Brendan Moloney
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Brendan Anthony Moloney | ||
| Date of birth | January 18, 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Killarney, Kerry, Republic of Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Nottingham Forest | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Killarney Athletic | |||
| Belvedere | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006– | Nottingham Forest | 28 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Chesterfield (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2008 | → Rushden & Diamonds (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Notts County (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2010 | → Scunthorpe United (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2009–2011 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:43, 16 August 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Brendan Moloney (born 18 January 1989 in Beaufort, Killarney, County Kerry) is an Irish football player currently playing for Nottingham Forest.
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[edit] Career
A graduate of the Nottingham Forest Youth Academy, he captained the Nottingham Forest reserve team that just missed out on the title in 2006–07.
In an interview at the tail-end of the 2006–07 season, Forest boss Colin Calderwood picked out Moloney out of his Youth Team as having "fantastic potential". He made his début in March 2007, coming on as substitute against Gillingham wearing the number 35 shirt.[1] He made his first start for Forest in their opening game of the 2007–08 campaign, against Bournemouth.
On January 10, 2008, Moloney completed a loan move to Chesterfield on a month-long loan.[2] He made his début for them on January 12, 2008, against Brentford. The youngster impressed for Chesterfield on loan, and netted his first professional goal for the Spireites in his third game for the club, with a 25 yard shot in their 4–0 victory over Hereford United.[citation needed] He played a total of nine games for Chesterfield, before returning to Forest's team in the summer of 2008.
With The Reds gaining promotion, manager Colin Calderwood commented that he would given Moloney a chance to impress in the Football League Championship during the 2008–09 campaign.[3] He was loaned out to Rushden & Diamonds at the beginning of the season, where he appeared six times.
Moloney went out on a six-month loan to city rivals Notts County on July 1, 2009[4] after turning down offers from Bradford City and non-league Ilkeston Town. Moloney scored his first goal for Notts County in the 5–0 win over Bradford City.
On January 27, 2010, Moloney joined English League Championship side Scunthorpe United on loan for the remainder of the 2009–10 season.[5] However, he returned after only 3 games after a challenge by Chris Brunt of West Bromwich Albion ended his season.
On 1 March 2011, Brendan Moloney came on as a substitute for the injured Joel Lynch against Middlesbrough. He made his first start of the season on the 12th of April 2011 in the match against Burnley helping forest win 2-0. Moloney also started Nottingham Forest's play-off semi final home leg against Swansea City at The City Ground on May 12th 2011 and the away leg at the Liberty Stadium.
Moloney made his first league start of the 2011–12 season in Nottingham Forest's first league win of the campaign against Doncaster Rovers, where the Reds won 1-0 thanks to a goal from Chris Gunter, that came from a Moloney cross..
[edit] Career statistics
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
| 2006–07 | Nottingham Forest | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007–08 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chesterfield (loan) | League Two | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2008–09 | Rushden & Diamonds (loan) | Conference National | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Nottingham Forest | Championship | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | Notts County (loan) | League Two | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Scunthorpe United (loan) | Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | Nottingham Forest | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2011–12 | Nottingham Forest | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | England | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 2 | |
| Career total | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 2 | ||
[edit] References
- ^ "Nottm Forest 1–0 Gillingham". soccerbase.com. http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=512916. Retrieved June 20, 2007.
- ^ "Chesterfield sign Moloney on loan". BBC Sport. 10 January 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chesterfield/7180943.stm. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ CC's Pledge To Youngsters | Nottingham Forest | News | Latest News | Latest News
- ^ "Magpies swoop for Forest defender". BBC Sport. 1 July 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/notts_county/8128106.stm. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ "Iron Move For Defender". scunthorpe-united.co.uk. http://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/page/News/0,,10442~1946143,00.html. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
- ^ http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10308~39523,00.html
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Republic of Ireland association footballers
- Republic of Ireland under-21 international footballers
- Association football defenders
- Nottingham Forest F.C. players
- Notts County F.C. players
- People from County Kerry
- Rushden & Diamonds F.C. players
- Scunthorpe United F.C. players
- Chesterfield F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Conference National players
