Alan Quinn

Quinn played youth football in Dublin for Old Church United, Manortown United and Cherry Orchard.

Sheffield Wednesday

Quinn started his English club career at Sheffield Wednesday, making his first appearance as a substitute during 1997–98 and his first start the following season. After two games in his first two seasons his career took off during 1999–2000 and he eventually played 178 League and Cup games for Wednesday, scoring 17 times. After six games on loan to Sunderland, and winning OwlsOnline.com player of the year award for the 2002–03 season he moved to Wednesday's rivals Sheffield United on a free transfer in 2004 after no clubs came in with a bid for the out of favour player.

Sheffield United

After a couple of substitute appearances he made his full debut for the Blades in a 1–0 away victory at Preston North End on 8 August 2004. He scored his first goal for the club a couple of weeks later in a 2–1 home defeat by West Ham United. He was a regular in the starting eleven in his first season at Bramall Lane but in later years Quinn found first team football more difficult to come by. With the Blades promoted to the Premier League for the 2006–07 season he could not hold down a regular spot, with his younger brother Stephen being preferred ahead of him for a time. Despite that Quinn made 19 Premier League appearances that season and was rewarded in July 2007 with a contract extension until 2010. Following United's relegation back to the…

At Youth level he won the 1998 U-18 European Championships with Republic of Ireland in a team that also featured Robbie Keane and Richard Dunne, scoring in the final. the match finished 1–1 AET with Rep. Of Ireland winning on penalties. Quinn won his first senior cap for the Republic of Ireland against Norway on 30 April 2003 and went on to earn 8 caps.

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International

Sheffield United

Football League Championship runner-up: 2005–06 Individual

Sheffield Wednesday Player of the Year: 2002–03