Patrick Hoban

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Patrick Hoban
Personal information
Full name Patrick James Hoban [1]
Date of birth (1991-07-28) 28 July 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Loughrea, Ireland
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Derry City
Number 9
Youth career
Mervue United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2010 Mervue United 31 (5)
2010–2011 Bristol City 0 (0)
2010–2011 → Clevedon Town (loan) 4 (0)
2011–2012 Mervue United 40 (14)
2013–2014 Dundalk 60 (34)
2015–2016 Oxford United 43 (3)
2016 → Stevenage (loan) 1 (0)
2016 → Grimsby Town (loan) 10 (0)
2016–2017 Mansfield Town 21 (4)
2018–2024 Dundalk 171 (87)
2024– Derry City 19 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:02, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Patrick James Hoban (born 28 July 1991) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for Derry City in the League of Ireland Premier Division, as a forward.

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He had his greatest successes in two spells at Dundalk, where he scored a total of 150 goals, making him the club's all time record goalscorer. He finished as top scorer as they won the League of Ireland Premier Division in 2014 and 2018, and won another title in 2019.

Career

Early career

Born in Loughrea, County Galway, to an English mother, Hoban played both hurling and football as a youth. [2] He represented his town at hurling and Mervue United in football, who he helped to win promotion from the A Championship to the League of Ireland with a 5–2 aggregate victory over Kildare County in the 2008 play-off final. [3]

In July 2010, Hoban journeyed to England after being offered to train with Championship club Bristol City, managed by Steve Coppell and having just signed England international goalkeeper David James. [2] In November he signed a one-year contract, along fellow 19-year-old Irishman Jimmy Keohane. [4] He scored regularly for the Robins' reserve team but did not break into the first team, being loaned to local non-league team Clevedon Town. [2] He made six appearances for Clevedon, four of which came in the Southern League Division One. His only goal came in a Southern League Cup tie against Taunton Town in January 2011. [5] He was later released by Bristol City.

Dundalk

Hoban returned to Mervue United and then moved to League of Ireland Premier Division side Dundalk in 2013. [6] In his first season at Oriel Park, he scored 15 times as the Lilywhites came runners-up to St. Patrick's Athletic; this included a hat-trick on 12 July in a 3–0 home win over Bohemians. [7]

He was top scorer with 20 goals as they won the 2014 title, their first for 19 years. [8] On 24 July that year, he scored the winning goal in their 2–1 win away to Hajduk Split in the second leg of the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League, but they lost 3–2 on aggregate to the Croatians. [9] The team also won the League of Ireland Cup with a 3–2 victory over Shamrock Rovers on 19 September, Hoban scoring their third goal to seal a first trophy in 12 years. [10]

Oxford United

Hoban signed with English League Two side Oxford United in November 2014, having turned down the chance to play on trial at Scottish Premier League club Kilmarnock. The contract did not take effect until 1 January. [8] He made his professional debut on 17 January 2015 in a 3–2 home loss to Southend United, replacing Cheyenne Dunkley at half time. [11] [12] Hoban totalled 20 appearances that season for the U's, mostly starting, but scored just once to open a 2–1 comeback win over Carlisle United at the Kassam Stadium on 28 March. [13]

Having scored three times in 43 League appearances (26 of them as a substitute) he joined Stevenage in the same division on a month's loan on 1 February 2016. [14] He played his one game for them on 6 February, starting in a 1–0 home to Crawley Town and having a good opportunity to score saved by Jamie Jones. [15]

On 1 March 2016, Hoban joined National League side Grimsby Town on loan until the end of the season. [16] He played in Grimsby's 3–1 victory over Forest Green Rovers in the 2016 National League play-off final at Wembley Stadium, seeing the Mariners promoted to League Two after a six-year absence from the Football League. [17] [18] Hoban did not score in his 14 total appearances, and was not retained when his loan expired. [19] He was released by Oxford at the end of the season. [20]

Mansfield Town

Following his release from Oxford, Hoban stayed in League Two and joined Mansfield Town in June 2016. [21] He made his debut on 6 August as they began the season with a 3–2 win at Newport County, playing the final six minutes in place of Matt Green, and on 1 October he scored his first goal for the Stags, opening a 1–1 draw at Crewe Alexandra by heading Kevan Hurst's cross. [22]

On 10 January 2017, Hoban scored both goals in the final six minutes as Mansfield defeated Oldham Athletic in the third round of the EFL Trophy at Field Mill. [23] He was released at the end of the 2016–17 season. [24]

Return to Dundalk

On 24 November 2017 Hoban rejoined Dundalk. [25] The following 11 February he played in the FAI President's Cup, a 4–2 home loss to Cork City, filling in for the last 23 minutes in place of Krisztián Adorján. [26] On 19 July, in the Europa League first qualifying round second leg, he scored in a 2–1 (3–1 aggregate) win over Estonia's Levadia Tallinn. [27]

