Michael James Quirke (born 10 September 1991) is a footballer who plays as a defender for Coventry United. A Coventry City youth product, he used to be a goalkeeper.^[1] Born in England, he made one appearance for the Republic of Ireland U21 national team in 2011.

Quirke, made his professional debut with Coventry City as a substitute on 14 August 2010 in a 2–2 Championship draw with Watford, coming on to replace injured Iain Turner after 18 minutes.^[2] In March 2010 he joined Nuneaton Town on work experience terms, and made his sole appearance for the club in a Birmingham Senior Cup tie against Leamington. He rejoined Nuneaton on loan in January 2011, making his debut in the Conference North fixture versus Redditch United. On 8 March 2011, he made his first team start for the Sky Blues in a 1–1 draw with Doncaster Rovers.^{[citation needed]}

On 5 May 2011, Quirke was informed that he would not be having his contract renewed and would be free to leave Coventry City once his current deal expired.^[3] In November 2012, he re-joined Coalville Town on a free transfer from Lougborough Dynamo.^[4]

Quirke joined Coventry United on 31 July 2019, and was installed as the club's captain for the forthcoming campaign.^[5]

He was called up to the Republic of Ireland U21 international squad^[6] and made his international debut as a substitute in March 2011 in the Estádio Municipal de Águeda in Portugal.^[7]

• Michael Quirke at Soccerbase
• Michael Quirke at Soccerway