Oscar Dorley

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Oscar Dorley
Personal information
Full name Oscar Murphy Dorley [1]
Date of birth (1998-07-19) 19 July 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Monrovia, Liberia
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Slavia Prague
Number 19
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2016 Monrovia Club Breweries
2016–2019 Trakai 43 (11)
2018Slovan Liberec (loan) 23 (1)
2019 Slovan Liberec 18 (1)
2019– Slavia Prague 134 (7)
2019Slovan Liberec (loan) 11 (1)
International career
2015– Liberia 46 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 March 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 March 2025

Oscar Murphy Dorley (born 19 July 1998) is a Liberian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Slavia Prague and the Liberia national team.

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Life

He was born in Monrovia. He was born Murphy Dorley, but one of his coaches started calling him Oscar because his physique and playing style reminded him of Brazilian footballer Oscar. The name Oscar then became known throughout his native country and became part of his name. [2]

Club career

Dorley spent his early career with Monrovia Club Breweries and Trakai. [1] [3] In February 2018, he joined Czech team Slovan Liberec on loan for the remainder of the 2017–18 season. [4] In January 2019, he made the deal permanent, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract. [5]

On 11 August 2019, Dorley signed for Slavia Prague on a four-year contract from Slovan Liberec, with the midfielder staying on loan at Slovan Liberec until the end of 2019. [6]

International career

He made his international debut for Liberia on 5 July 2015 in a 1–1 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying draw against Guinea. [1]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 8 March 2025 [3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Trakai 2016 A Lyga 1330000133
2017 308006 [b] 01 [c] 0378
Total43110060105011
Slovan Liberec (loan) 2017–18 Czech First League 12110131
2018–19 11020130
Total23130261
Slovan Liberec 2018–19 Czech First League10010110
Slovan Liberec 2019–20 15121172
Slavia Prague 2019–20 Czech First League6000000060
2020–21 2625010 [b] 0412
2021–22 2312013 [d] 1382
2022–23 2504010 [e] 0390
2023–24 3112011 [b] 0441
2024–25 2330012 [f] 1354
Total1347130571002139
Slovan Liberec (loan)2018–19Czech First League11120131
Career total236212116221032024
  1. Includes Czech Cup
  2. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearance(s) in Lithuanian Supercup
  4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League, ten appearances in UEFA Conference League
  5. Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League
  6. Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honors

Slavia Prague

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Oscar Dorley". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. "Nejmenuji se Oscar! Dorley překvapil fanoušky Slavie a prozradil, jak přišel k přezdívce, kterou dodnes používá". ruik.cz (in Czech). 21 February 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  3. 1 2 Oscar Dorley at Soccerway
  4. Anthony Kokoi (7 February 2018). "Murphy Oscar Dorley Moves to Czech Republic on Loan". Liberian Observer. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  5. FC Slovan Liberec (24 December 2018). "Oscar stays in Liberec!". Twitter. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  6. "Slavia získala talentovaného Oscara". slavia.cz (in Czech). SK Slavia Prague. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  7. "Slavia Prague Clinches Second Consecutive Czech League Title". Prague Morning. 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  8. "Win against Plzeň as Czech champions!". Slavia Prague. 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.