The ex-Northern Ireland international has eschewed football's normal post-retirement jobs and entered the priesthood
Former Manchester United player Philip Mulryne has shunned the normal post-football career route of coaching or punditry by becoming a priest in the Republic of Ireland.
Mulryne, who partnered David Beckham in United's youth set-up and also featured for Norwich City and Cardiff City, hung up his boots in 2008 at the age of 30.
Almost immediately after retirement he began studying for ordination into the Roman Catholic priesthood, a process that culminated on Saturday with a formal ceremony in Dublin's St.