Paul Smyth

Name: Paul Smyth
Born: 10 September 1997, Belfast
Height: 
Weight: 
Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full, Under-21, Under-19.
Club Honours: (with Linfield) NIFL Champion 2016/17; Irish Cup Winner 2016/17; Co. Antrim Shield Winner 2016/17.
Awards: NIFWA Young Player of the Year 2017.

Club Career:
Linfield 15/16-16/17
QPR .... 17/18- date Aug-17  

Biography:
A pacy striker, Paul Smyth played his first games for Linfield when just eighteen. A Northern Ireland Youth international, after an impressive first season with the Blues he was invited to train with the senior international squad in preparation for Euro 2016.

Impressive performances after moving to QPR saw him promoted from the Northern Ireland Under-21 panel to the seniors. He came on for his debut as an 82nd minute substitute and four minutes later he had scored the winner.

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Northern Ireland Cap Details:
24-03-2018 Korea Rep. W 2-1 FR sub 1 goal
still active

Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
06-09-2016 FYR Macedonia A L 0-2 ECQ
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Chris Paul

Name: Christopher Paul
Born: 25 September 1997, Enfield (Eng)
Height: 
Weight: 
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21, Under-19, Under-17.

Club Career:
Teams ........... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- League
Tottenham Hotspur .................. Youth 0(0)/0
QPR ............. 16/17-17/18 May-16 .Free 0(0)/0

Biography:
Midfielder who is also capable in defence, Chris Paul was on the books at Spurs before he was released to allow him to join QPR in May 2016. He became a match-day squad regular at Loftus Road early on and earned elevation to the Northern Ireland Under-21 squad before his nineteenth birthday. In May 2018 it was announces that he was being released by QPR.

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Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
06-09-2016 FYR Macedonia A L 0-2 ECQ sub
still active

Conor Washington

Name: Conor James Washington

Born: 18 May 1992, Chatham (ENG)
Height: 5.10 ft / 1.78 m
Weight: 
Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Full
Club Honours: 

Club Career:
Teams ........ --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- --League-- FA Cup FL Cup Other
St Ives Town.. (United Counties League)
Newport County 12/13-13/14 Oct-12 ..£5k 21(18)/ 5 2(1)/0 1(1)/1 2(2)/2
Peterborough U 13/14-15/16 Jan-14 £0.2m. 64(18)/27 5(0)/4 3(0)/1 2(2)/1
QPR .......... 15/16- date Jan-16 £2.5m 

Biography:
Striker who earned his first call-up for the March 2016 friendlies with Wales and Slovenia, English-born Conor Washington qualifies to play for Northern Ireland through the grandparent rule.

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Northern Ireland Full Cap Details:
24-03-2016 Wales... A D 1-1 FR
28-03-2016 Slovenia H W 1-0 FR. 1 goal
27-05-2016 Belarus. H W 3-0 FR. 1 goal
04-06-2016 Slovakia A D 0-0 FR. sub
12-06-2016 Poland.. N L 0-1 ECF sub
16-06-2016 Ukraine. N W 2-0 ECF
21-06-2016 Germany. N L 0-1 ECF
25-06-2016 Wales... N L 0-1 ECF sub
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Jamie Sendles-White

Name: 
Born: 10 April 1994, Kingston (England)
Height: 6.02 ft
Weight: 
Position: Right-Back / Centre-Back

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: Under-21, Under-19.

Club Career:
Teams ....... --Seasons-- Signed -Fee- League FA Cup FL Cup Other
Q.P.R. .. ../////.......... 2010 Youth .0(0)/0
Colchester U. 13/14 ..... Sep-13 .Loan .0(0)/0
Swindon Town. ........... Sep-14 Trial .0(0)/0
Mansfield T. .14/15 ..... Oct-14 .Loan .7(0)/0 1(0)/0
Swindon Town ............ Jul-15 Trial .0(0)/0
Hamilton Acad 15/16 ..... Aug-15 .Free .4(3)/0
Swindon Town. 15/16-16/17 Feb-16 .Free 13(2)/0 ...... 1(0)/0 1(0)/0
Leyton Orient 17/18 ..... Aug-17 .Free .8(5)/0 1(0)/0 (National League)
St. Albans C. 17/18- date Mar-18 .Free
Torquay Utd

Biography:
A member of QPR's Elite Developmeent squad, Jamie Sendles-White arrived in the Northern Ireland underage set-up during the 2012/13 season having previously been involved in the Republic of Ireland Under-17 team.

