Patrick Joseph ("Packie") Bonner (born 24 May 1960 in Cloughglass, County Donegal, is a former football goalkeeper for Celtic and the Republic of Ireland, who earned 80 caps after making his debut on his 21st birthday. He is remembered for his famous penalty save from Daniel Timofte of Romania in the 1990 FIFA World Cup finals.

He was spotted by Celtic while he kept goal for Leicester City in the FA Youth Cup, signing for Celtic on 14 May 1978. He would be Jock Stein's last signing for Celtic. He went on to play 642 times for Celtic, with 483 league appearances[3]. In total with Celtic, he won four League Championship badges, three Scottish Cup winners' medals and a League Cup winners' medal. His last appearance for Celtic was winning the 1995 Scottish Cup final under Tommy Burns. After the Scottish Cup Final victory over Airdrie Bonner took on the role of player-coach and finally left the club in 1998 to work as a coach along side former team mate Tommy Burns.

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