David Savage (born 30 July 1973) is an Irish former professional

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who last played for

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side Oxford City as a

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Career

Savage left

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after being their Player of the Year to reunite with manager

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. 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

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debut for Kilkenny City on 7 October 1990.

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