User:PeeJay/Jimmy Dunne (footballer, born 1997)

Jimmy Dunne (born 19 October 1997) is an Irish footballer who plays as a defender for English club Manchester United.

Career
Born in Dundalk, Dunne began his career with local youth club St Kevin's Boys, before moving to Rock Celtic in nearby Blackrock. In the summer of 2013, he was pursued by several English clubs, including Aston Villa and Chelsea, but ended up joining Manchester United, whose academy in Belfast he had attended since the age of 10; he moved to Manchester at the start of the academic year in August 2013, before signing a four-year contract with the club on his 16th birthday two months later.

He did not make a single appearance in his first season at Manchester United, making his debut for the under-18s in a league game against Everton on 18 April 2015, coming on as a substitute for Axel Tuanzebe in the 90th minute of a 1–1 draw. He made his first start on the last day of the 2014–15 season, in a 4–2 defeat away to Middlesbrough.

Personal life
Dunne's mother, Sharon Treacy-Dunne, is the director of the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland, while his father, Eamonn Dunne, played Gaelic football for Louth GAA and is now a teacher at the Patrician High School in Carrickmacross.