Conor Pepper

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Conor Pepper
Personal information
Full name Conor Pepper
Date of birth (1994-05-04) 4 May 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder / Defender
Team information
Current team
 Cliftonville
Number 2
Youth career
Portmarnock AFC
Cherry Orchard
2011–2012 St Patrick's Athletic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012 St Patrick's Athletic 0 (0)
2012–2014 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 12 (2)
2014–2017 Greenock Morton 47 (2)
2018–2020 Glentoran 57 (0)
2020–2023 Linfield 34 (0)
2023- Cliftonville 9 (0)
International career
2012–2013 Republic of Ireland U19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:14, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Conor Pepper (born 4 May 1994) is an Irish professional association football player, who plays as a midfielder or full-back for NIFL Premiership club Cliftonville.

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Career

Born in Dublin, Pepper played youth football with Portmarnock AFC and Cherry Orchard AFC. He played for St. Patrick's Athletic Under 19s and also made one first team appearance in the Leinster Senior Cup in a Dublin derby away to Shamrock Rovers, before signing for Scottish Premier League club Inverness Caledonian Thistle in July 2012. [1]

He made his first competitive appearance for Inverness on 18 August 2012. During this appearance he scored a late equalising goal in a 2–2 draw against Hearts at Tynecastle. [2] He made an assist in his second match, a 4–2 loss against Celtic. Then scored his second goal for the club in his first start away at Hibernian.

Pepper has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth international levels. [3]

Despite a promising first campaign with Inverness with Terry Butcher, Pepper failed to feature during his second season and was subsequently released by the club in May 2014 by manager John Hughes. [4]

However, Pepper stayed in Scottish football by signing for Greenock Morton. [5] He agreed a new deal with Morton in May 2016. [6] Pepper was part of the team that won the Scottish league One title in his first season at Greenock Morton. Pepper featured in every game up of his second campaign until February 2016 when suffered a knee injury and didn't feature again for the first-team. After 3 seasons with Morton, Pepper left the club in May 2017 at the end of his contract. [7]

After spending 2 years without playing first-team football, still recovering from injury, Pepper moved to Belfast to sign for NIFL Premiership side Glentoran. [8] In his first month as a Glentoran player, Pepper won the Glentoran Supporters Player of the Month Award for August 2018 with 85% of the vote. [9] Pepper was praised by his manager Mick McDermott, who said "I have said it before, and I will say it again, that we have the best two full-backs in the league" [10] After two seasons with Glentoran, Pepper signed for Big Two rivals Linfield. [11]

Honours

Morton

Glentoran

Linfield

Career statistics

As of match played 28 January 2023 [16]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup League Cup Europe OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
St Patrick's Athletic 2012 LOI Premier Division 0000000 [lower-alpha 1] 01 [lower-alpha 2] 010
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2012–13 Scottish Premiership 1220030——152
2013–14 000000——00
Total1220030——152
Greenock Morton 2014–15 Scottish League One 2522020—2 [lower-alpha 3] 0312
2015–16 Scottish Championship 2203040—1 [lower-alpha 3] 0300
2016–17 000000—0 [lower-alpha 3] 000
Total4725060—30612
Glentoran 2018–19 NIFL Premiership 3400020——360
2019–20 2301010——250
Total5701030——610
Linfield 2020–21 NIFL Premiership 17050—1 [lower-alpha 4] 01 [lower-alpha 5] 0240
2021–22 7000002 [lower-alpha 6] 00 [lower-alpha 5] 090
2022–23 7010202 [lower-alpha 7] 05 [lower-alpha 8] 0170
Total31060205060500
Career Total1304120140501001884
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ↑ Appearances in Leinster Senior Cup
  3. 1 2 3 Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. 1 2 Appearances in County Antrim Shield
  6. ↑ 1 appearance in UEFA Champions League & 1 appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
  7. ↑ 1 appearance in UEFA Champions League & 1 appearance in UEFA Europa League
  8. ↑ 3 appearances in County Antrim Shield, 1 appearance in NIFL Charity Shield & 1 appearance in Scottish Challenge Cup

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References

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  2. ↑ "Inverness: Butcher hails late Conor Pepper strike". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  3. ↑ Reilly, Francis (16 June 2010). "Conor makes Ireland debut". Fingal Independent. INM. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Christie signs new ICT deal". Inverness Courier. Scottish Provincial Press. 16 May 2014. Archived from the original on 26 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  5. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (10 June 2014). "Morton set to secure double signing". Greenock Telegraph. Clyde & Forth Press Limited. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  6. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (5 May 2016). "Five starts to stay at Morton". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Mitchell, Jonathan (15 May 2017). "Player contracts update". gmfc.net. Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Welcome Conor Pepper". glentoran.com. Glentoran F.C. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Conor is Player of the Month". glentoran.com. Glentoran F.C. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  10. ↑ "Glentoran boss Mick McDermott reveals defensive pair he wouldn't swap for anyone". belfastlive.co.uk. Gareth Fullerton. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
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