Alex O'Reilly

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Alex O'Reilly
Personal information
Full name Alex Thomas O’Reilly
Date of birth (1979-09-05) 5 September 1979 (age 43)
Place of birth Epping, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2001 West Ham United 0 (0)
1999–2000Northampton Town (loan) 7 (0)
2000Wigan Athletic (loan) 0 (0)
2001 Bristol Rovers 0 (0)
2003–2004 Gravesend & Northfleet 11 (0)
2004 Stevenage Borough 0 (0)
2004 Dagenham & Redbridge 3 (0)
2009 Athlone Town 11 (0)
International career
1998 Republic of Ireland U19
1999 Republic of Ireland U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alex Thomas O'Reilly (born 5 September 1979) is a former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Northampton Town. Born in England, he represented the Republic of Ireland internationally at youth levels U19 and U21.

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Career

Alex's footballing career began as a trainee with West Ham United, where he became a professional in 1997. After being with the Hammers for two years, in which he had failed to make a first team appearance, he went out on loan to Northampton Town at the start of the 1999–2000 season. He played three times during his first loan spell, playing twice in the league and once in the League Cup. He returned to West Ham towards the end of August 1999, but made enough impact with the Cobblers for them to take O'Reilly for a second loan spell in October 1999 where he made six appearances. After returning to the Hammers again, he made a brief loan move to Wigan Athletic in November 2000, where he didn't appear in the first team, before being given permission to leave West Ham on a free transfer to join Bristol Rovers on a monthly basis in March 2001.[ citation needed ]

After being released by Rovers in 2001, O'Reilly joined Purfleet, where he stayed for two years. In 2003, he signed for Gravesend & Northfleet, [1] before moving to Fisher Athletic. He joined Stevenage Borough at the start of the 2004–05 season, but his stay was short-lived and he moved to Dagenham & Redbridge early during the campaign. For much of the 2004–05 season, he was then loaned out to Redbridge by the Daggers.[ citation needed ]

He signed for Athlone Town in March 2009. [2]

Personal life

In July 2017 O'Reilly graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in physiotherapy as part of a scheme between the university and the Professional Footballers Association aimed at preparing current and former footballers for careers after football. [3]

Honours

Republic of Ireland U19

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References

  1. "Fleet build-up continues". BBC Sport. 31 July 2003. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  2. "Alex O'Reilly signs for Athlone". RTE. 4 March 2009.[ dead link ]
  3. "Professional footballers graduate as physiotherapists". University of Salford. 19 July 2017. Archived from the original on 22 July 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.