Diarmuid O'Carroll
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diarmuid O'Carroll | ||
| Date of birth | March 16, 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Killarney,[1] Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Cliftonville | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995-2002 | Killarney Athletic | ||
| 2002-2003 | Home Farm | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2003-2008 | Celtic | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Ross County (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2008-2009 | Morecambe | 29 | (5) |
| 2009-2010 | Airdrie United | 27 | (6) |
| 2010 | Valur | 10 | (4) |
| 2011-2012 | Glenavon | 25 | (13) |
| 2012- | Cliftonville | 4 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 2006 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Diarmuid O'Carroll (born March 16, 1987 in Killarney) is an Irish professional footballer, who currently plays as a forward for IFA Premiership side Cliftonville.
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[edit] Club career
O'Carroll started his youth career with Home Farm[2] before joing Celtic's Youth Academy, he had featured for Celtic's reserve side for several years,[3] but did not play for the first team. In 2007 he had a loan spell with Ross County F.C. and, in July 2008, it was announced that O'Carroll had signed a one year deal with English League Two Morecambe.[4]
In the summer of 2009 O'Carroll had many trials, including one at Újpest FC, but he did not agree a deal with the Hungarian club. He played for Shamrock Rovers in their win over Hibernian F.C. in July but was not offered a contract [1]. One month later he signed a one year deal with Airdrie United.[5] Due to financial cutbacks at the club, he left in May 2010. O'Carroll then went on trial at Raith Rovers. He scored his first goal for Raith as a trialist away to Forfar Athletic in a pre-season friendly on 13 July 2010. On 30 July he signed for Icelandic side Valur.[6]
In November 2010, after returning from Iceland O'Carroll signed a pre-contract agreement with Glenavon in Northern Ireland. He became eligible to play from January 2011.[2] In an Irn-Bru league cup match on the 20th of September 2011, O'Carroll scored a double-hatrick[7]
He signed for Cliftonville on 3rd January 2012 [2] and scored on his debut at Leonidas [3].
[edit] International career
O'Carroll has been capped at every youth level and under 21 for Ireland, but has never played for the Republic of Ireland at full international level.[1]
[edit] Charity Work
O'Carroll started his charity work by running a half-marathon in aid of Suicide Awareness in June 2010 in Belfast and continued that in October of that year by running the Dublin City Marathon for the same cause.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "O'Carroll stepping back to go forward". Irish Independant. 27 December 2009. http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/ocarroll-stepping-back-to-go-forward-1990187.html. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Glenavon sign former Airdrie striker Diarmuid O'Carroll". BBC Sport. 24 November 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/irish/9222868.stm. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ "O'Carroll makes point with strike". celticfc.net. http://www.celticfc.net/news/stories/news_061207111302.aspx.
- ^ "Morecambe snap up Celtic striker". BBC Sport. 2008-07-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/morecambe/7483163.stm. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
- ^ "Striker O'Carroll joins Diamonds". BBC Sport. 22 September 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/airdrie_united/8268448.stm. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
- ^ http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/O'Carroll,+Diarmuid
- ^ http://glenavonfc.com/blog/?paged=3
[edit] External links
- 1987 births
- Republic of Ireland association footballers
- Republic of Ireland under-21 international footballers
- Living people
- People from County Kerry
- Home Farm F.C. players
- Celtic F.C. players
- Ross County F.C. players
- Morecambe F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Airdrie United F.C. players
- Glenavon F.C. players
- Cliftonville F.C. players
- Irish Football League players
- Shamrock Rovers F.C. guest players
