Michael James Quirke (born 10 September 1991) is a

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who plays as a defender for

Coventry United Coventry United Football Club is an English association football club based in Coventry in the West Midlands. The team competes in the , the 9th tier of English football and are managed by Carl Nolan The club was founded in 2013 by chairman J ...

. A

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of the English footbal ...

youth product, he used to be a

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. Born in England, he made one appearance for the Republic of Ireland U21 national team in 2011.

Club career

Quirke, made his professional debut with

as a substitute on 14 August 2010 in a 2–2

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draw with

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, coming on to replace injured

Iain Turner Iain Ross Turner (born 26 January 1984) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper and who works as goalkeeping coach at Tranmere Rovers. He represented the Scotland under-21 team, the Scotland B team and been sel ...

after 18 minutes. In March 2010 he joined

Nuneaton Town Nuneaton Borough Football Club is an English football club that is based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The men's 1st team competes in the , the seventh tier of English football. In 1889, Nuneaton St. Nicholas FC was the first team in Nuneaton to ...

on work experience terms, and made his sole appearance for the club in a

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tie against Leamington. He rejoined Nuneaton on loan in January 2011, making his debut in the

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fixture versus

Redditch United Redditch United Football Club is an English football club based in Redditch, Worcestershire. The club participates in the and play their home games at the V Trico Stadium. They are managed by former Captain and Assistant Manager Matt Clarke. ...

. On 8 March 2011, he made his first team start for the Sky Blues in a 1–1 draw with

Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team compete in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club play their home games at ...

. On 5 May 2011, Quirke was informed that he would not be having his contract renewed and would be free to leave Coventry City once his current deal expired. In November 2012, he re-joined Coalville Town on a free transfer from Lougborough Dynamo. Quirke joined

on 31 July 2019, and was installed as the club's captain for the forthcoming campaign.

International career

He was called up to the Republic of Ireland U21 international squad and made his international debut as a substitute in March 2011 in the

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in Portugal.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Quirke, Michael 1991 births Living people English people of Irish descent Footballers from Coventry English men's footballers Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Coventry City F.C. players Nuneaton Borough F.C. players Coalville Town F.C. players Leamington F.C. players Bedworth United F.C. players Loughborough Dynamo F.C. players Kettering Town F.C. players Coventry Alvis F.C. players Coventry Sphinx F.C. players Coventry United F.C. players English Football League players Republic of Ireland men's under-21 international footballers Northern Premier League players Southern Football League players