Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lee Patrick O'Connor [1] | ||
Date of birth | 28 July 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Waterford City, Ireland | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tranmere Rovers | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2016 | Villa F.C. | ||
2016–2019 | Manchester United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2022 | Celtic | 0 | (0) |
2020 | → Partick Thistle (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2020–2022 | → Tranmere Rovers (loan) | 49 | (0) |
2022– | Tranmere Rovers | 144 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015–2017 | Republic of Ireland U17 | 14 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 13 | (2) |
2019–2022 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 26 | (1) |
2019 | Republic of Ireland | 1 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:04, 6 September 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:50, 27 September 2022 (UTC) |
Lee Patrick O'Connor (born 28 July 2000) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League Two club Tranmere Rovers and the Republic of Ireland national team. [3] He has also spent time on loan at Partick Thistle.
In 2016, O'Connor moved from Villa F.C. of Waterford to the Manchester United youth team, signing a three-year contract. [4] On 6 August 2019, O'Connor played an EFL Trophy match for Manchester United U21s away to Rotherham United, winning 2–0 at the New York Stadium. [5]
In September 2019, O'Connor joined Celtic, signing a four-year contract until 2023. [6] [7]
In January 2020, O'Connor joined Scottish Championship club Partick Thistle on loan, joining Ian McCall's side for the second half of the season. [8] He made his debut in senior club football on 25 January 2020, in a 2–1 loss to Arbroath. [9] He made five appearances in all competitions for the club before the season was ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [10]
O'Connor joined League Two club Tranmere Rovers on 17 August 2020 on a season-long loan. [11] He made 42 appearances over the course of the season and returned to Celtic for pre-season. [12] O'Connor returned to Tranmere Rovers on another season long loan on transfer deadline day, 31 August 2021. [13] The transfer was made permanent in January 2022. [14]
O'Connor made his international debut, and recorded an assist, for the Republic of Ireland on 14 November 2019 in a friendly match against New Zealand. [15] [16] [17] O'Connor was announced as the FAI Under-21 International Player of the Year for 2019 on 4 August 2020. [18] O'Connor holds the record number of underage appearances for the Republic of Ireland with 78 appearances across all underage teams. [19]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Manchester United | 2019–20 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Celtic | 2019–20 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 [b] | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020–21 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [b] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Partick Thistle (loan) | 2019–20 | Scottish Championship | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 [b] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
Tranmere Rovers (loan) | 2020–21 | EFL League Two | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 [a] | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
Tranmere Rovers (loan) | 2021–22 | EFL League Two | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 [a] | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
Tranmere Rovers | 2021–22 | EFL League Two | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
2022–23 | EFL League Two | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 [a] | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | EFL League Two | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 [a] | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
Total | 145 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | 163 | 0 | |||
Career Total | 149 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 170 | 0 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Republic of Ireland | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
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