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Eamon Zayed
Personal information
Full name Eamon Zayed
Date of birth (1983-10-04) 4 October 1983 (age 41)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Derry City
Youth career
2000–2002 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Bray Wanderers 106 (54)
2004 →Crewe Alexandra (loan)[1] 0 (0)
2006–2008 Drogheda United 71 (20)
2009–2010 Sporting Fingal 54 (21)
2011– Derry City 15 (11)
International career
2003–2004 Republic of Ireland U21 2 (0)
2010– Libya 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eamon Zayed (born 4 October 1983 in Dublin) is an Irish-Libyan footballer of Libyan descent who currently plays for Derry City.[2]

Youth career

Zayed started his career with Broadford Rovers before moving to St Josephs Boys AFC in Sallynoggin. While with Joeys, Zayed was selected at U-16 & U-17 levels for both the Leinster Schoolboys and Dublin teams, and was on the Leinster Schools team at U-17. In two years at Leicester City, he played for their youth (U-18), U-19 and Reserve sides. He then returned to Ireland after Leicester's relegation from the FA Premiership in 2002

Senior club career

Bray Wanderers

He joined Bray Wanderers and after impressing in the Under-21s, Zayed soon graduated to the senior team making his League of Ireland debut on the 18th of October 2002 at the Carlisle Grounds. He scored the fastest hat-trick ever by a Bray Wanderers player against Dundalk in 2003 within a nine-minute spell from the 7th to the 16th minute.

Zayed signed for Crewe Alexandra in February 2004 on loan, but returned to Bray in May without having made a first team appearance at Gresty Road.

Zayed was the PFAI Young Player of the Year for 2003.[3] He represented the Eircom League Under-21s in a four nations tournament in Scotland in May 2004 and earned his second U-21 international cap against Scotland in May 2004 in Galway.

Drogheda United

Zayed signed for Drogheda United in July 2006 on a two and a half year full time contract,[4] and scored on his debut on 7 July.[5] His first of 5 goals in the Europa League came in a 1-1 draw with IK Start in August 2006.[6] The following season he scored at A.C. Libertas.[7] His third Drogheda goal in European competition came against Helsingborgs IF.[8] He was a key part of the Drogheda team that won their first League of Ireland title in 2007.

Sporting Fingal

In the midst of great financial uncertainty at Drogheda at the end of the 2008 season, Zayed moved to Sporting Fingal in January 2009.[9] He scored twice against his former club Bray in Fingal's 4-2 FAI Cup semi-final victory in October 2009. He also scored twice against C.S. Marítimo in July 2010 in Sporting Fingal's European debut.[10] He was released by Sporting Fingal at the end of the 2010 season. He was set to sign for Al Ahly in the Libyan Premier League, but the transfer was blocked following the introduction of a new rule preventing foreign-born Libyan internationals under the age of 30 from playing in the league.[11]

Derry City

He joined Derry City in January 2011, signing a one year contract.[12]

International career

Ireland

Made his international debut for the Irish U-20s against Korea in January 2003 in a pre-World Cup tournament and followed up with two goals against UAE two days later in a 3-2 win for Ireland. Made his U-21 debut for Ireland against Poland in a 5-1 away win in August 2003. Played in all four of Ireland's games in the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, starting two and making two appearances as a substitute.[13]

Libya

Zayed was eligible to play for Libya through his grandparents,[14] and in October 2010, he received his first call up from the Libyan national team.[15] He made his debut a few weeks later in a friendly against Niger.[14] He also writes a weekly column on LoI website, extratime.ie.[16]

Honours

References

  1. ^ Crewe swoop for Zayed Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  2. ^ Racism - still a problem? March 31, 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  3. ^ Shels star Byrne wins top PFAI award www.rte.ie, 23 February 2004. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  4. ^ Drogheda land Bray striker Zayed www.rte.ie, 4 July 2006. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  5. ^ Drogheda United 2 - St Patrick's Athletic 1 Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  6. ^ Defiant Drogs exit on penalties Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  7. ^ Flying starts for Helsingborg and AIK Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  8. ^ Drogs battle back to claim UEFA draw Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  9. ^ Combination reaps rewards Eamon Zayed, March 03 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  10. ^ Heads held high after Europa exit www.sportingfingal.ie. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  11. ^ "My lucky escape from the chaos of Libya". Daily Mail. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  12. ^ Zayed completes Derry City deal www.extratime.ie Retrieved 2011-24-01.
  13. ^ Eamon ZAYED Record at FIFA Tournaments Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  14. ^ a b "Zayed still willing to answer Libya's call". Independent.ie. 20 March 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  15. ^ Libya call on Zayed www.extratime.ie. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
  16. ^ Extratime.ie www.extratime.ie. Retrieved 2010-10-05.

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