Stephen O'Brien (Kerry Gaelic footballer)

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Stephen O'Brien
Personal information
Irish name Stiofáin Ó Bríain
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right half forward
Born (1991-02-27) 27 February 1991 (age 32)
Kenmare, Ireland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Occupation Chemical Engineer
Club(s)
YearsClub
2009 – Present
Kenmare Shamrocks
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
UCC
College titles
Sigerson titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2014 – Present
Kerry 42 (6-48)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 8
All-Irelands 2
NFL 4

Stephen O'Brien (born 27 February 1991) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Kenmare Shamrocks club and at senior level for the Kerry county team since 2014. [1]

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Underage and junior

He joined the county's under-21 team in 2011. Kerry sustained a 22-point loss to Cork in the Munster final. He was still underage in 2012 and for the second year in a row he was on the losing side in a Munster final to Cork after extra time.

Senior

He made his debut for Kerry in the 2014 Munster Senior Football Championship semi-final against Clare and scored two points. [2] He lined out in a first Munster Senior Football Championship when they faced Cork, he scored a point in a 0-24 to 0-12 win and a first Munster title. He missed out on Kerry's win over Galway in the All-Ireland quarter-final. He was back in the starting line up for the semi-final with Mayo scoring a point in a 1-16 each draw. An injury while out racing on his quad caused him to miss the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final replay win over Mayo. [2] However, he started the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final at right half forward. [3]

Retirements brought new opportunities for O'Brien in 2019. [2] He scored Kerry's first goal against Dublin in five games during a 2019 National Football League fixture in Tralee. [2] In the 56th minute of the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final against Tyrone, O'Brien scored his fifth championship goal after intercepting a pass from Kieran McGeary, distributing the ball and running the length of the field. [2]

Honours

Kerry
Kenmare Shamrocks
Kenmare District Team

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References

  1. "Profile". Kerry GAA. 14 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Kissane, Sinéad (31 August 2019). "The making of Stephen O'Brien". Irish Independent . Independent News & Media . Retrieved 31 August 2019. "The making of Stephen O'Brien" was the title in the print edition.
  3. Foley, Cliona (19 September 2014). "O'Se recalled as Donaghy handed No 14 jersey for final". Irish Independent . Independent News & Media . Retrieved 19 September 2014.