Michael James Quirke is an English born Republic of Ireland U21 international footballer. He is a goalkeeper who is currently a free agent after being released by his former club Coventry City

Coventry City F.C.

Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...

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Quirke made his professional debut as a substitute on 14 August 2010 in a 2–2 Championship

Football League Championship

The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...

 draw with Watford

Watford F.C.

Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...

, coming on to replace injured Iain Turner

Iain Turner

Iain Ross Turner is a Scottish footballer who plays for Preston North End as a goalkeeper. He has represented the Scotland under-21 team, the Scotland B team and been selected for the full Scotland squad.-Club career:...

 after 18 minutes.

In March 2010 he joined Nuneaton Town on work experience terms, and made his sole appearance for the club in a Birmingham Senior Cup tie against Leamington

Leamington F.C.

Leamington Football Club is the main football club in Whitnash, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, currently playing in the Southern Football League Premier Division....

. He rejoined Nuneaton on loan in January 2011, making his debut in the Blue Square North fixture versus Redditch United

Redditch United F.C.

Redditch United F.C. is an English football club based in Redditch, Worcestershire. The club are currently members of the Southern League Premier Division and play at the Valley.-Birmingham Combination:...

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On 8 March 2011 he made an impressive first team start for the Sky Blues in a 1-1 draw with Doncaster Rovers.

On 5 May 2011 despite breaking into the Coventry City

Coventry City F.C.

Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...

 first team, albeit due to injuries, Quirke was informed that he would not be having his contract renewed and would be free to leave the club once his current deal expired.

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 Estádio Municipal de Águeda

Estádio Municipal de Águeda

Estadio Municipal de Águeda is a multi-use stadium in Águeda, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of C.R. Agueda. The stadium is able to hold 10,000 people and was opened in 2003....

 in Portugal

Portugal

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