Aaron Connolly (Irish footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aaron Anthony Connolly[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 January 2000[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Galway, Ireland | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| Number | 66 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2016 | Mervue United | ||
| 2016–2017 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Republic of Ireland U17 | 10 | (7) |
| 2017– | Republic of Ireland U19 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:07, 3 October 2017 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:48, 21 September 2017 (UTC) | |||
Aaron Anthony Connolly (born 28 January 2000) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.
Club career
Connolly was born in Galway and started his career in the youth team of local side Mervue United at the age of eleven.[3] In the summer of 2016 he joined Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion on trial, impressing enough for the club to offer him a two-year scholarship with the under-18 side.[3] He was fast-tracked in the under-23 side and also went on to make his debut for the first team at just the age of seventeen when he appeared as a substitute for Tomer Hemed in the 1–0 EFL Cup win over Barnet in August 2017.[4]
International career
He has represented the Republic of Ireland at under-17 and under-19 level.[5] He was leading goalscorer in the qualifying stage for the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, scoring seven goals in six matches.[6] He featured in all four matches in the final tournament held in Croatia, but failed to score as Ireland were eliminated by England in the quarter finals.[5]
Career statistics
- As of match played 29 August 2017
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2017–18[7] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Brighton & Hove Albion U23 | 2017–18[7] | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
- ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
References
- ^ "EFL Released and Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
- ^ "Aaron Connolly". 11v11. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Interview: Aaron Connolly". Eire Guide. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ Naylor, Andy (22 August 2017). "Brighton and Hove Albion v Barnet: Big chance for Aaron Connolly and Jayson Molumby". The Argus. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Profile-Aaron Connolly". UEFA. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ Owen, Brian (23 March 2017). "Aaron Connolly leads the UEFA goal chart - after putting football before hurling". Eire Guide. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Games played by Aaron Connolly in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
External links
- Aaron Connolly at Soccerbase