Daniel O'Reilly (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 April 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Partick Thistle | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cherry Orchard | |||
| 2010–2014 | Fulham | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | Fulham | 0 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Walton Casuals | 0 | (0) |
| 2014 | Hereford United | ||
| 2014 | Bishop's Stortford | ||
| 2015 | Bray Wanderers | 14 | (0) |
| 2016 | Longford Town | 15 | (0) |
| 2016 | Eastbourne Borough | 8 | (0) |
| 2017-2018 | Longford Town | 52 | (4) |
| 2019 | Finn Harps | 33 | (2) |
| 2020 | Shelbourne | 9 | (0) |
| 2021 | Drogheda United | 36 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Hamilton Academical | 50 | (6) |
| 2023-2024 | Raith Rovers | 6 | (3) |
| 2024– | Partick Thistle | 3 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2012 | Republic of Ireland U17 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:13, 27 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Daniel O'Reilly (born 11 April 1995) is an Irish professional footballer who currently plays for Partick Thistle as a centre back.[1][2]
Early life[edit]
O'Reilly was born in Dublin.[2] He grew up in Celbridge and attended Salesian College Celbridge.[3]
Club career[edit]
Early career[edit]
O'Reilly started his youth career with Cherry Orchard before being signed by Fulham Academy in November 2010 aged 15.[3] On 30 January 2014, O'Reilly was sent to Walton Casuals on a one-month loan.[4] He stayed at Fulham in four years before being released, then had a brief stay at Southern Premier League Hereford United in 2014 before the club collapsed.[5][6] He subsequently moved to Bishop's Stortford.
Return to Ireland[edit]
O’Reilly 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.[7][8]
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.[9]
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, where he was voted Club Player of the Year in his only season at the club.[10]
Hamilton Academical[edit]
On 1 January 2022, O'Reilly's agency (Stephen Hunt Management) announced that he had signed for Scottish Championship side Hamilton Academical, after rejecting several offers from Ireland.[11]
Raith Rovers[edit]
In November 2023 O'Reilly signed a deal until January 2024 with Scottish Championship side Raith Rovers after remaining a free agent since he left Hamilton in June of 2023.[12]
Partick Thistle[edit]
O’Reilly signed for Partick Thistle in January 2024 on an 18 month contract.[13]
International career[edit]
O'Reilly was selected as an unused sub for the Republic of Ireland U17 team in 2012, in a qualifying game against Kazakhstan.[14]
Career statistics[edit]
- As of match played on 6 January 2024[15]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fulham | 2013–14 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Walton Casuals (loan) | 2013–14 | Isthmian Division One South | — | — | — | |||||||
| Hereford United | 2014–15 | Southern Football League | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bishop's Stortford | 2014–15 | National League South | — | — | — | |||||||
| Bray Wanderers | 2015 | LOI Premier Division | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Longford Town | 2016 | LOI Premier Division | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Eastbourne Borough | 2016–17 | National League South | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 4[d] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Longford Town | 2017 | LOI First Division | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| 2018 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 32 | 4 | ||
| Total | 52 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 6 | ||
| Finn Harps | 2019 | LOI Premier Division | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | 37 | 2 |
| Shelbourne | 2020 | LOI Premier Division | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[f] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Drogheda United | 2021 | LOI Premier Division | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 | ||
| Hamilton Academical | 2021–22 | Scottish Championship | 17 | 1 | — | — | — | 17 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8[g] | 1 | 47 | 6 | ||
| Total | 50 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 64 | 7 | ||
| Raith Rovers | 2023–24 | Scottish Championship | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |
| Career total | 212 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 258 | 20 | ||
- ^ Includes FA Cup, FAI Cup & Scottish Cup
- ^ Includes EFL Cup, League of Ireland Cup & Scottish League Cup
- ^ a b c d Appearances in Leinster Senior Cup
- ^ Two appearances in FA Trophy, two appearances in Sussex Senior Challenge Cup
- ^ Appearances in the 2019 League of Ireland Promotion/relegation play-off
- ^ Appearances in the 2020 League of Ireland Promotion/relegation play-off
- ^ 4 appearances, 1 goal in Scottish Challenge Cup & 4 appearances in Scottish Championship play-offs
Honours[edit]
Club[edit]
- Hamilton Academical
Individual[edit]
- Longford Town
- PFAI First Division Team of the Year: 2 (2017, 2018)[16][17]
- Finn Harps
- Supporter's Player of the Year: 1 (2019)
- Drogheda United
- Supporter's Player of the Year: 1 (2021)
References[edit]
- ^ Daniel O'Reilly at Soccerway
- ^ a b "Daniel O'Reilly - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport UK.
- ^ a b "Daniel O'Reilly". www.facebook.com.
- ^ FC, Fulham. "Fulham FC". Fulham FC.
- ^ "Extratime.com - Extratime.ie - Daniel O'Reilly". www.extratime.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Daniel O'Reilly – Longford Town FC • Official Website". ltfc.ie. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ "Extratime.ie - Daniel O'Reilly". www.extratime.ie.
- ^ "Daniel O'Reilly".
- ^ "Daniel O'Reilly Signs For Drogheda United". 19 December 2020.
- ^ "Dan's the man for Accies". 1 January 2022. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "O'Reilly Signs". Raith Rovers press release. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/signing-news-daniel-oreilly-is-a-jag/
- ^ "Kazakhstan 1 - 1 Republic of Ireland | 2012 - Under 17 | 2004890 | Football Association of Ireland". www.fai.ie.
- ^ "Republic of Ireland - D. O'Reilly - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ Blake, Ben (23 October 2018). "UCD and Shelbourne strongly represented in PFAI First Division Team of the Year". The42.
- ^ "Daniel O'Reilly makes the PFAI First Division Team Of The Year – Longford Town FC • Official Website". ltfc.ie. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
External links[edit]
- Profile on Shelbourne F.C. website
- Daniel O'Reilly at Soccerbase
- Daniel O'Reilly at Soccerway
- Daniel O'Reilly on Twitter
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
- Drogheda United F.C. players
- Shelbourne F.C. players
- Finn Harps F.C. players
- Longford Town F.C. players
- Bray Wanderers F.C. players
- Hereford United F.C. players
- Cherry Orchard F.C. players
- Eastbourne Borough F.C. players
- Bishop's Stortford F.C. players
- People from Celbridge
- League of Ireland players
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Association footballers from County Kildare
- Scottish Professional Football League players
- Hamilton Academical F.C. players
- Republic of Ireland expatriate men's association footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Irish expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
- Irish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Raith Rovers F.C. players
- Partick Thistle F.C. players