Having claimed three Northern Ireland Under-19 caps and made his Under-21 debut against Cyprus, Sendles-White was part of the side that finished runners-up 2013 Milk Cup.

Sendles-White joined Colchester United on a months loan early in the 2013/14 season, though he never made it beyond their substitutes' bench. During the 2014 pre-season he played several friendly matches for QPR and signed a one-year contract extension. QPR made him available for loan as they sought to give him firstteam experience. Following a trial with Swindon he joined Mansfield on a one-month deal in October.

Sendles-White was released following QPR's relegation from the Premier League in 2015 without having made a firstteam appearance. He then joined Scottish Premiership side, Hamilton Academical on a short term deal, but was released in January 2016 after just seven appearances. He subsequently joined Swindon where he had had two previous unsuccessful trials.

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Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
31-05-2013 Cyprus. A L 0-3 ECQ
14-08-2013 Denmark H L 1-4 FR
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John O'Neill

Name: John Patrick O’Neill
Born: 11 March 1958, Londonderry
Height: 5.11¾ ft
Weight: 13.03 st
Position: Centre-Back

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 39 Full Caps / 2 Goals (1980-1986), 1 Under-21 Cap (1978).
Club Honours: (with Leicester) Football League Division Two Champion 1979/80, Third (promoted) 1982/83.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA.Cup	FL.Cup	Europe	Other
Derry Athletic		-	Youth	-	-	-	-	-
Leicester	76/77-86/87	1976	N/C	313/10	19/1	13/1	-	-
Q.P.R.	87/88	Jul-87	£150k	2/ 0	-	-	-	-
Norwich	87/88	Dec-87	£-	1/ 0	-	-	-	-
TOTALS		£-		316/10	19/1	13/1	0/0	0/0

Biography:
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Northern Ireland Cap Details:
26-03-80 Israel.... a 0-0 WCQ
17-05-80 Scotland.. h 1-0 BC
20-05-80 England... a 1-1 BC
23-05-80 Wales..... a 1-0 BC
11-06-80 Australia. a 2-1 FR 1 Goal
15-06-80 Australia. a 1-1 FR
18-06-80 Australia. a 2-1 FR
19-11-80 Portugal.. a 0-1 WCQ
25-03-81 Scotland.. a 1-1 WCQ
29-04-81 Portugal.. h 1-0 WCQ
19-05-81 Scotland.. a 0-2 BC
03-06-81 Sweden.... a 0-1 WCQ
14-10-81 Scotland.. h 0-0 WCQ
18-11-81 Israel.... h 1-0 WCQ
23-02-82 England... a 0-4 BC
24-03-82 France.... a 0-4 FR
28-04-82 Scotland.. h 1-1 BC
04-07-82 France.... n 1-4 WCF sub
13-10-82 Austria... a 0-2 ECQ
17-11-82 W. Germany h 1-0 ECQ
15-12-82 Albania... a 0-0 ECQ
30-03-83 Turkey.... h 2-1 ECQ
27-04-83 Albania... h 1-0 ECQ
24-05-83 Scotland.. a 0-0 HC
13-12-83 Scotland.. h 2-0 HC sub
16-10-84 Israel.... h 3-0 FR
14-11-84 Finland... h 2-1 WCQ 1 Goal
27-02-85 England... h 0-1 WCQ
27-03-85 Spain..... a 0-0 FR
01-05-85 Turkey.... h 2-0 WCQ
11-09-85 Turkey.... a 0-0 WCQ
16-10-85 Romania... a 1-0 WCQ
13-11-85 England... a 0-0 WCQ
26-02-86 France.... a 0-0 FR
26-03-86 Denmark... h 1-1 FR
23-04-86 Morocco... h 2-1 FR
03-06-86 Algeria... n 1-1 WCF
07-06-86 Spain..... n 1-2 WCF
12-06-86 Brazil.... n 0-3 WCF

Summary: 37(2)/2. Won 15, Drew 14, Lost 10.

