Nico O'Reilly

Nico O'Reilly (born 21 March 2005) is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Manchester City as a midfielder.

Career
From Manchester, O’Reilly started at the City academy when he was eight years-old. He moved up to the Manchester City under-23 side towards the end of the 2021-22 season and subsequently signed his first professional contract with the club in July 2022. O’Reilly captained the under-18s during the 2022-23 season. He made some headlines after he was filmed scoring an overhead scorpion kick in the 95th minute of a Manchester City under-18s match against Middlesbrough under-18s in April 2023. A week later he scored another spectacular goal with a forty-yard chip against Manchester United under-18s.

O’Reilly trained with the Manchester City first-team on a warm weather training camp to Abu Dhabi in December 2022. He was included in the match day squad for the Premier League match on May 24, 2023 away at Brighton and Hove Albion and was included amongst the match day substitutes.

International career
O’Reilly scored his first goal for the England U-16s against Northern Ireland U-16s on June 3, 2021 in a 6-0 win. A few months later he scored his first goal for the England U17 side, in the 88th minute of a 2-2 draw away against Slovakia U-17 on October 21, 2022.

Style of play
O’Reilly has been described as an attacking midfielder with “flair” who is “graceful and fluid with the ball at his feet”.