Dan Connor (footballer)

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Dan Connor
Personal information
Full name Daniel Brian Connor
Date of birth (1981-01-31) 31 January 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2003 Peterborough United 8 (0)
2003–2005 Waterford United 64 (1)
2005–2008 Drogheda United 57 (0)
2009 Cork City 31 (0)
2010 St Patrick's Athletic 5 (0)
2010–2013 Hereford United 2 (0)
Total167(1)
International career
2003 Republic of Ireland U21 7 (0)
2007 Republic of Ireland B 1 (0)
Managerial career
2024 Forest Green Rovers (caretaker manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Connor (born 31 January 1981 in Dublin) is a retired Irish football goalkeeper who is currently goalkeeper coach at Forest Green Rovers and Republic of Ireland U21.

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Connor was one of the more experienced goalkeepers in the league, having previously played for Peterborough United, Waterford United and Drogheda United. He also represented the Republic of Ireland at both U21 and B level, [2] making his U21 debut in Buckley Park in June 2003 against Georgia.

While with Waterford United he scored the winning goal in the FAI Cup semi-final in 2004. [3]

Following his release from Drogheda United at the end of the 2008 season, it was confirmed on 23 January 2009 that Connor had signed for Cork City, where he linked up with former Drogheda manager Paul Doolin. [4]

Connor signed for St Patrick's Athletic at the start of the 2010 League of Ireland season, [5] but on 1 July 2010 it was announced that he had signed for Hereford United on a two-year deal. [6] His first season with the Bulls was, however, ruined by a hip injury that ruled him out of the majority of the season. Despite battling long and hard to overcome this injury Connor was forced to retire from playing in August 2011. Following the departure of Russell Hoult, Connor was announced as Hereford's new goalkeeping coach on 12 June 2012. [7]

He left his role as goalkeeping coach with Hereford on 6 June 2013. [8]

The following month he joined the coaching staff at Midland Alliance side Westfields [9] before coming out of retirement to register as a player in November 2013. [10]

Connor combined his work at Westfields with the role of Head of Academy Goalkeeping at Shrewsbury Town. [11]

He was announced as joining Wigan Athletic as an under-8 to under-21 goalkeeping coach on 6 February 2014. [12]

In January 2017 he was promoted by Wigan manager Warren Joyce to the role of senior goalkeeping coach. [13]

Honours

Waterford United
Drogheda United

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References

  1. ↑ "Football Squads" . Retrieved 30 July 2007.
  2. ↑ "Dan Connor Player Profile on Official Drogheda United Website". Archived from the original on 22 May 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
  3. ↑ The Irish Times . Dublin. 2 October 2004. ISSN   0791-5144 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2004/1002/Pg028.html#Ar02801:00009F1420F100021805322F0D523111023F12539016039E0D547610748000023E03B24C00029D03B2AB00033103B33F05F37509938300043203B4400654750A048305921808E22F10947612748003E23E06524C .{{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ Connor Signs for City - CorkCityFC.ie
  5. ↑ Connor Signs for Saints - stpatsfc.com
  6. ↑ Goalkeeper Dan Connor to join Hereford - stpatsfc.com
  7. ↑ "Hereford | News | Latest News | Latest News | Connor Forced to Retire". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  8. ↑ "Coach Dan Connor leaves Hereford United but will stay in the area". Hereford Times. 6 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "Hereford | News | Latest News | Latest News | Connor Forced to Retire". Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  10. ↑ "Former Hereford United goalkeeper Dan Connor named in Westfields' squad for tomorrow's Midland Alliance home clash". Hereford Times. November 2013.
  11. ↑ "Shrewsbury Town Football Club - Youth & Centre of Excellence". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  12. ↑ "Former Hereford United and Westfields goalkeeper Dan Connor lands full-time coaching job at FA Cup holders Wigan Athletic (From Hereford Times)". www.herefordtimes.com. 5 February 2014.
  13. ↑ "WIGAN ATHLETIC ANNOUNCE STAFF CHANGES".
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