Derek O'Brien (footballer, born 1979)

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Derek O'Brien
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O'Brien with Galway United in 2014
Personal information
Full name Derek O'Brien
Date of birth (1979-11-14) 14 November 1979 (age 43)
Place of birth Tralee, Ireland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Tralee Dynamos
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2003 Galway United 45 (6)
2003 Sligo Rovers ? (4)
2004–2008 Galway United ? (12)
2008 St Patrick's Athletic 12 (1)
2009–2010 Galway United 55 (6)
2011 Cork City 19 (3)
2012 Limerick 16 (0)
2013 Salthill Devon 13 (1)
2013 Longford Town 12 (0)
2014 Galway United 11 (1)
2014–2015 Tralee Dynamos ? (?)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 January 2022

Derek O'Brien (born 14 November 1979) is an Irish footballer.

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Playing career

O'Brien is a left winger with plenty of speed and trickery. He was an integral part of Galway United's first season back in the Premier Division in 2007. So much so that he was elected to the PFAI Premier Division Team of the Year [1] and he was subsequently voted Galway United player of the year for 2007. [2] He also won the Galway United Supporter's Trust (GUST) 2007 player of the year award. O'Brien was subject to interest from Derry City who are believed to have offered him an excellent deal, however he opted to commit himself to the Tribesmen for another season at least. In July 2008 he signed for St Patrick's Athletic from Galway United. He stayed at Pats for the remainder of the season before returning to Galway United in January 2009. [3] He signed for Cork City in February 2011. [4] [5] Following his release from Cork at the end of their 2011 League of Ireland First Division winning season, O'Brien joined Limerick. He was a member of the Limerick squad which won the 2012 First Division title. After leaving the Blues, he joined Salthill Devon before the 2013 season.[ citation needed ]

O'Brien spent the first half of the 2013 season at Salthill Devon before joining Longford Town in July 2013 for the remainder of the year.[ citation needed ]

Honours

Club

Cork City
Limerick

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "PFAI and Ford announce nominees for annual awardsccessdate=2011-02-18".
  2. ↑ "Derek O'Brien Galway United Football Club".
  3. ↑ "Foster Appointed Galway United Manager".
  4. ↑ "Derek O'Brien Signs". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ↑ "Derek O'Brien wings it to Cork".
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