Bradley Orr

Bradley Orr

Orr playing for Bristol City against Cardiff City
Personal information
Full name	Bradley James Orr
Date of birth	1 November 1982 (1982-11-01)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Blackburn Rovers
Number	18
Youth career
2000–2002	Everton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2004	Newcastle United	0	(0)
2004	→ Burnley (loan)	4	(0)
2004–2010	Bristol City	232	(12)
2010–2012	Queens Park Rangers	39	(1)
2012–	Blackburn Rovers	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:35, 4 February 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Bradley James Orr (born 1 November 1982 in Liverpool, Merseyside) is an English defender who plays for Blackburn Rovers.

Career

Newcastle United & loans

Orr started his senior career with Newcastle United, and was loaned out to Burnley due to lack of opportunities in the first team side.

Bristol City

Shortly after this loan period in July 2004, he signed for Bristol City. He scored his first goal for his new team against Yeovil Town.

Although he was signed as a central midfielder he was converted to right-back in 2005–06 and has played most of his games in that position.

On 29 August 2006, Orr was sent off for attempting to head-butt his own teammate, Louis Carey, during a game against Northampton Town. On 1 September 2006, Orr was sentenced to 28 days in jail relating to an incident outside the popular Bristol nightclub 'Romeo Browns' the previous October. Also jailed in relation to the same incident were fellow teammates Steve Brooker for 28 days, and David Partridge for two months. Orr and Brooker were released on 14 September 2006, serving only half of their original sentence. He scored against Manchester City in the League Cup second round.

He was named in the PFA's Championship team of the season 2007–08.

According to media sources, he broke his cheekbone in the play-off final against Hull City.

On 27 November 2008, Bristol City decided to place Orr on the transfer list, due to rejecting several contract offers. On 1 January 2009, Bristol City announced that Orr had signed a two-and-a-half-year contract at the club.

Queens Park Rangers

On 26 July 2010, Orr signed Queens Park Rangers. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–0 win over Scunthorpe United on 21 August 2010.

Blackburn Rovers

His time at QPR was short-lived however, due to a lack of first team games. He made a move in the January 2012 transfer window to Blackburn Rovers for an undisclosed fee.

Orr made his debut for Blackburn in the 7-1 loss at Arsenal on February 4, 2012. He made his full home debut against his former employers QPR a week later in a game Rovers went on to win 3-2.

Club career statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Newcastle United	2003–04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Burnley (loan)	2003–04	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Bristol City	2004–05	37	0	4	0	0	0	41	0
	2005–06	38	1	1	0	0	0	39	1
	2006–07	35	4	4	0	0	0	39	4
	2007–08	45	4	3	1	0	0	48	5
	2008–09	38	1	3	0	0	0	41	1
	2009–10	39	2	3	0	0	0	42	2
Bristol City Total		232	12	18	1	0	0	250	13
QPR	2010–11	33	1	2	0	0	0	35	1
	2011–12	6	0	2	0	0	0	8	0
QPR Total		39	1	4	0	0	0	43	1
Blackburn Rovers	2011–12	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Career Total		277	13	22	1	0	0	299	14

Personal life

Orr attended Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School which also produced players such as Colin Harvey and David Nugent.^{[citation needed]} He is the uncle of Jon Flanagan.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

Club

Queens Park Rangers

• Football League Championship: 2010–11

Bristol City

• PFA Championship Team of the Year 2008

External links

• Bradley Orr profile at qpr.co.uk
• Bradley Orr at Soccerbase
• BBC News article about prison sentence
• BBC Sport on Orr and Brooker's early release