Shane Guthrie (born 11 December 1984) is an Irish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays for Kerry in the

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. He has played Gaelic football with Kerry and Munster club champions and All-Ireland semi-finalists

Austin Stacks Austin Stacks is a hurling and Gaelic football club based in Tralee in County Kerry, Ireland. Founded in 1917, the club has more All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals and GAA All-Stars than any other Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA ...

Career

Guthrie was born in Donegal, Ireland. He played youth football in

County Kerry County Kerry () is a Counties of Ireland, county on the southwest coast of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. It is bordered by two other countie ...

with St Brendans Park, Kingdom Boys and Tralee Dynamos. Guthrie signed for

Cork City Cork ( ; from , meaning 'marsh') is the second-largest city in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, the county town of County Cork, the largest city in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the List of settlements on the island of Ireland ...

in 2003 having previously played for Kingdom Boys and Tralee Dynamos in Kerry. Shane made his senior team bow in the 2004 Munster Senior Cup. Guthrie signed for

Shamrock Rovers Shamrock Rovers Football Club is an Irish professional Association football, football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is List of football clubs by competit ...

on loan in July 2006 and made a scoring debut at Cobh Ramblers on 15 July. Gutherie scored again against Kildare County before breaking his leg against Athlone Town thus ending his short Rovers career. Guthrie signed for

Cobh Ramblers Cobh Ramblers Football Club (CRFC) is an Irish football club. The club, founded in 1922 and elected to the League of Ireland in 1985, hails from Cobh, County Cork and play their home matches at St. Colman's Park. The club's colours are clare ...

in early 2007 and spent two seasons at the club making 59 appearances. Shane then moved to

Galway United Galway United Football Club () is an Irish professional football club based in Galway. They play in the League of Ireland Premier Division following promotion from the First Division in 2023. They were founded as Galway Rovers F.C. during the ...

for the 2009 season where he had a very impressive season making 31 appearances for the Tribesmen. In 2023, Guthrie joined new

club Kerry F.C., for which his brother Wayne had previously signed.

Gaelic football

Shane was among the substitutes for

during their All-Ireland club Gaelic football semi final against Slaughtneil in 2015.

Honours

St Patrick's Athletic * Leinster Senior Cup (1): 2010-11 Limerick *

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* Munster Senior Cup (1): 2011-12

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Guthrie, Shane 1984 births Living people Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Sportspeople from Letterkenny Men's association football defenders League of Ireland players Cork City F.C. players Kilkenny City A.F.C. players Shamrock Rovers F.C. players Cobh Ramblers F.C. players Galway United F.C. (1937–2011) players St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players Dundalk F.C. players Limerick F.C. players Kerry F.C. (Ireland) players Republic of Ireland men's under-23 international footballers Tralee Dynamos A.F.C. players Austin Stacks Gaelic footballers Gaelic footballers who switched code Association footballers from County Donegal 21st-century Irish sportsmen