Seán Michael Webb (born 4 January 1983 in

Coalisland Coalisland () is a small town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, with a population of 5,682 in the 2011 Census. Four miles from Lough Neagh, it was formerly a centre for coal mining. History Origins In the late 17th century coal deposits ...

County Tyrone County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six Counties of Northern Ireland, counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional Counties of Ireland, counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an admini ...

) is a Northern Irish

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Career

Club career

Webb began his career with

Dungannon Swifts Dungannon Swifts Football Club is a Northern Irish, semi-professional football club playing in the NIFL 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 ...

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

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club Ross County, where he initially joined the Under-19 team. He made his first team debut in August 2001 in a 2–0 win at Dumbarton and went on to make 49 league appearances, scoring one goal before signing for

St Johnstone St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland which is a member of the Scottish Premiership for the 2022–23 season. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun ''aka'' Saint Johnstoun – an old ...

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

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club Accrington Stanley, 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. In 2008, he signed for

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ic club

Þór Akureyri Íþróttafélagið Þór, commonly known as Þór Akureyri, simply Þór or Thór, is a multi-sport club in Akureyri, Iceland. It features departments in Basketball, football, Handball and Taekwondo. Its main rivals is another sport club from A ...

. On 23 October 2008 Webb signed for Conference North club

Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Town Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Fleetwood, Lancashire. Established in 1997, the current Fleetwood Town F.C. is the fourth incarnation of the club; it was originally formed in ...

. He made his debut two days later as a second-half substitute in the FA Cup fourth qualifying round as Fleetwood beat Nantwich Town 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 Shamrock Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige) is an Irish association football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is the most su ...

on 25 February 200

He played in the opening game in Tallaght Stadiumbr>
before being released in the summer. In April 2012 Webb signed for

Nairn County F.C. Nairn County Football Club is a Scottish senior football club based in the town of Nairn, Highland. Nicknamed the Wee County, they were founded in 1914 and play at Station Park. They have played in the Highland Football League since 1919, win ...

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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 in May 2006. He played the final eight minutes in a 1–0 defeat to Uruguay national football team, Uruguay as well as featuring against

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

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and

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

Milk Cup SuperCupNI, formerly called the Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament and the Dale Farm 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 ...

. 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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Webb, Sean Living people 1983 births People from Coalisland NIFL Premiership players Association footballers from County Tyrone Men's association football defenders Northern Ireland men's under-21 international footballers Northern Ireland men's international footballers Ross County F.C. players St Johnstone F.C. players Accrington Stanley F.C. players Fleetwood Town F.C. players Scottish Football League players English Football League players Shamrock Rovers F.C. players League of Ireland players Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in Iceland Þór Akureyri players Nairn County F.C. players Huntly F.C. players Clachnacuddin F.C. players Highland Football League players Dungannon Swifts F.C. players