Conor Brennan

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Conor Brennan
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-30) 30 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland [1]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Leicester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2016 Kilmarnock 7 (0)
2015Stranraer (loan) 3 (0)
2016–2017 Raith Rovers 8 (0)
2017–2018 Ballymena United 11 (0)
2018 Greenock Morton 5 (0)
2018–2019 Brechin City 17 (0)
2019–2020 Dumbarton 30 (0)
2020–2022 East Kilbride 43 (0)
2022–2023 Stenhousemuir 17 (0)
International career
Northern Ireland U16 12 (0)
Northern Ireland U17 6 (0)
Northern Ireland U19 2 (0)
2013–2016 Northern Ireland U21 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:28, 4 May 2019 (UTC)

Conor Brennan (born 30 March 1994) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper, he is also a Rangers goalie coach at youth level.

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Brennan has previously played for Kilmarnock, Stranraer, Raith Rovers, Ballymena United, Greenock Morton, Brechin City, Dumbarton, East Kilbride and Stenhousemuir.

Career

Brennan made his debut for Kilmarnock in a 2–0 victory over Dundee United on 3 October 2014, after replacing injured Killie goalkeeper Craig Samson at half time. [3]

In July 2015, Brennan signed on loan with Scottish League One side Stranraer on a six-month deal. [4] He was recalled by Kilmarnock on 1 September 2015, after the club loaned fellow goalkeeper Devlin McKay to Derby County. [5] On 23 May 2016, he was one of six players released at the end of their contract. [6]

On 27 August 2016, Brennan signed for Scottish Championship club Raith Rovers on a contract until January 2017. [7] He made his debut the same day, as Raith Rovers drew 2–2 away to Dundee United. [8] On 12 January 2017 Brennan signed an extension to his contract keeping him at the club until the end of the season.

After leaving Raith, Brennan signed with the NIFL Premiership side Ballymena United [9] before returning to Scotland to sign with Greenock Morton on 18 January 2018. [10]

During the 2018 close season, Brennan signed for Brechin City. [11] He left the club in January 2019 [12] and signed for Dumbarton. [13] After impressing in his two appearances for the club he signed a new one-year deal in June the same year. [14] He left the club in July 2020 after spending the 2019–20 season as the club's number one [15] and signed for Lowland Football League side East Kilbride. [16]

Career statistics

As of 23:53, 7 March 2020 (UTC) [17] [2]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeague Scottish Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kilmarnock 2014–15 Scottish Premiership 4000000040
2015–16 3000000030
Total7000000070
Stranraer (loan) 2015–16 Scottish League One 3000201060
Raith Rovers 2016–17 Scottish Championship 80000030110
Ballymena United 2017–18 NIFL Premiership 110000000110
Greenock Morton 2017–18 Scottish Championship 5000000050
Brechin City 2018–19 Scottish League One 170104000220
Dumbarton 2018–19 Scottish League One 2000000020
2019–20 280202000320
Total300202000340
Career total810204040960

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