Brian Lenihan (footballer)

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Brian Lenihan
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-06-08) 8 June 1994 (age 29)[1]
Place of birth Cork, Ireland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s) Right back, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hull City
Number 31
Youth career
College Corinthians
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Cork City 27 (0)
2014– Hull City 1 (0)
2014 → Blackpool (loan) 2 (0)
International career‡
Republic of Ireland U19
2014– Republic of Ireland U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:24, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:23, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Brian Lenihan (born 8 June 1994) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a right back or midfielder for Premier League club Hull City.

Club career

Born in Cork, Lenihan began his career with College Corinthians.[3] He moved to Cork City in July 2012, making a total of 27 League of Ireland appearances for them.[2]

After receiving interest from a number of English clubs,[4] he signed for Hull City on 31 August 2014.[5] The transfer fee was believed to be £200,000.[6]

He signed a one-month loan deal with Blackpool in November 2014.[7] He made his debut on 8 November 2014 in a 3–1 away defeat to Leeds United.[8] He returned to Hull on 25 November after sustaining a knee injury.[9]

He made his debut for Hull on 30 April 2016 in a 1–0 away defeat to Bolton Wanderers.[10]

International career

Lenihan represented the Republic of Ireland under-19s.[3]

Lenihan made his debut for the Republic of Ireland under-21s in May 2014.[11] He was called up to the senior squad in November 2014.[11] However, later that month he was sent back to the under-21s.[12]

Career statistics

As of 30 April 2016
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cork City[2] 2012 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2013 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
2014 21 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 0
Total 27 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 29 0
Hull City 2014–15[13] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015–16[14] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Blackpool (loan) 2014–15[13] 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Career total 30 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 32 0

References

  1. ^ "Brian Lenihan". 11v11. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Brian Lenihan at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Profile". Cork City F.C. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  4. ^ Daniel McDonnell (27 August 2014). "D-day is looming for Cork City star Brian Lenihan". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Brian Lenihan: Hull City sign Cork City defender on three-year deal". BBC Sport. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  6. ^ Garry Doyle (1 September 2014). "'One for the future' Lenihan joins Hull in £200,000 deal". Irish Independent. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Brian Lenihan: Blackpool sign Hull City defender on loan". BBC Sport. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Leeds 3–1 Blackpool". BBC Sport. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  9. ^ "Lenihan Returns To Hull". Blackpool F.C. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  10. ^ "Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Hull City". BBC Sport. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  11. ^ a b "Noel King's under-21s eager to follow Brian Lenihan's lead". Irish Times. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  12. ^ "Lenihan for U21s but no Grealish". Irish Times. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  13. ^ a b "Games played by Brian Lenihan in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  14. ^ "Games played by Brian Lenihan in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 April 2016.


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