David Savage (born 30 July 1973) is an Irish former professional
footballer
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who last played for
Southern League Premier Division
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side
Oxford City
Oxford City Football Club is a semi-professional English association football club based in Marston, Oxford. They currently compete in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, and play their home matches at Marsh Lane.
...
as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
. Savage left
Oxford United
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after being their Player of the Year to reunite with manager
Ian Atkins
Ian Leslie Atkins (born 16 January 1957) is an English football manager, scout, and former player. Atkins amassed over 300 appearances for Shrewsbury Town, the club where he began his career. He also made appearances in the Football League for S ...
at
Bristol Rovers
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They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been c ...
. He enjoyed a reasonably good spell of two years at Rovers before moving back North for family reasons.
He earned 5 caps playing for his country.
He made a scoring
League of Ireland
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debut for
Kilkenny City
Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512.
Kilkenn ...
on 7 October 1990.
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Living people
1973 births
Men's association football midfielders
Kilkenny City A.F.C. players
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
Longford Town F.C. players
League of Ireland players
Millwall F.C. players
Northampton Town F.C. players
Oxford United F.C. players
Bristol Rovers F.C. players
Rushden & Diamonds F.C. players
Brackley Town F.C. players
Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
Republic of Ireland men's international footballers
Republic of Ireland men's under-21 international footballers
Association footballers from County Dublin