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Packie Bonner

Icon GK Right-footed sweeperleader
Rating
84
Caps
80
Goals
0
Life
1960
Clubs
Celtic, Kilmarnock, Reading
#19
Editorial rank of 33 for Ireland
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Hero of Italia '90, Bonner's penalty shootout save against Romania etched his name into Irish football folklore. Career record: 80 caps and 0 goals for Ireland; club career at Celtic, Kilmarnock, Reading.

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Career record

1978–1998Celtic
1995–1998Kilmarnock
1998–1999Reading
—Leicester City
Ireland80 caps, 0 goals

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Around Bonner in the almanac

One rank above: Niall Quinn at #18.

One rank below: Steve Finnan at #20.

Ireland's editorial top five: Roy Keane · Liam Brady · Johnny Carey · Paul McGrath · Denis Irwin.