Daniel O'Reilly (footballer)

Daniel O'Reilly (born 11 April 1995) is an Irish footballer who is signed to play for Shelbourne. He plays as a left 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 179 cm (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 Shelbourne
Number 2
Youth career
–2010 Cherry Orchard
2010–2014 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Hereford United
2014 Bishop's Stortford
2014–2015 Bray Wanderers 14 (0)
2015–2016 O'Devaney Dunard
2015–2016 Eastbourne Borough 4 (0)
2016–2018 Longford Town 52 (4)
2018–2019 Finn Harps 33 (2)
2019– Shelbourne 0 (0)
National team‡
2012 Republic of Ireland U17 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 November 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 November 2019

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]

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.[8]

Honours

Individual
Longford Town
Finn Harps
  • Supporter's Player of the Year: 1 (2019)
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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. "Kazakhstan 1 - 1 Republic of Ireland | 2012 - Under 17 | 2004890 | Football Association of Ireland". www.fai.ie.
  9. Blake, Ben. "UCD and Shelbourne strongly represented in PFAI First Division Team of the Year". The42.
  10. "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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