Ross O'Donoghue

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Ross O'Donoghue
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-02-09) 9 February 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Centre midfielder
Youth career
1999–2000 Aberdeen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000–2003 Aberdeen 8 (0)
Cumbernauld United
Pollok
2007–2009 Elgin City 65 (3)
2009–2010 Dumbarton 19 (1)
2010–2013 Elgin City 83 (6)
2013–2014 East Stirlingshire 25 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 May 2014

Ross O'Donoghue (born 9 February 1983) is a Scottish former footballer.

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O'Donoghue started his career with Scottish Premier League side Aberdeen, before spending four years in the juniors. He returned to the Scottish Football League in 2007 with Elgin City.

Career

O'Donoghue started his career as a youth player with Aberdeen, [1] before playing with junior sides Cumbernauld United and Pollok. [2] He moved back into the senior game with Elgin City in 2007, where he became captain, [3] before moving for a season to Dumbarton. [4] He returned to Elgin in the summer of 2010.

In the summer of 2013, O'Donoghue signed for East Stirlingshire after being released by Elgin.

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References

  1. "Dons close in on Foran". BBC Sport. 1 June 2001. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  2. Donnelly, Martin (25 November 2006). "Pollok 3 Maryhill 1". Pollok FC. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  3. Kasiewicz, Stephen (10 June 2009). "Now Elgin lose skipper O'Donoghue". The Press and Journal . Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  4. Galloway, Andy (26 June 2009). "Dumbarton FC new signing Ross O'Donoghue looks forward to a lie in". Lennox Herald. Retrieved 30 December 2010.