Danny O'Brien (footballer, born 1996)

Not to be confused with Danny O'Brien (Australian rules footballer) or Danny O'Brien (gridiron football).

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*
Years	Team	Apps	(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.

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

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Wigan Athletic	2015–16 [10]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2015–16 [10]	Championship	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Wrexham (loan)	2015–16 [10]	National League	2	0	0	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	3	0
Chester (loan)	2015–16 [10] [11]	National League	9	1	0	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	10	1
	2016–17 [10]	National League	4	0	0	0	—		0	0	4	0
	Total		13	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	1
Kraft	2017 [10]	Kakkonen	18	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	7
SJK Akatemia	2018 [10]	Kakkonen	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	11
SJK	2018 [10]	Veikkausliiga	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
Alfreton Town	2018–19 [10]	National League North	9	1	0	0	—		0	0	9	1
Curzon Ashton	2019–20 [10]	National League North	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0
Hyde United	2019–20 [12]	NPL Premier Division	9	3	1	0	—		0	0	10	3
Atherton Collieries	2019–20 [13]	NPL Premier Division	13	1	—		—		4 [lower-alpha 1]	0	17	1
Clitheroe	2020–21 [14]	NPL Division One North West	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
Ramsbottom United	2020–21 [15]	NPL Division One North West	8	2	2	1	—		2 [lower-alpha 1]	0	12	3
	2021–22 [16]	NPL Division One West	6	0	1	0	—		0	0	7	0
	Total		14	2	3	1	—		2	0	19	3
Bury	2021–22 [17] [18]	NWCFL Division One North	24	4	—		3	0	3 [lower-alpha 3]	0	30	4
	2022–23 [19]	NWCFL Premier Division	15	0	4	0	2	0	1 [lower-alpha 4]	0	22	0
	Total		39	4	4	0	5	0	4	0	52	4
Skelmersdale United (dual reg)	2022–23 [20]	NPL Division One West	15	0	—		—		0	0	15	0
Career total			154	30	8	1	6	0	12	0	180	31

1. 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. ^[21]

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. https://int.soccerway.com/players/daniel-obrien/260315/
11. http://www.chester-city.co.uk/stats_first1516.asp
12. https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/hyde-united/appearances/2019-2020/dan-obrien/794587
13. https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/atherton-collieries/appearances/2019-2020/danny-obrien/798627
14. https://www.clitheroefc.co.uk/news/dans-the-man-for-blues-2539431.html
15. http://www.fwp.co/ramsbottom-united/appearances/2020-2021/danny-obrien/921027
16. http://www.fwp.co/ramsbottom-united/appearances/2021-2022/danny-obrien/921027
17. https://buryafc.uk/player/daniel-obrien/
18. https://www.nwcfl.com/archive-results.php?season=202122
19. https://buryafc.uk/player/daniel-obrien/
20. https://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/skelmersdale-united/appearances/2022-2023/danny-obrien/946720
21. "Wrexham sign Danny O'Brien and Taylor McKenzie on loan". BBC Sport. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2018.

External links

• Danny O'Brien at Soccerway
• Profile at Finnish FA
• Hyde United stats