Eric Molloy

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Eric Molloy
Personal information
Full name Eric Keith Molloy
Date of birth (1992-12-12) 12 December 1992 (age 32) [1]
Place of birth Carlow, Ireland [1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder, winger
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Arklow Town [2]
2012–2016 [3] Wexford 103 (15)
2016–2017 [4] Southern United 15 (6)
2017–2019 Team Wellington [5] 27 (3)
2019–2020 Stomil Olsztyn 12 (0)
2021 Waterford 9 (2)
2021 Shelbourne 6 (0)
2022 Longford Town 27 (2)
2024–2025 Killeshin 4 (3)
2025– Bray Wanderers 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:06, 11 March 2025 (UTC)

Eric Molloy (born 12 December 1992) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or winger for League of Ireland First Division club Bray Wanderers.

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Career

Molloy was born in Carlow, Ireland. He started his senior career with Arklow Town. After that, he played for Wexford, Southern United, and Team Wellington. In 2019, he signed for Stomil Olsztyn in the Polish I liga. [6] [7] Molloy returned to home and signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club Waterford on 25 March 2021. [8] He made his debut a day later in a 2–1 loss to Sligo Rovers. [9] Molloy signed for League of Ireland First Division club Shelbourne on 22 July 2021. [10] Having been released by Shels at the end of the 2021 season, Molloy joined Longford Town for the 2022 campaign. [11]

After leaving Longford at the end of 2022, Molloy started playing gaelic football for the team in his hometown of Carlow in 2023. [12] [13]

In July 2024, he became a player-assistant manager of Killeshin FC. [14]

On 11 March 2025, Molloy signed for League of Ireland First Division club Bray Wanderers. [15]

Career statistics

As of match played on 11 January 2025 [16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wexford 2012 League of Ireland First Division 1213000—0 [c] 0151
2013 League of Ireland First Division2351110—0 [c] 0256
2014 League of Ireland First Division2442020—0 [c] 0284
2015 League of Ireland First Division2131000—1 [c] 1234
2016 League of Ireland Premier Division 2322110—2 [c] 4287
Total103159210—3511922
Southern United 2016–17 New Zealand Football Championship 15600———156
Team Wellington 2017–18 New Zealand Football Championship19100—8 [d] 21 [e] 0283
2018–19 New Zealand Football Championship12200—4 [d] 01 [f] 0172
Total31300—12220455
Stomil Olsztyn 2019–20 I liga 12030———150
Waterford 2021 League of Ireland Premier Division92————92
Shelbourne 2021 League of Ireland First Division6010———70
Longford Town 2022 League of Ireland First Division27200———272
Killeshin2024–25Carlow & District Football League43———1 [g] 053
Bray Wanderers 2025 League of Ireland First Division0000——0 [c] 000
Career total20531132401226524740
  1. ↑ Includes FAI Cup, Chatham Cup & Polish Cup
  2. ↑ Includes League of Ireland Cup
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup
  4. 1 2 Appearances in the OFC Champions League
  5. ↑ Appearances in the Charity Cup
  6. ↑ Appearances in the FIFA Club World Cup
  7. ↑ Appearance in the Carlow & District Football League Shield

Honours

Wexford

Team Wellington

Shelbourne

References

  1. 1 2 3 Eric Molloy at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Understrength Arklow lose out against Crumlin Independent.ie
  3. ↑ Wexford say farewell to Last, Ledwith, O'Keefe, Molloy and Mulligan Wexford FC
  4. ↑ Irish striker Molloy released by Southern United Otago Daily Times Online News
  5. ↑ 2017/18 Men's Team Team Wellington FC
  6. ↑ Eric Molloy i Willian Pozo-Venta w Stomilu Olsztyn Stomil Olsztyn
  7. ↑ "Eric Molloy". www.90minut.pl.
  8. ↑ "Waterford FC". 25 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "League Report: Waterford 1 - 2 Sligo Rovers".
  10. ↑ "Shels sign winger Eric Molloy". 22 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "Eric Molloy Signs for 2022!". Longford Town FC. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  12. ↑ FORMER SOCCER STAR MOLLOY ONE OF THE NEW ADDITIONS FOR CARLOW AHEAD OF O'BYRNE CUP, carlow-nationalist.ie, 4 January 2023
  13. ↑ Eric Molloy – Gaelic Football, finalwhistle.ie
  14. ↑ "Eric Molloy keen to give back to soccer in Carlow - Soccer - Carlow Nationalist". www.carlow-nationalist.ie. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
  15. ↑ @braywanderers (11 March 2025). "𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ↑ "E. Molloy". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 October 2022.


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