Jason McAteer
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Jason Wynne McAteer (born 18 June 1971) is a retired professional footballer who has represented Ireland in the United States on international level.
His primary position was in center midfield, but he was also a dependable right winger and full back. McAteer played for five professional clubs, including Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers, Sunderland, and finally Tranmere Rovers, as well as winning over 50 international caps for the Republic of Ireland.
His total transfer values hit more than £9 million.
On June 12, 2007, he announced his retirement from professional football.
Personal life
After an Only Fools and Horses character of poor intelligence, McAteer was nicknamed "Trigger." In 2005, he said he cultivated this image in order to play more matches, as managers would be able to place him in various roles. Anecdotes have spread about McAteer's ostensible intelligence, including that he had demanded a pizza to be cut into four pieces instead of eight because he was hungry; he confirmed in 2005 that this tale is true.
In 2017, McAteer released Blood, Sweat, and Jason McAteer, a memoir. After his football career ended, he said he struggled with depression and thoughts of suicide.
Kristina Delaney, McAteer's first wife, married him at Slane Castle in 2001. Lucy Edwards married in Limerick in October 2013 at Dromoland Castle. McAteer said that although he was at the 2022 UEFA Champions League Final with LFC TV, his wife and his 22-year-old son were assaulted and robbed amid the chaos.
McAteer was one of EA Sports' FIFA video game series; he was on the front pages of FIFA Soccer 96 alongside Frank de Boer.
McAteer was featured in a Wash & Go shampoo commercial in 1997, for which he was reportedly paid £40,000.
Club career
McAteer was born in Birkenhead on the Wirral. The closure of the shipyards in the 1980s shocked his family, and he started the 1990s in a state of unemployment. McAteer made his name when playing for the Marine Reserves against Bolton Wanderers A team in 1992. Bolton had no employment with Marine, and the young midfielder was bought with a massive bag of footballs. On November 28, 1992, he made his first team appearance against Burnley in a Division Two match at Burnden Park, finishing on the winning team in a 4–0 victory. In the 1992–93 season for Bolton, he made 21 appearances in the 1992–93 season, finishing as runners-up and gaining promotion to Division One. In the 1993–94 season, Bolton qualified as finalists in the FA Cup and gained a coveted spot in Division One. Bolton reached the final of the Football League Cup during the 1994–1995 season (their first appearance in a major cup final for 37 years), but lost 2–1.
McAteer and his coworkers returned to Wembley the following month, finishing third in the league's final. Reading was among their opponents on this occasion. Reading took the lead in the first half but held the match until the 86th minute, when Bolton scored a late equalizer to make the game 2–2 and demand extra time. Bolton went on to win the match 4–3 after extra time, and McAteer was given his first glimpse of FA Premier League football.
McAteer joined Liverpool in a £4.5 million contract early in the 1995 Football League Cup Final for Bolton, which he had competed against them in the 1995 Football League Cup Finals. In 1995, he was close to joining Blackburn Rovers, but when Liverpool announced an interest, McAteer decided to play for the club he had supported as a youth and turned down then Blackburn boss Kenny Dalglish. In a 3–0 victory over Blackburn at Anfield on September 16, he made his Liverpool debut on September 16, 1995, arriving as a late replacement for John Barnes.
McAteer also played at right back for some spells during his time at Anfield, despite being primarily a central midfielder. On January 31, 1998, he broke his leg while playing against Blackburn at Anfield. On his return to the first team, he made a full recovery and scored two goals against West Ham United on May 2, 1998. He was a participant in the 1996 FA Cup Final against Manchester United, in which Liverpool lost by a single point due to Eric Cantona's goal. He made 139 appearances for Liverpool, scoring six goals in total over the four seasons.
McAteer was one of a group of 1990s Liverpool players dubbed "the Sparke Boys" for the tabloid obsession with their personal lives. Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman, and Jamie Redknapp were among the group's other participants.
On January 27, 1999, Blackburn Rovers boss Brian Kidd signed McAteer for £4 million. He started a four-year job with a weekly salary of £20,000 a week. In 2001, Rovers were relegated to the Premiership for the second full season, but McAteer will lead the club back to Premiership. McAteer had a tumultuous discussion with boss Graeme Souness one day, and "I cannot help but loave him for it."
In October 2001, Souness sold McAteer to Sunderland for £1 million on a three-year contract. He made 27 appearances on the season, but the Black Cats were unable to stop the Black Cats from relegating to the First Division the following season. He played only five times between September 2002 and December 2003, after undergoing double abdominal hernia surgery. He took just four minutes to score against West Ham United in his first game back on December 13th, despite losing by 3–2 by the end of the game. In May 2004, he starred on both legs of the play-off semi-final against Crystal Palace before being released at the end of the year.
McAteer was close to completing a one-year contract in Leicester City, which was postponed due to unexpected circumstances. He signed a two-year contract with Tranmere Rovers in the hopes of completing his career with his hometown team just days later. Since being resigned, he trained as a coach and wanted to work in that field. He was made club captain by manager Brian Little, who skipped the team through the League One play-off semi-finals, where they lost on penalties to Hartlepool United.
In May 2007, Tranmere Rovers released him and announced his resignation shortly afterwards. He was promoted assistant manager to former Liverpool teammate John Barnes at Tranmere on June 15, 2009. The pair were fired after a string of just two league victories from 11 games on October 9th.
International career
McAteer was able to play for the Republic of Ireland through his grandfather, who was born in County Down. He played 52 times between 1994 and 2004, his debut in a 0-0 draw against Russia on March 23rd 1994 in a friendly match at Lansdowne Road was selected by boss Jack Charlton for the Republic's 1994 World Cup squad. McAteer came on as a replacement in Ireland's 1–0 group stage victory over Italy over the 18th of June.
In 2002, McAteer competed in his second World Cup appearance. In a 1–0 World Cup qualifying victory over the Netherlands on September 1, 2001, he scored the pivotal goal for Ireland, which helped the Irish keep track of their 2002 World Cup qualification.
After the 2002 World Cup disaster in Saipan, Mcateer was critical of Roy Keane, saying, "Everything is black or white with Roy, there is no such thing as grey." "I don't always know his rage." "Put it all in your next book," McAteer said after they clashed during Sunderland's match against Manchester United in August 2002. Keane responded by elbowing McAteer on the head.
Post-playing career
McAteer has regularly appeared in many charity tournaments around the world. In March 2005, he recruited colleagues from football and showbusiness for Tsunami Soccer Aid, which raised over half a million pounds for Save the Children, assisting survivors of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. In May 2008, he traveled to Banda Aceh, Indonesia, to see how the funds had been used.
McAteer, as a former Sunderland colleague Phil Babb, Michael Gray, Thomas Srensen, and Stephen Wright, helped save the magazine from being sold in 2006.
In April 2011, Darndale F.C. and Darndale F.C. met in a charity football match. Goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton of Dublin clashed with United Legends and Liverpool/Manchester United Legends in aid of Autism Ireland. McAteer was kicked by Cluxton and knocked him to the ground by the guy. Both Cluxton and McAteer were dismissed.
McAteer has worked in the media for a sports company headquartered in Asia. He has appeared on LFC TV before.