later. McClean was born and brought up in Derry and played for the Northern Ireland national under-21 football team , but declined a call-up to the senior squad because he wanted to play for the Republic of Ireland . In February 2012, McClean received international clearance from FIFA which made him eligible to play for the Republic of Ireland, making his debut against the Czech Republic in the same month. He made 103 appearances for the nation over the next 11 years, and represented them at the UEFA European Championship in 2012 and 2016 . — Wikipedia
- Position
- FW
- Nationality
- Ireland
- Birthplace
- Derry
- Born
- 22 Apr 1989
- Height
- 180 cm
McClean joined Sunderland on 9 August 2011 for a fee of £350,000, signing a three-year contract. [ 20 ] Upon signing McClean, manager Steve Bruce indicated that he was "one for the future", [ 21 ] and also hinted that he would be in the reserve team until Christmas. [ 22 ] His form in the development squad was capped by a reserve-debut goal in a 4–3 win over Tyne–Wear derby rivals Newcastle United , earning him a place on the Sunderland bench. [ 23 ] Despite never making an appearance under Bruce, he made his debut for the first team in Martin O'Neill 's first game in charge on 11 December, a 2–1 win over Blackburn Rovers and was credited for the comeback which saw his side overturn a 1–0 deficit, after coming on as a substitute for Jack Colback in the second half. [ 24 ] McClean made his first start for Sunderland in their 1–0 victory over Manchester City on 1 January 2012, and scored his first senior goal for the Black Cats in a 4–1 win against Wigan Athletic two days later; [ 25 ] on 8 January, he scored and assisted Sebastian Larsson in a 2–0 win at Peterborough United in the third round of the FA Cup . [ 26 ] McClean provided the assist for Stéphane Sessègnon 's opening goal in Sunderland's 2–0 victory over Swansea City on 21 January, and got another assist in the equalising goal for Fraizer Campbell in the next round of the cup against Middlesbrough on 29 January. Ahead of the replay for that fixture, Middlesbrough manager Tony Mowbray used McClean as an example for young players to follow. [ 27 ] McClean turned provider again in Sunderland's 3–0 victory over Norwich City , assisting Sessègnon's goal, then scored the only goal in a win over Stoke City on 4 February in snowy conditions at the Britannia Stadium . [ 28 ] A week later, he opened the scoring in Sunderland's 2–1 home loss to Arsenal after Per Mertesacker injured himself. [ 29 ] On 23 March, Sunderland announced that McClean had signed a new contract intended to force him to stay at the club until th — Wikipedia
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