Daniel O'Reilly (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel O'Reilly | ||
| Date of birth | 11 April 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Drogheda United | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cherry Orchard | |||
| 2010–2014 | Fulham | ||
| 2014 | Hereford United | 0 | (0) |
| 2015 | Bray Wanderers | 14 | (0) |
| 2016 | Longford Town | 8 | (0) |
| 2016 | Eastbourne Borough | 4 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Longford Town | 52 | (4) |
| 2019 | Finn Harps | 33 | (2) |
| 2020 | Shelbourne | 9 | (0) |
| 2021– | Drogheda United | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012 | Republic of Ireland U17 | 1 | (0) |
Daniel O'Reilly (born 11 April 1995) is an Irish footballer who plays for Drogheda United. He plays as a left back.[1][2]
Early life
O'Reilly was born in Dublin.[2] He grew up in Celbridge and attended Salesian College Celbridge.[3]
Club career
O'Reilly played underage football for Cherry Orchard before being signed by Fulham F.C. Academy in November 2010 aged 15.[3] He stayed there in four years before being released, then had a brief stay at Southern Premier League Hereford United in 2014 before the club collapsed.[4] He subsequently moved to Bishop's Stortford and then returned to Ireland to play with Bray Wanderers. After a brief period at Eastbourne Borough, O'Reilly returned in 2016 to the League of Ireland, playing with Longford Town and Finn Harps.[5][6]
In 2019 he was voted Supporter's Player of the Year at Finn Harps. In November 2019 O'Reilly signed for Shelbourne.[7] In December 2020 he moved to Drogheda United.[8]
International career
O'Reilly was selected as an unused sub for the Republic of Ireland U17 team in 2012, in a qualifying game against Kazakhstan.[9]
Honours
Individual
- Longford Town
- PFAI First Division Team of the Year: 2 (2017, 2018)[10][11]
- Finn Harps
- Supporter's Player of the Year: 1 (2019)
References
- ^ "Republic of Ireland - D. O'Reilly - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". ie.soccerway.com.
- ^ a b "Daniel O'Reilly - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport UK.
- ^ a b "Daniel O'Reilly". www.facebook.com.
- ^ Wilson, Jonathan; Premachandran, Dileep; Corbett, James; Clarke, Stuart Roy; Lyttleton, Ben; Murray, Scott (11 March 2015). "The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue Sixteen". Blizzard Media Ltd – via Google Books.
- ^ "Daniel O'Reilly – Longford Town FC • Official Website". ltfc.ie. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ "Extratime.ie - Daniel O'Reilly". www.extratime.ie.
- ^ "Daniel O'Reilly".
- ^ "Daniel O'Reilly Signs For Drogheda United". 19 December 2020.
- ^ "Kazakhstan 1 - 1 Republic of Ireland | 2012 - Under 17 | 2004890 | Football Association of Ireland". www.fai.ie.
- ^ Blake, Ben. "UCD and Shelbourne strongly represented in PFAI First Division Team of the Year". The42.
- ^ "Daniel O'Reilly makes the PFAI First Division Team Of The Year – Longford Town FC • Official Website". ltfc.ie. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
External links
- Profile on Shelbourne F.C. website
- Daniel O'Reilly at Soccerbase
- Daniel O'Reilly at Soccerway
- Daniel O'Reilly on X
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Republic of Ireland association footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Drogheda United F.C. players
- Shelbourne F.C. players
- Finn Harps F.C. players
- Longford Town F.C. players
- Bray Wanderers F.C. players
- Hereford United F.C. players
- Cherry Orchard F.C. players
- Eastbourne Borough F.C. players
- Bishop's Stortford F.C. players
- People from Celbridge
- League of Ireland players
- Association football fullbacks
- Association footballers from County Kildare
- Republic of Ireland expatriate association footballers