Seán Michael Webb is a former Northern Irish

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

 footballer.

Club career

Webb began his career with Dungannon Swifts

Dungannon Swifts F.C.

Dungannon Swifts F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1949, has risen from the Mid-Ulster league to the top tier in Northern Ireland since its election to the Irish League First Division in 1997...

 where he came through the youth team and made his debut at 16 years old in December 1999. In September 2000 he moved to Scottish Football League

Scottish Football League

The Scottish Football League is a league of football teams in Scotland, comprising theScottish First Division, Scottish Second Division and Scottish Third Division. From the league's foundation in 1890 until the breakaway Scottish Premier League was formed in 1998, the Scottish Football League...

 club Ross County

Ross County F.C.

Ross County Football Club are a Scottish professional football team from the town of Dingwall, Ross and Cromarty. Founded in 1929 they currently compete in the Scottish Football League First Division and play their home matches at Victoria Park. Prior to the 1994–95 season they played in the...

, where he initially joined the Under-19 team. He made his first team debut in August 2001 in a 2-0 win at Dumbarton

Dumbarton F.C.

Dumbarton Football Club is Scotland's 4th oldest football club – founded in 1872, just after Queen's Park , Kilmarnock and Stranraer...

 and went on to make 49 league appearances, scoring one goal before signing for St Johnstone

St Johnstone F.C.

St. Johnstone F.C. is a professional football club based in Perth, Scotland. Although it is officially recorded as being formed in 1884, the club did not play its first game until February 1885. The club's home since 1989 has been McDiarmid Park....

 in June 2004, and made nineteen league appearances for the Saints, before moving back to Ross County in 2005, where he stayed until 2007, making a further 35 league appearances, and again scoring one goal. On 31 August 2007 he signed for English

England

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 Football League Two

Football League Two

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 club Accrington Stanley

Accrington Stanley F.C.

Accrington Stanley is an English association football club from Accrington in Lancashire, in the North West of England, who play in Football League Two, the fourth-highest division in the English football league system....

, initially ona four month loan deal, which was extended to a full season permanent deal. He made league appearances in one season, and he was released at the end of the 2007-08 season

2007-08 in English football

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. In 2008 he signed for Iceland

Iceland

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ic club Þór Akureyri

Þór Akureyri

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.

On 23 October 2008 Webb signed for Conference North

Conference North

The Conference North also known as Blue Square Bet North for sponsorship reasons, is a division of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National. Along with Conference South it is at Step 2 of the National League System and the sixth overall tier of...

 club Fleetwood Town

Fleetwood Town F.C.

Fleetwood Town F.C. is an English football club based in Fleetwood, Lancashire. They currently play in the Conference National having been defeated in the Conference National play-off semi-final by AFC Wimbledon in the 2010–11 season.-History:...

. He made his debut two days later as a second half substitute in the FA Cup fourth qualifying round as Fleetwood beat Nantwich Town

Nantwich Town F.C.

Nantwich Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. The club was founded in 1884 and is nicknamed The Dabbers. The club is currently a member of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, with home matches played at the Weaver Stadium.Nantwich...

 4-3 to reach the First Round Proper. Webb came on after 57 minutes, replacing John Hills. However that was to be his only appearance for the club, and on 14 November 2008 he was released.

Webb signed for Shamrock Rovers on February 25, 2009 http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/pressrelease.php?subaction=showfull&id=1235570032&archive=&start_from=&ucat=10&. Played in the opening game in Tallaght Stadium

Tallaght Stadium

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 http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/news/34-2009-match-reports/553-result-rovers-2-sligo-rovers-1 before being released in the summer.

International career

Webb has been capped at Under-18, Under-19, Under-21 and senior levels by Northern Ireland.

He made his full international debut during Northern Irelands tour of the United States

United States

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 in May 2006. He played the final eight minutes in a 1–0 defeat to Uruguay

Uruguay national football team

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 as well as featuring against Romania

Romania national football team

The Romania national football team is the national football team of Romania and is controlled by the Romanian Football Federation.Romania is one of only four national teams, the other three being Brazil, France, and Belgium, that took part in the first three World Cups.However, after that...

 on the same tour. He added two further caps with substitute appearances against Wales

Wales national football team

The Wales national football team represents Wales in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Wales , the governing body for football in Wales, and the third oldest national football association in the world. The team have only qualified for a major international...

 and Sweden

Sweden national football team

The Swedish national football team represents Sweden in association football and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body for Football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Råsunda Stadium in Stockholms län and their head coach is Erik Hamrén. Sweden made their first...

 in spring 2007. On July 14, 2007 he appeared for a Northern Ireland Select against Everton in a match to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Milk Cup

Milk Cup

The Milk Cup is an international youth football tournament held annually in Northern Ireland. The cup matches are mainly played in the North Coast area of Northern Ireland, with matches taking place in the towns of Portrush, Portstewart, Castlerock, Limavady, Coleraine, Ballymoney, Ballymena and...

. Although Webb's last international call-up was in early 2008, he has not been capped since 2007 when he appeared as a substitute against Sweden.

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