Hoban was voted League of Ireland Premier Division Player of the Month in June 2018 after scoring five goals in four games that month, including three in a 4–0 home win over Limerick on 8 June. [28] [29] On 5 October, he scored a late equaliser in a 1–1 home draw with St Patrick's Athletic to win Dundalk's 13th league title. [30] He finished the season as top scorer with 29 goals but left the last league game injured, causing concern over whether he would play the FAI Cup Final against Cork City. [31]

On 9 February, Hoban scored as Dundalk defeated Cork 2–1 at Turners Cross to win the 2019 President of Ireland's Cup. [32] He was sent off on 3 May in a 2–2 home draw with Derry City, after having scored twice. [33] Dundalk retained their league title, [34] and Hoban was the second highest scorer with 13 goals, one behind Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe of Derry. [35] Dundalk also won the League Cup, with Hoban scoring four times in a 6–1 win over Bohemians in the semi-final on 19 August. [36] Additionally, he scored the last goal of a 6–0 win (7–1 aggregate) over Northern Irish champions Linfield in the Champions Cup on 11 November. [37] On 16 October 2019, Hoban signed a contract for two more seasons at Dundalk. [38]

On 6 March 2020, Hoban scored twice in a 4–0 win at Finn Harps to reach 100 Irish top-flight goals, the 44th player to reach that landmark. [39] His 100th goal in all competitions for Dundalk came on 31 July, in a 1–1 home draw with St Patrick's. [40] In the 2020 Europa League third qualifying round, he scored in the penalty shoot-out against Sheriff Tiraspol helping Dundalk qualify for the playoffs. Dundalk went on to qualify for the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage and he scored the opening goal but lost 4–3 against Rapid Vienna in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage. [41] In the 2021–22 Europa Conference League 3rd round qualifiers He scored 1 goal against Vitesse Arnhem, but lost 2–1. [42]

On 10 January 2024, Dundalk announced that they had agreed a fee for Hoban with Derry City, meaning he would be departing after 294 appearances and a record 150 goals over his two spells with the club. [43]

Derry City

It was announced on 10 January 2024 that Hoban had signed a two-year contract with League of Ireland Premier Division side Derry City for an initial fee of €30,000. [44] [45]

Career statistics

As of match played on 7 June 2024 [46]
ClubDivisionSeasonLeagueNational Cup League Cup Europe OtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Mervue United LOI First Division 2009 430000——43
2010 1211000——131
Total1641000——174
Bristol City EFL Championship 2010–11 000000——00
Clevedon Town (loan) Southern League 2010–11 4000——2161
Mervue United LOI First Division 2011 1350000——135
2012 2793310——3112
Total40143310——3817
Dundalk LOI Premier Division 2013 28144300—1 [lower-alpha 1] 13318
2014 322021113 [lower-alpha 2] 16 [lower-alpha 3] 14424
Total6034641131727742
Oxford United EFL League Two 2014–15 20100———201
2015–16 2324220—4 [lower-alpha 4] 1335
Total4334220—41536
Stevenage (loan) EFL League Two 2015–16 10————10
Grimsby Town (loan) National League 2015–16 120———2 [lower-alpha 5] 0140
Mansfield Town EFL League Two 2016–17 2140000—3 [lower-alpha 4] 2246
Dundalk LOI Premier Division 2018 362942004 [lower-alpha 2] 11 [lower-alpha 6] 04532
2019 341330246 [lower-alpha 7] 13 [lower-alpha 8] 24820
2020 151010—7 [lower-alpha 9] 1—2311
2021 271247—3 [lower-alpha 10] 11 [lower-alpha 6] 03520
2022 25911———2610
2023 341420—4 [lower-alpha 10] 10 [lower-alpha 1] 04015
Total1718715102424552217108
Derry City LOI Premier Division 2024 191100—0 [lower-alpha 11] 0—1911
Career total383157291965276217466194
  1. 1 2 Appearance in Leinster Senior Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ 1 appearance in Leinster Senior Cup, 5 appearances & 1 goal in Setanta Sports Cup
  4. 1 2 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  5. ↑ Appearances in FA Trophy
  6. 1 2 Appearance in President's Cup
  7. ↑ 4 appearances & 1 goal in UEFA Champions League, 2 appearances in UEFA Europa League
  8. ↑ 2 appearances, 1 goal in Champions Cup & 1 appearance, 1 goal in President's Cup
  9. ↑ 1 appearance in UEFA Champions League, 6 appearances in UEFA Europa League
  10. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  11. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League

Honours

Dundalk
Grimsby Town

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