Daniel O'Reilly (footballer)

Daniel O'Reilly (born 11 April 1995) is an Irish footballer who plays for Drogheda United. He plays as a centre back.[1][2]

Daniel O'Reilly
Personal information
Full name Daniel O'Reilly
Date of birth (1995-04-11) 11 April 1995
Place of birth Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Drogheda United
Number 5
Youth career
Cherry Orchard
2010–2014 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Hereford United 0 (0)
2014 Bishop's Stortford
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 36 (1)
National team
2012 Republic of Ireland U17 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2021

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]

At the end of the 2019 season 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 2020 League of Ireland First Division Winners Drogheda United ahead of their first season back in the League of Ireland Premier Division.[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
Finn Harps
  • Supporter's Player of the Year: 1 (2019)

References
  1. "Republic of Ireland - D. O'Reilly - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". ie.soccerway.com.
  2. "Daniel O'Reilly - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport UK.
  3. "Daniel O'Reilly". www.facebook.com.
  4. 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.
  5. "Daniel O'Reilly – Longford Town FC • Official Website". ltfc.ie. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  6. "Extratime.ie - Daniel O'Reilly". www.extratime.ie.
  7. "Daniel O'Reilly".
  8. "Daniel O'Reilly Signs For Drogheda United". 19 December 2020.
  9. "Kazakhstan 1 - 1 Republic of Ireland | 2012 - Under 17 | 2004890 | Football Association of Ireland". www.fai.ie.
  10. Blake, Ben. "UCD and Shelbourne strongly represented in PFAI First Division Team of the Year". The42.
  11. "Daniel O'Reilly makes the PFAI First Division Team Of The Year – Longford Town FC • Official Website". ltfc.ie. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
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