Stephen James Ireland is an Irish footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa.<\/P>
Ireland started his career in Cobh, playing junior football for Cobh Ramblers, a team his father Michael had previously played for. As a schoolboy Ireland had trials with a number of British clubs, though several were discouraged by his Osgood-Schlatter disease, which he suffered from in his mid-teens.<\/P>","30A86FC0880FF75E":"173cm","18E9F76C307DDD99":"125","DA5E7C1A0F1CB829A66A16651D2472FD":"Ireland","C6E00DEB351621C4":"37219","9EBD0BFF9766B31DEF99430639A2F292":"Aston Villa","8DC362CCE065919BCF40467C0DE6A7E8":"","0A9B0394F31973591937C38F2F471911":"Aston Villa,Newcastle[on loan],Manchester City","82CBDCB828DBDF896209A361CA981BCF":"","2B5572269355781B0007104B7181FA88":"1986-8-22","0C852134AA40B2DD":"1","FA149E2002A43ED77C24C62CDFF094A5":"1","0FCC2F07B9D0EBFD":"Stoke City","e_index":1};