Sean Doherty (footballer)

For the Gaelic player, see Seán Doherty (Gaelic footballer).

Sean Doherty

Personal information
Full name	Sean Anthony Doherty
Date of birth	10 February 1985 (1985-02-10)
Place of birth	Basingstoke, England
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Colwyn Bay
Youth career
	Everton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2005	Fulham	0	(0)
2003	→ Blackpool (loan)	1	(0)
2005–2006	ADO Den Haag	2	(0)
2006	Port Vale	6	(0)
2006–2007	Accrington Stanley	20	(1)
2006–2007	→ Southport (loan)	6	(1)
2007–2008	Royal Antwerp	3	(0)
2008–2009	Sligo Rovers	36	(4)
2009–2010	Witton Albion
2010–2011	Marine
2011–	Colwyn Bay	3	(1)
National team
	England under-17s
	England under-21s
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 05:28, 25 August 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Sean Anthony Doherty (born 10 February 1985 in Basingstoke) is an English footballer who plays as a left-sided midfielder for Colwyn Bay.

Spending his youth at the Everton academy, when he was signed by Fulham in 2001 (aged 16) he was considered one of the best young players in England. After a loan spell with Blackpool in 2003, he moved to Holland to play for ADO Den Haag in 2005 – having never made a first team appearance for Fulham. In 2006 he ended up at Accrington Stanley via Port Vale. He spent some time on loan at Southport, before he left for Belgian club Royal Antwerp in 2007. The next year he signed with Irish side Sligo Rovers. He 2010 he joined Marine via Witton Albion, before signing with Colwyn Bay the following year.

Club career

Doherty started his career at Everton's youth academy before moving to Fulham in July 2001 for an undisclosed fee. After a loan spell with Blackpool, he failed to make the breakthrough to the Fulham first-team squad, having failed to play a single game he was released in May 2005. He went on to join Dutch Eredivisie club ADO Den Haag.

In January 2006, Doherty returned to England with Martin Foyle's Port Vale on a short-term contract, but failed to gain a first-team spot and was allowed to leave at the end of the 2005–06 season. Doherty signed for Accrington Stanley shortly thereafter, but only played twenty league games, and was released a year later. Although he had played for Southport on a three-month loan deal from November 2006 to January 2007, he failed to impress, only making seven appearances in three months.

In 2007, Doherty left England to sign a one-year deal at Belgian club Royal Antwerp. In January 2008, Doherty signed for Irish club Sligo Rovers. Finding regular football at last, nevertheless Doherty left Rovers on mutual agreement in July 2009. He quickly moved to Witton Albion for a six month spell.

In February 2010, he signed for Marine of the Northern Premier League Premier Division. His club finished ninth in 2009–10 and eighth in 2010–11.

In July 2011, he joined Conference North newcomers Colwyn Bay.

International career

Doherty has been capped seven times by England at youth level. He has represented the under 17s and under-21s. He managed to score for the under-17s in a 2002 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship game against Finland.

External links

• Sean Doherty career stats at Soccerbase