Colin Clarke

A prolific scorer at all levels of the Football League, Colin Clarke held the Northern Ireland goalscoring record until surpassed by David Healy...

Name: Colin John Clarke
Born: 30 October 1962, Newry
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 12.10 st
Position: Forward

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 38 Full Caps / 13 Goals (1986-1992).

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	FL Cup	Others
Millvale Swifts	-	-	Youth	(Carnbane League)
Ipswich Town	80/81	-	Youth	0 (0)/  0	-	-	-
Peterborough Utd	81/82-83/84	-	Free	76 (6)/ 18	4(0)/ 2	7(0)/ 2	3(2)/0
Gillingham	83/84	-	Loan	8 (0)/  1	-	-	-
Tranmere Rovers	84/85	-	Free	45 (0)/ 22	2(0)/ 3	2(0)/ 1	4(0)/3
AFC Bournemouth	85/86	-	£22,500	46 (0)/ 26	4(0)/ 2	4(0)/ 3	2(0)/4
Southampton	86/87-88/89	-	£400,000	82 (0)/ 36	3(0)/ 1	13(0)/ 0	1(0)/0
AFC Bournemouth	88/89	-	Loan	3 (1)/  2	-	-	-
Queens.Park.Rangers	88/89-89/90	-	£850,000	39 (7)/ 11	7(0)/ 2	3(0)/ 1	-
Portsmouth	90/91-92/93	-	£450,000	68(17)/ 18	6(0)/ 4	11(0)/ 4	5(0)/1
TOTALS	-	£1,722,500		367(31)/134	26(0)/14	40(0)/11	15(2)/9

Biography:
If it wasn’t for a stuttering start and a premature end to his career, Colin Clarke may have become considered a much bigger star in the history of Northern Ireland football. As it was he made his international bow at 23 and his final appearance at 30, scoring, a then record, 13 goals in 38 caps.

Having signed as a pro with Ipswich Town on his eighteenth birthday Clarke failed to make an impact at a club which at the time was one of the best in England. He was released in July 1981, and signed for Peterborough. Again he failed to impress, and after 18 goals in three seasons he was again released. It was then that Bryan Hamilton snapped him up for Tranmere Rovers. His partnership with John Clayton saw the pair net 65 League and Cup goals, 29 of them scored by Clarke.

In the summer of 1985 Clarke signed for Bournemouth where he netted an impressive 35 times in a single season and was called up by Northern Ireland. He made his international bow against France in February 1986, and scored on his third appearance, against Morocco. His impressive form earned him a place in the Mexico World Cup Finals, where he played a part in all three of Northern Ireland’s games and scored in the 2-1 defeat by Spain following a fluffed clearance by goalkeeper Zubizaretta.

On his return from the World Cup Finals Clarke was linked to a host of clubs, including Italian side Torino. It was however First Division Southampton that signed him for £400,000, £130,000 of which went to Tranmere due to a resale clause. Although he wasn’t quite as prolific in top-flight football, a return of 36 goals in 82 League games showed that he was more than capable at the top level.

Despite scoring in a 2-1 win over Newcastle United on his QPR debut following an £850,000 move in March 1989 Clarke’s spell at Loftus Road was largely unsuccessful. Still he was popular with the club's fans and they were sad to see him go when he was signed by Second Division Portsmouth in June 1990.

In September 1991 Clarke took his Northern Ireland goalscoring tally to twelve with a hat-trick in a 5-0 win over the Faeroe Isles, leaving him equal with Gerry Armstrong and Joe Bambrick and just one behind then record-holder, Billy Gillespie. That same season he helped Portsmouth to the FA Cup semi-finals, where they lost out to Liverpool in a penalty shoot-out.

