{"id":7108,"date":"2019-04-30T09:18:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T13:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7108"},"modified":"2019-04-30T09:18:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T13:18:34","slug":"john-oshea-announces-his-retirement-at-the-end-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7108","title":{"rendered":"John O&#8217;Shea Announces His Retirement at The End of The Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/johnOSheaTraining18_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/johnOSheaTraining18_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/johnOSheaTraining18_large-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Former Republic of Ireland captain John O&#8217;Shea will retire at the end of the season, his current club Reading have announced on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old earned 118 caps for his country and played at the European Championships in 2012 and 2016.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Shea, who has played 10 times for Reading this season, won the Champions League, five Premier League titles, two League Cups and an FA Cup during his 12 years at Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>The Waterford man was also Irish player of the year in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Today, his 38th birthday, O&#8217;Shea announced his retirement having spent the final season of his playing career at Reading after seven-year stint at Sunderland.<\/p>\n<p>The club said about O&#8217;Shea on Twitter: &#8220;Just a very small part of his playing days have been spent with the Royals, but he has amassed a medal collection that any player would be extremely proud of, winning almost everything possible during almost 20 years as a professional footballer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Off the pitch, one of the nicest, most humble and genuine people you\u2019ll meet in any walk of life. Happy birthday and thank you for all your efforts during your time at Madejski Stadium, John. We wish you well in the next chapter of your career.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-7108\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7108&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-7108\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7108&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-7108\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7108&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=7108\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Republic of Ireland captain John O&#8217;Shea will retire at the end of the season, his current club Reading have announced on Twitter. 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