Conor O'Malley

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Conor O'Malley
Personal information
Full name Conor O'Malley [1]
Date of birth (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994 (age 28)
Place of birth Westport, Ireland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2006–2011 Westport United
2011–2012 Mervue United
2012–2013 Salthill Devon
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011 Mervue United 2 (0)
2012–2013 Salthill Devon 0 (0)
2013 Mervue United 8 (0)
2014 Shamrock Rovers B 15 (0)
2014–2017 St Patrick's Athletic 41 (0)
2017–2020 Peterborough United 23 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:44, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Conor O'Malley (born 1 August 1994) is a former Irish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. [2]

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Career

O'Malley began his career with his local club Westport United in their youth team. He played for Mervue United's under 19 side for the 2011–12 season, making 2 appearances for the first team in the League of Ireland First Division. He played for Salthill Devon's under 19's for the 2012–13 season before returning to Mervue's first team, playing 8 games in the 2013 season. [3]

In January 2014 O'Malley joined Shamrock Rovers' B team, he played 15 times for them and also made the bench for the First Team 3 times. As a result, after another year he joined St Patrick's Athletic ahead of the 2015 season. He won the 2015 League of Ireland Cup for the club, by saving 2 penalties against Galway United in the final. [4] He played in the 2016 League of Ireland Cup Final also, as Pat's won 4–1 against Limerick to retain the title. [5] In his 48 games for them he gained a reputation attracting the likes of Leeds United, Peterborough United and Rangers. [6]

On 7 August 2017, O'Malley joined his old Pat's teammate Chris Forrester at League 1 side Peterborough United for an undisclosed fee expected to be in the region of €100,000, and made his debut in a 2–0 victory against Southampton Under-21s in the EFL Trophy. He had a contract option exercised by Peterborough at the end of the 2018–19 season [7] and left the club at the end oh his contract on 30 June 2020 after playing 28 games for the Posh. [8] In April 2020, he had announced that he would be retiring from football upon the conclusion of his contract in order to return home and begin working in the financial sector. [9] [10]

Career statistics

As of 21 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mervue United 2011 [11] League of Ireland First Division 200000—20
Salthill Devon 2012 [11] 000000—00
Mervue United 2013 [11] 800000—80
Mervue United total1000000—100
Shamrock Rovers B 2014 [11] League of Ireland First Division 150———150
St Patrick's Athletic 2015 [11] League of Ireland Premier Division 170003010210
2016 [11] 3000201060
2017 [11] 210000000210
St Patrick's Athletic total410005020480
Peterborough United 2017–18 [12] EFL League One 9020003 [lower-alpha 1] 0140
2018–19 [12] 14020004 [lower-alpha 1] 0200
2019–20 [12] 0000000 [lower-alpha 1] 000
Peterborough United total230400070340
Career total8904050901070
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance in the EFL Trophy

Honours

Club

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References

  1. ↑ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2019" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Conor O'Malley - Goalkeeper - First Team - Peterborough United". www.theposh.com.
  3. ↑ "Extratime.ie - Conor O'Malley - Peterborough United". www.extratime.ie.
  4. ↑ "Extratime.ie - Live Updates - 2015 League Cup Final - Galway United FC -v- St. Patrick's Athletic". www.extratime.ie.
  5. ↑ "Saints surge late on to lift EA Sports Cup". 17 September 2016.
  6. ↑ Dawes, Olly. "Darragh MacAnthony suggests reason why Conor O'Malley may have chosen Peterborough United over Leeds United".
  7. ↑ "Peterborough United: Aaron Chapman among five transfer-listed as four released". BBC Sport. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "'When the manager changed his mind and didn't want me, that was a relief to me' - Why Conor O'Malley is walking away from soccer". independent.
  9. ↑ "English League One footballer returns home to Mayo in pursuit of a career in the financial sector". Midwest Radio.
  10. ↑ "Peterborough United goalkeeper intends to quit football so he's relieved manager Darren Ferguson no longer wants him". www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk.
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