NORTHERN IRISH
MANCHESTER UNITED PLAYERS

Explore the complete list of Northern Irish footballers who have played for Manchester United, from iconic legends like George Best to other important contributors throughout the club’s history like Norman Whiteside. This page highlights appearances, goals, achievements, and international honours of players from Northern Ireland who wore the famous red shirt.

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No	Portrait	Player Name	Nationality	Years at Club	Total Apps	Total Goals	Strike Ratio Goals/Games
1.		Lyner, David	Northern Ireland	1922	3	0	0.000
2.		McMillen, Walter	Northern Ireland	1933-1936	29	2	0.069
3.		Breen, Thomas	Northern Ireland	1936-1939	71	0	0.000
4.		Baird, Harry	Northern Ireland	1936-1938	53	18	0.340
5.		Blanchflower, Jackie	Northern Ireland	1951-1958	117	27	0.231
6.		Gregg, Harry	Northern Ireland	1957-1966	247	0	0.000
7.		Nicholson, James	Northern Ireland	1960-1964	68	6	0.088
8.		Briggs, Ronnie	Northern Ireland	1960-1962	11	0	0.000
9.		McMillan, Samuel	Northern Ireland	1961-1963	15	6	0.400
10.		Best, George	Northern Ireland	1963-1974	470	179	0.381
11.		McIlroy, Sammy	Northern Ireland	1971-1982	419	71	0.169
12.		Anderson, Trevor	Northern Ireland	1972-1974	19	2	0.105
13.		McCreery, David	Northern Ireland	1974-1979	110	8	0.073
14.		Nicholl, Jimmy	Northern Ireland	1974-1982	248	6	0.024
15.		Jackson, Thomas	Northern Ireland	1975-1978	23	0	0.000
16.		McGrath, Chris	Northern Ireland	1976-1981	34	1	0.029
17.		Sloan, Thomas	Northern Ireland	1978-1982	12	0	0.000
18.		Connell, Thomas	Northern Ireland	1978-1982	2	0	0.000
19.		Whiteside, Norman	Northern Ireland	1981-1989	274	67	0.245
20.		Donaghy, Mal	Northern Ireland	1988-1992	119	0	0.000
21.		Gillespie, Keith	Northern Ireland	1993-1995	14	2	0.143
22.		McGibbon, Pat	Northern Ireland	1995-1997	1	0	0.000
23.		Mulryne, Philip	Northern Ireland	1997-1999	5	0	0.000
24.		Healy, David	Northern Ireland	1999-2001	3	0	0.000
25.		Carroll, Roy	Northern Ireland	2001-2005	72	0	0.000
26.		Evans, Jonny	Northern Ireland	2007-2015, 2023-2025	241	8	0.033
27.		McNair, Paddy	Northern Ireland	2014-2016	27	0	0.000
28.		Galbraith, Ethan	Northern Ireland	2017-2023	1	0	0.000