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Pádraig Amond
Amond after scoring for Shamrock Rovers v Sligo in 2008
Personal information
Full name Pádraig Amond
Date of birth (1988-04-15) 15 April 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Carlow, Ireland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Accrington Stanley
Number 23
Youth career
1999–2006 Shamrock Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Shamrock Rovers 62 (15)
2007 → Kildare County (loan) 13 (5)
2010 Sligo Rovers 27 (17)
2010–2012 Paços de Ferreira 17 (0)
2011–2012 → Accrington Stanley (loan) 42 (7)
2012– Accrington Stanley 21 (7)
International career
2008 Republic of Ireland U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Pádraig Amond (born 15 April 1988)[1] is an Irish footballer who plays for Accrington Stanley. He has twice been awarded a Sports-person of the Year award for his sporting achievements by his native county of Carlow. Amond was also the top Irish goalscorer in the league during his time at Sligo. Also, Pádraig was voted Supporters' Player of the Year for Accrington Stanley in his loan maiden season at the club. In addition, Amond has also been nominated for the Northwest Football Award along side Manchester United and Former Crewe Footballer Nick Powell for the prestigious League Two Player of the Year.

Career

Ireland

Amond joined Shamrock Rovers in 1999 and progressed through the schoolboy ranks of the club. He represented the club in the Milk Cup in both 2003 and 2004, assisting the team in reaching the quarter finals the first year. He scored the Hoops' first goal of the tournament in 2003 in a 3–1 defeat of Israeli side Maccabi Haifa in the junior section game at The Warren, Portstewart.

He was promoted to the senior squad for the 2006 season, making his League of Ireland debut as a substitute against Athlone Town on 16 March 2006. He made ten appearances, eight from the bench, for the whole season and scored his only goal against Finn Harps in September 2006.[2] Amond also represented his native county of Carlow at minor (under-18) level hurling in 2006, reaching the Leinster final at Croke Park.

Amond joined Kildare County on a season long loan for the 2007 season. He became the first opposition player to score at Athlone Town's new stadium at Lissywollen in the League of Ireland First Division game between Kildare County and Athlone Town on 16 April 2007. Amond scored twice in what was Kildare County's first victory of the season. He went on to score five goals for Kildare before being recalled by Shamrock Rovers.

Amond scored Shamrock Rovers' 4000th league goal in a 4–0 win over Galway United on 14 September.[3] He scored his first goal of the 2008 season on 18 April and followed it with another three weeks later. He earned his first cap for the Republic of Ireland U21 team against Austria on 19 August 2008.[4] He made his second appearance for the team in Bulgaria and his first start against Portugal.[5][6] He earned his fourth cap in October 2008 in Lithuania.[7]

Amond finished the 2008 season as Shamrock Rovers' top goalscorer with nine league goals and won the club's Young Player of the Year award. In December 2009, he signed for Sligo Rovers.[8]

On his time in Ireland Padraig reflects: “Shamrock Rovers is the biggest and best club in Ireland by a distance and to have come all the way up through the ranks is something that I am very proud of. If you speak to anyone in Ireland they have a good memory of Rovers and it was a great opportunity for me to play for them. Hopefully, I will return and play for Rovers again some day.” [9]

His brothers John and Aaron also played for Rovers underage teams when Padraig was in the first team.

Portugal

In September 2010, Amond signed for Portuguese Primeira Liga side Paços de Ferreira for an undisclosed fee.[10] He made his debut as a substitute in a home game against Braga on 19 September, helping his team haul back a two goal deficit to draw the match 2–2.[11] He made his second start and scored his first goal for Paços de Ferreira against Leixoes in the Portuguese league cup on 10 November.[12] Amond made a total of 17 league appearances for Pacos, but with all of them coming from the substitutes bench it meant that the forward played just over 300 minutes in total. On his final appearance for the club, he set up his side's equaliser in a 3-3 draw away to F.C. Porto.

England

On 26 August 2011, it was announced that Amond had signed for English League Two club Accrington Stanley on a season-long loan deal. After a successful loan spell in which he was voted Supporter's Player of the Year, Amond moved on a permanent deal on 13 August 2012 on a free.

Personal life

Amond had been dating Irish Page 3 model Claire Tully, who followed Amond to Portugal while he was at Pacos.

Honours

  • Carlow Sportsperson of the Year Award (Soccer): 2006, 2009

References

  1. ^ "Pádraig Amond – Paços de Ferreira – Primeira Liga". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  2. ^ "Amond strike earns Rovers victory". RTÉ. 2006-09-12. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  3. ^ "Shamrock Rovers 4–0 Galway United". RTÉ. 2007-09-14. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  4. ^ "Stoppage-time equaliser denies Irish U21s victory in Austria". FAI. 2008-08-19. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  5. ^ "Bulgaria claim victory over Irish Under-21s in Sofia". FAI. 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  6. ^ "Garvan brace earns Ireland Under-21s a point against Portugal". FAI. 2008-09-09. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  7. ^ "Ireland Under-21s power past Lithuania". FAI. 2008-10-14. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  8. ^ "Amond and Doyle sign for Rovers". Sligo Rovers Football Club. 2009-12-03. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
  9. ^ http://www.nimilkcup.org/?module=datalistdetail&itemid=f96e272d-3e65-4706-b542-4816128c68a0
  10. ^ "Amond Joins Pacos de Ferreira". Extratime.ie. 2010-09-02. Retrieved 2010-09-02.
  11. ^ "Amond aiming for an Ireland call-up". GreenScene. 2010-09-24. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
  12. ^ "Upsets galore in the League Cup". Portugoal.net. 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2010-11-11.

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