Darragh Lenihan

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Darragh Lenihan
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Lenihan playing for Blackburn Rovers in 2016
Personal information
Full name Darragh Patrick Lenihan [1]
Date of birth (1994-03-16) 16 March 1994 (age 30) [2]
Place of birth Dunboyne, Ireland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Middlesbrough
Number 26
Youth career
Belvedere
2011–2012 Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2022 Blackburn Rovers 233 (9)
2014–2015 → Burton Albion (loan) 17 (1)
2022– Middlesbrough 51 (1)
International career‡
2010–2011 Republic of Ireland U17 2 (0)
2012–2013 Republic of Ireland U19 1 (0)
2014–2016 Republic of Ireland U21 15 (0)
2018– Republic of Ireland 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:42, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:01, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Darragh Patrick Lenihan (born 16 March 1994) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Middlesbrough.

Contents

Club career

Blackburn Rovers

In the summer of 2011 Lenihan signed for Blackburn Rovers from Belvedere. [3] Two years later, he signed a contract with the club and then again in May 2014. [4] [5]

Loan to Burton Albion

In October 2014 he signed for Burton Albion on a months loan. [6] Lenihan made his league debut on 25 October coming off the bench against Stevenage. [7]

On 24 November 2014, Lenihan's loan spell with Burton Albion was extended until 3 January 2015. [8] Lenihan's loan spell with Burton Albion was extended twice for another month on 5 January 2015 [9] and on 9 February 2015. [10]

He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw with Portsmouth on 17 January 2015. [11] After five months at Burton Albion, Lenihan was recalled by Blackburn on 4 March 2015. [12]

Return to Blackburn Rovers

In April 2015, Lenihan made his debut for Rovers against Millwall coming off the bench in the first half to replace Matthew Kilgallon. [13] After making his debut, Lenihan said in his post-match interview that it was a great experience playing at Ewood Park and that hard work and patience had helped to earn him a first team place. [14] The following game he made his full debut starting against Huddersfield Town. [15]

After Blackburn were relegated to League One in 2016–17, he helped the club secure an immediate return to the Championship, although he was injured for most of 2017–18. He subsequently became first choice at centre back and regularly captained the side in the 2020-21 season. On 17 June 2022, Lenihan was confirmed to be leaving the club at the end of his contract on 30 June. [16]

Middlesbrough

On 24 June 2022, Lenihan agreed to join Middlesbrough on a four-year contract upon the expiration of his Blackburn Rovers contract. [17] Lenihan scored his first goal for the club on 19 September 2023, in a 1–1 draw with Sheffield Wednesday. [18]

International career

After appearing twice for the Republic of Ireland U17 level, Lenihan was called up by Republic of Ireland U19 in September 2012. [19] Lenihan made his only Ireland U19 debut on 8 September 2012, in a 1–1 draw against Latvia U19. [20]

Lenihan was called up by Republic of Ireland U21 for the first time in May 2014. [21] Lenihan made his Ireland U21 debut, playing 90 minutes and as captain, in a 1–1 draw against Qatar U23. [22]

On 2 June 2018, Lenihan made his debut for the Ireland senior team in a 2–1 win over the USA in Dublin, he was credited with the assist for Ireland’s opening goal scored by Graham Burke after a Lenihan volley which was on target. [23] Lenihan became the first person from County Meath to represent the Republic of Ireland at senior level. [24] Lenihan made his competitive debut for Ireland nearly four years after his last cap, starting in a 1–1 UEFA Nations League draw against Ukraine. [25]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Blackburn Rovers 2013–14 [26] Championship 000000—00
2014–15 [27] Championship300000—30
2015–16 [28] Championship2303010—270
2016–17 [29] Championship4002020—440
2017–18 [30] League One 141000000141
2018–19 [31] Championship3422120—383
2019–20 [32] Championship3731010—393
2020–21 [33] Championship4101020—440
2021–22 [34] Championship4131010—433
Total2339101900025210
Burton Albion (loan) 2014–15 [27] League Two 171000000171
Middlesbrough 2022–23 [35] Championship 41000002 [lower-alpha 1] 0430
2023–24 [36] Championship810020—101
Total491002020531
Career total299111011102032212

International

As of match played 16 June 2022
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Republic of Ireland 201820
202210
202310
Total40

Honours

Blackburn Rovers

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