Keith Gillespie
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"Keith Robert Gillespie" is a retired Northern Ireland/Northern Irish professional Association football/footballer who played as a Winger (football)/winger.

He began his career at Manchester United F.C./Manchester United after winning the FA Youth Cup in 1992, before moving to Newcastle United F.C./Newcastle United, where he played in the UEFA Champions League. Gillespie also played in the Premier League for Blackburn Rovers F.C./Blackburn Rovers, Leicester City and Sheffield United F.C./Sheffield United, helping the former win the Football League Cup in 2002. Towards the end of his career, he played for Glentoran F.C./Glentoran in the NIFL Premiership/Irish League and Longford Town F.C./Longford Town in the League of Ireland.

Gillespie earned 86 caps for Northern Ireland national football team/Northern Ireland between 1994 and 2008, putting him 6th in their most capped players of all time.

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It was my second cap and I scored and we won that particular game. It was a fantastic night for me.

We have a young team.

He was their top player on the day.