Conor Pepper
Conor Pepper (born 4 May 1994) is an Irish professional association football player, who plays as a midfielder or full-back for Linfield.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Conor Pepper | ||
| Date of birth | 4 May 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Midfielder / Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Linfield | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Portmarnock AFC | |||
| Cherry Orchard | |||
| 2011–2012 | St Patrick's Athletic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012 | St Patrick's Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 12 | (2) |
| 2014–2017 | Greenock Morton | 47 | (2) |
| 2018–2020 | Glentoran | 57 | (0) |
| 2020– | Linfield | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2012–2013 | Republic of Ireland U19 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:25, 10 March 2020 (UTC) | |||
Career
Born in Dublin, Pepper played youth football with Portmarnock AFC and Cherry Orchard AFC. He played for St. Patrick's Athletic Under 19s and also made one first team appearance in the Leinster Senior Cup in a Dublin derby away to Shamrock Rovers, before signing for Scottish Premier League club Inverness Caledonian Thistle in July 2012.[1]
He made his first competitive appearance for Inverness on 18 August 2012. During this appearance he scored a late equalising goal in a 2–2 draw against Hearts at Tynecastle.[2] He made an assist in his second match, a 4–2 loss against Celtic. Then scored his second goal for the club in his first start away at Hibernian.
Pepper has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth international levels.[3]
Despite a promising first campaign with Inverness with Terry Butcher, Pepper failed to figure during his second season and was subsequently released by the club in May 2014 by manager John Hughes.[4]
However, Pepper stayed in Scottish football by signing for Greenock Morton.[5] He agreed a new deal with Morton in May 2016.[6] Pepper was part of the team that won the Scottish league One title in his first season at Greenock Morton. Pepper featured in every game up of his second campaign until February 2016 when suffered a knee injury and didn't feature again for the first-team. After 3 seasons with Morton, Pepper left the club in May 2017 at the end of his contract.[7]
After spending a year without playing first-team football, still recovering from injury, Pepper moved to Belfast to sign for NIFL Premiership side Glentoran where he was a starter for most of the 2018-19 season.[8]
Honours
Morton
- Scottish League One: Winners 2014–15[9]
Linfield
2020, Signing for the current NIFL Champions * (championship awarded without the completion of season while linfield were 4 points ahead with 21 points left to play for)
Career statistics
Professional appearances – correct as of 10 March 2020.[10]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| St Patrick's Athletic | 2012 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2012–13 | Scottish Premiership | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Inverness Caledonian Thistle Total | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 2 | ||||
| Greenock Morton | 2014–15 | Scottish League One | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 31 | 2 | |
| 2015–16 | Scottish Championship | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Greenock Morton Total | 47 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 61 | 2 | |||
| Glentoran | 2018–19 | NIFL Premiership | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | ||||
| Glentoran Total | 57 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 61 | 0 | ||||
| Career Total | 116 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 138 | 4 | ||
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in Leinster Senior Cup
- Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup
References
- "Caley snap up Pepper". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 27 July 2012. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- "Inverness: Butcher hails late Conor Pepper strike". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- Reilly, Francis (16 June 2010). "Conor makes Ireland debut". Fingal Independent. INM. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- "Christie signs new ICT deal". Inverness Courier. Scottish Provincial Press. 16 May 2014. Archived from the original on 26 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- Mitchell, Jonathan (10 June 2014). "Morton set to secure double signing". Greenock Telegraph. Clyde & Forth Press Limited. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- Mitchell, Jonathan (5 May 2016). "Five starts to stay at Morton". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- Mitchell, Jonathan (15 May 2017). "Player contracts update". gmfc.net. Greenock Morton F.C. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- "Welcome Conor Pepper". glentoran.com. Glentoran F.C. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- "Greenock Morton claim League 1 title after 3–1 win against Peterhead". Scottish Television. 2 May 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- "Republic of Ireland – C.Pepper". Ie.soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
External links
- Conor Pepper at Soccerbase
