SQUAD NAMED FOR SLOVENIA GAME

Release Date: 27/08/2010

NORTHERN Ireland manager Nigel Worthington has named a 20 man squad for the opening game in the EURO 2012 qualifying campaign against Slovenia.

The game at the Ljudski VRT Stadium in Maribor on Friday 3 September will kick-off at 8.45pm (local time).

NAME	CLUB	D.O.B.	CAPS	GOALS
Goalkeepers
Maik Taylor	Birmingham City	04.09.71	84
Jonathan Tuffey	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	20.01.87	5
Alan Blayney	Linfield	09.10.81	2
Defenders
Jonathan Evans	Manchester United	03.01.88	21	1
Stephen Craigan	Motherwell	29.10.76	49
Craig Cathcart	Blackpool	06.02.89	-
Gareth McAuley	Ipswich Town	05.12.79	22	1
Aaron Hughes	Fulham	08.11.79	71
Chris Baird	Fulham	25.05.82	45
Midfielders

Grant McCann	Peterborough United	15.04.80	29	4
Chris Brunt	West Bromwich Albion	14.12.84	27	1
Jonny Gorman	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26.10.92	3
Corry Evans	Manchester United	30.07.90	5
Steven Davis	Rangers	01.01.85	41	2
Sammy Clingan	Coventry City	13.01.84	25
Forwards
David Healy	Sunderland	05.08.79	81	35
Warren Feeney	Oldham Athletic	17.01.81	35	5
Kyle Lafferty	Rangers	16.09.87	25	7
Martin Paterson	Burnley	13.05.87	12
Rory Patterson	Plymouth Argyle	16.07.84	3

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