Early the following season Clarke scored his thirteenth and final goal for Northern Ireland in a 3-0 win over Albania at Windsor Park. On 18th November 1992 he played his final international game, a World Cup qualifier 1-0 defeat against Denmark. Shortly after that game a collision with a goal-post seriously injured his knee, forcing him into retirement. During his twelve year Football League career he played 361 games, and scored 146 goals.

On his retirement from playing Colin Clarke went into catering and coaching. It was the latter at which he excelled, earning an FA badge, before moving to the USA. He was head-coach of Richmond Kickers (1998-99) and San Diego Flash (2000) in the A-League, before becoming assistant-coach of Dallas Burn in the MLS, and head coach at the end of 2003. Following a second consecutive failure at the first stage of the end-of-season play-offs, Clarke was sacked by (the now called) FC Dallas in November 2006, to be replaced by assistant coach, and former international colleague, Steve Morrow.

In January 2007 Clarke returned to soccer as head coach of United Soccer League First Division team, Virginia Beach Mariners. However they folded just two months later. The following May he was appointed head coach at another USL side, Puerto Rico Islanders. In January 2008 he took charge of the Puerto Rico national team, a role he relinquished in 2011. In December 2011 he took charge of Carolina RailHawks.

Colin’s son Lee has represented Northern Ireland at Under-21 level.

Northern Ireland Cap Details:
26-02-1986 France........ A D 0-0 FR
26-03-1986 Denmark....... H D 1-1 FR
23-04-1986 Morocco....... H W 2-1 FR. 1 goal
03-06-1986 Algeria....... N D 1-1 WCF sub
07-06-1986 Spain......... N L 1-2 WCF 1 goal
12-06-1986 Brazil........ N L 0-3 WCF
15-10-1986 England....... A L 0-3 ECQ
12-11-1986 Turkey........ A D 0-0 ECQ
29-04-1987 Yugoslavia.... H L 1-2 ECQ 1 goal
14-10-1987 Yugoslavia.... A L 0-3 ECQ
11-11-1987 Turkey........ H W 1-0 ECQ
17-02-1988 Greece........ A L 2-3 FR. 2 goals
23-03-1988 Poland........ H D 1-1 FR

27-04-1988 France........ H D 0-0 FR
21-05-1988 Malta......... H W 3-0 WCQ 1 goal
14-09-1988 Rep of Ireland H D 0-0 WCQ
19-10-1988 Hungary....... A L 0-1 WCQ

21-12-1988 Spain......... A L 0-4 WCQ
08-02-1989 Spain......... H L 0-2 WCQ sub
26-04-1989 Malta......... A W 2-0 WCQ 1 goal
26-05-1989 Chile......... H L 0-1 FR
06-09-1989 Hungary....... H L 1-2 WCQ
11-10-1989 Rep of Ireland A L 0-3 WCQ
27-03-1990 Norway........ H L 2-3 FR
12-09-1990 Yugoslavia.... H L 0-2 ECQ sub
17-10-1990 Denmark....... H D 1-1 ECQ 1 goal
14-11-1990 Austria....... A D 0-0 ECQ
06-02-1991 Poland........ H W 3-1 FR
27-03-1991 Yugoslavia.... A L 1-4 ECQ sub
01-05-1991 Faroe Islands. H D 1-1 ECQ 1 goal
11-09-1991 Faroe Islands. A W 5-0 ECQ 3 goals
16-10-1991 Austria....... H W 2-1 ECQ
13-11-1991 Denmark....... A L 1-2 ECQ
19-02-1992 Scotland...... A L 0-1 FR
02-06-1992 Germany....... A D 1-1 FR
09-09-1992 Albania....... H W 3-0 WCQ 1 goal
14-10-1992 Spain......... H D 0-0 WCQ
18-11-1992 Denmark....... H L 0-1 WCQ

Summary: 34(4)/13. Won 8, Drew 12, Lost 18.