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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 April 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Partick Thistle | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
Cherry Orchard | |||
2010–2014 | Fulham | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014 | Fulham | 0 | (0) |
2014 | → Walton Casuals | 0 | (0) |
2014 | Hereford United | ||
2014 | Bishop's Stortford | ||
2015 | Bray Wanderers | 14 | (0) |
2016 | Longford Town | 15 | (0) |
2016 | Eastbourne Borough | 8 | (0) |
2017-2018 | Longford Town | 52 | (4) |
2019 | Finn Harps | 33 | (2) |
2020 | Shelbourne | 9 | (0) |
2021 | Drogheda United | 36 | (1) |
2022–2023 | Hamilton Academical | 50 | (6) |
2023-2024 | Raith Rovers | 6 | (3) |
2024– | Partick Thistle | 3 | (0) |
International career | |||
2012 | Republic of Ireland U17 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:13, 27 April 2024 (UTC) |
Daniel O'Reilly (born 11 April 1995) is an Irish professional footballer who currently plays for Partick Thistle as a centre back. [1] [2]
O'Reilly was born in Dublin. [2] He grew up in Celbridge and attended Salesian College Celbridge. [3]
O'Reilly started his youth career with Cherry Orchard before being signed by Fulham Academy in November 2010 aged 15. [3] On 30 January 2014, O'Reilly was sent to Walton Casuals on a one-month loan. [4] He stayed at Fulham in four years before being released, then had a brief stay at Southern Premier League Hereford United in 2014 before the club collapsed. [5] [6] He subsequently moved to Bishop's Stortford.
O’Reilly then returned to Ireland to play with Bray Wanderers. After a brief period at Eastbourne Borough, O'Reilly returned in 2016 to the League of Ireland, playing with Longford Town and Finn Harps. [7] [8]
At the end of the 2019 season he was voted Supporter's Player of the Year at Finn Harps. In November 2019 O'Reilly signed for Shelbourne. [9]
In December 2020 he moved to 2020 League of Ireland First Division Winners Drogheda United ahead of their first season back in the League of Ireland Premier Division, where he was voted Club Player of the Year in his only season at the club. [10]
On 1 January 2022, O'Reilly's agency (Stephen Hunt Management) announced that he had signed for Scottish Championship side Hamilton Academical, after rejecting several offers from Ireland. [11]
In November 2023 O'Reilly signed a deal until January 2024 with Scottish Championship side Raith Rovers after remaining a free agent since he left Hamilton in June of 2023. [12]
O’Reilly signed for Partick Thistle in January 2024 on an 18 month contract. [13]
O'Reilly was selected as an unused sub for the Republic of Ireland U17 team in 2012, in a qualifying game against Kazakhstan. [14]
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