Joe O'Cearuill

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Joe O'Cearuill
Personal information
Full name Joseph Delpesh O'Cearuill [1]
Date of birth (1987-02-09) 9 February 1987 (age 37) [1]
Place of birth Edmonton, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2004–2005 Leyton Orient
2005–2006 Watford
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2007 Arsenal 0 (0)
2007Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 8 (0)
2007–2008 Barnet 14 (0)
2008–2009 St Patrick's Athletic 15 (0)
2009 Harlow Town 2 (0)
2009 Boreham Wood 1 (0)
2009–2010 Forest Green Rovers 14 (0)
2010–2011 Bishop's Stortford 15 (1)
2011 Tooting & Mitcham United 12 (0)
2012–2013 Haringey Borough 28 [2] (2)
2013 Enfield Town
2013–2015 Haringey Borough
2015 Heybridge Swifts 3 [3] (0)
2015 Dover Athletic 0 (0)
2015–2016 Staines Town 29 (0)
2016 Haringey Borough 9 [4] (0)
International career
2007 Republic of Ireland U21 1 (0)
2006 Republic of Ireland B 1 (0)
2007 Republic of Ireland 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:03, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Joseph Delpesh O'Cearuill (born 9 February 1987) is a retired footballer who played as a defender. His previous clubs have included Barnet and St. Patrick's Athletic, and he has been capped by the Republic of Ireland.

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Career

Born in Edmonton, London, O'Cearuill started his career at Leyton Orient, playing 27 youth team games in the 2004–05 season, [5] before being released in August 2005. [6]

He joined Watford as a youth player for the 2005–06 season, but was released in the summer of 2006. [7] He was signed by Premier League team Arsenal in July on a professional contract, having impressed after playing in their reserve team towards the end of the season. [8] He was an unused substitute for the Arsenal first team on 24 October 2006; a League Cup third round match against West Bromwich Albion. [9]

He moved to Barnet in August 2007 and made a total of 18 senior appearances for them. [7]

In January 2008 O'Cearuill joined St Patrick's Athletic. [10] He made his competitive debut for St Patrick's on 7 March 2008, in a League of Ireland match against Sligo Rovers. [11] O'Cearuill made a total of 3 UEFA Cup appearances with St. Pats. He left the club in January 2009. [12]

He signed for Harlow Town on 17 September 2009, [13] before signing for Boreham Wood on 27 October. [14] He signed for Conference National team Forest Green Rovers on 6 November. [15]
In September 2010, Joe signed for Bishop's Stortford. [16] [17] In November 2011 he was playing for Tooting and Mitcham United. [18]

In August 2012 he signed for Haringey Borough, [19] before joining Isthmian League Premier Division side Enfield Town in January 2013. [20]

International career

Although born in England he was called up the Republic of Ireland senior squad for the first time in May 2007 for an end of season tour to the United States, [21] making his senior debut as a substitute against Ecuador on 22 May 2007 at Giants Stadium. [22] O'Cearuill then started the subsequent tour game against Bolivia at the Gillette Stadium. [23]

Club career statistics

This table is incomplete.

ClubSeasonLeague Cup [A] League Cup Europe [B] Other [C] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal 2006–07 [7] 000000000000
Brighton (loan) 2006–07 [7] 8010----10100
Barnet 2007–08 [7] 1403000--10180
St Patrick's Athletic 2008 15 [24] 05 [25] [26] 00 [27] 03 [28] 02 [29] 0250
Forest Green Rovers 2009–10 14040----?0?0
Career totals510?????????

Notes

^A Cup statistics relate to the FA Cup for English teams and for the FAI Cup for St Patrick's
^B European stats listed under 2008 St Patrick's season relate to 2008–09 UEFA Cup
^C The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy unless stated. For his time at St Patrick's it relates to the 2008 Setanta Sports Cup.

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