COP11 Posted October 17, 2013 Posted October 17, 2013 Shane Patrick Long (born 22 January 1987) is an Irish footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League team West Bromwich Albion and theRepublic of Ireland national team. With Ireland he has participated in UEFA Euro 2012. He is known as "a powerful, no-nonsense striker." He also played hurling for Tipperary in his early career. Long began his football career at Cork City. He later moved to Reading where, among other achievements, he scored three goals in ten substitute appearances during his team's Championship-winning 2005–06 campaign, guided his team into the Fourth round of the FA Cup by defeating Liverpool in a third round replay match in 2010, and later won a player of the season award. He signed for Premier League side West Bromwich Albion in 2011 for a fee of £6m . Quote
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