Dave Savage
Irish footballer
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David Savage (born 30 July 1973) is an Irish former professional footballer who last played for Southern League Premier Division side Oxford City as a midfielder.
Full name
David Savage
Date of birth
30 July 1973
Place of birth
Dublin, Ireland
Height
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Savage | ||
| Date of birth | 30 July 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1991 | Kilkenny City | 20 | (1) |
| 1991–1992 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
| 1992–1994 | Longford Town | 60 | (8) |
| 1994–1998 | Millwall | 133 | (6) |
| 1998–2001 | Northampton Town | 113 | (18) |
| 2001–2003 | Oxford United | 85 | (5) |
| 2003–2005 | Bristol Rovers | 65 | (3) |
| 2005–2007 | Rushden & Diamonds | 67 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | Brackley Town | 50 | |
| 2008–2010 | Oxford City | 100 | |
| International career | |||
| 1996 | Republic of Ireland | 5 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:10, 18 August 2007 (UTC) | |||
Career
Savage left Oxford United after being their Player of the Year to reunite with manager Ian Atkins at Bristol Rovers. 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.[1][2]
He made a scoring League of Ireland debut for Kilkenny City on 7 October 1990.
