Danny O'Brien (footballer, born 1996)

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Danny O'Brien
Personal information
Full name Daniel William O'Brien
Date of birth (1996-03-12) 12 March 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Leigh, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Skelmersdale United
Youth career
0000–2015 Aston Villa
2015–2016 Wigan Athletic
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 Wigan Athletic 0 (0)
2015 → Wrexham (loan) 2 (0)
2016 → Chester (loan) 9 (1)
2017 → Chester (loan) 4 (0)
2017 Kraft 18 (7)
2018 SJK Akatemia 13 (11)
2018 SJK 9 (0)
2018–2019 Alfreton Town 9 (1)
2019 Curzon Ashton 0 (0)
2019 Hyde United 9 (3)
2019–2020 Atherton Collieries 13 (1)
2020 Clitheroe 0 (0)
2020–2022 Ramsbottom United 14 (2)
2022–2023 Bury 39 (4)
2023 Skelmersdale United (dual registration) 15 (0)
International career
2012 England U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:31, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

Danny O'Brien (born 12 March 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Skelmersdale United.

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Club career

O'Brien started his career at Aston Villa where he made the bench on several occasions as the youth side won the NextGen Series in 2013. [1] [2] He then joined Wigan Athletic where he had loan spells at Wrexham and Chester. On 9 August 2016, he made his senior debut for Wigan in the EFL Cup as an 87th minute substitute in a 2–1 loss to Oldham Athletic. [3] In April 2017, O'Brien joined Finnish third-tier club Kraft. [4] In February 2018, O'Brien joined Veikkausliiga side SJK, initially to play for their U23 side, SJK Akatemia. On 3 May 2018, O'Brien made his debut for SJK's senior side as a 79th minute substitute in a 3–1 loss to KuPS. [5] On 30 November 2018, O'Brien joined National League North side Alfreton Town on a deal until the end of the season. [6]

On 1 June 2019, O'Brien signed for fellow National League North side Curzon Ashton. [7] However, before making an appearance for Curzon, O'Brien joined Northern Premier League side Hyde United. [8] On 11 October 2019, after six appearances with Hyde, O'Brien joined fellow Northern Premier League side Atherton Collieries. [9]

Career statistics

As of 8 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wigan Athletic 2015–16 [10] League One 0000000000
2015–16 [10] Championship 0000100010
Total0000100010
Wrexham (loan) 2015–16 [10] National League 2000—1 [lower-alpha 1] 030
Chester (loan) 2015–16 [10] [11] National League9100—1 [lower-alpha 2] 0101
2016–17 [10] National League4000—0040
Total131000010141
Kraft 2017 [10] Kakkonen 187000000187
SJK Akatemia 2018 [10] Kakkonen13110000001311
SJK 2018 [10] Veikkausliiga 9000000090
Alfreton Town 2018–19 [10] National League North 9100—0091
Curzon Ashton 2019–20 [10] National League North 0000—0000
Hyde United 2019–20 [12] NPL Premier Division 9310—00103
Atherton Collieries 2019–20 [13] NPL Premier Division131——4 [lower-alpha 1] 0171
Clitheroe 2020–21 [14] NPL Division One North West 00——0000
Ramsbottom United 2020–21 [15] NPL Division One North West8221—2 [lower-alpha 1] 0123
2021–22 [16] NPL Division One West 6010—0070
Total14231—20193
Bury 2021–22 [17] [18] NWCFL Division One North 244—303 [lower-alpha 3] 0304
2022–23 [17] NWCFL Premier Division 15040201 [lower-alpha 4] 0220
Total394405040524
Skelmersdale United (dual reg) 2022–23 [19] NPL Division One West150——00150
Career total15430816012018031
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance(s) in Cheshire Senior Cup
  3. ↑ Two appearances in FA Vase, one appearance in First Division Challenge Cup
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in Manchester Premier Cup

International career

O'Brien has played for England U17s. [20]

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References

  1. ↑ Danny O’Brien: I trusted in my ability to make the step-up englishplayersabroad.com
  2. ↑ Danny O'Brien at Soccerway
  3. ↑ "OLDHAM ATHLETIC VS. WIGAN ATHLETIC 2 – 1 – Match report". Soccerway. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Danny O'Brien leaves Chester FC for Finnish side". Chester Chronicle. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "SJK VS. KUPS 1 – 3 – Match report". Soccerway. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Reds make double signing". Alfreton Town F.C. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "anny O'Brien Is The Latest To Sign On". Curzon Ashton F.C. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "SQUAD COMING TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER SIGNING". Hyde United F.C. 4 August 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  9. ↑ "Danny O'Brien Returns". Atherton Collieries A.F.C. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 https://int.soccerway.com/players/daniel-obrien/260315/
  11. ↑ "First Team Statistics 2015/16".
  12. ↑ "Hyde United | Appearances | Dan O'Brien | 2019-2020 | Football Web Pages".
  13. ↑ "Atherton Collieries | Appearances | Danny O'Brien | 2019-2020 | Football Web Pages".
  14. ↑ "Dan's the man for Blues".
  15. ↑ "Ramsbottom United | Appearances | Danny O'brien | 2020-2021 | Football Web Pages".
  16. ↑ "Ramsbottom United | Appearances | Danny O'brien | 2021-2022 | Football Web Pages".
  17. 1 2 "Daniel O'Brien – Bury AFC".
  18. ↑ "NWCFL | Archive Results".
  19. ↑ "Skelmersdale United | Appearances | Danny O'Brien | 2022-2023 | Football Web Pages".
  20. ↑ "Wrexham sign Danny O'Brien and Taylor McKenzie on loan". BBC Sport. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
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