Alan O'Brien
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan O'Brien | ||
| Date of birth | 20 February 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Hungerford Town | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2004 | Newcastle United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2007 | Newcastle United | 5 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Carlisle United (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Hibernian | 47 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Swindon Town | 30 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Yeovil Town | 13 | (0) |
| 2012 | Gateshead | 12 | (0) |
| 2012– | Hungerford Town | 73 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | Republic of Ireland | 5 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:27, 11 November 2014 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:57, 19 April 2009 (UTC) |
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Alan O'Brien (born 20 February 1985) is an Irish association football player who is currently playing for Hungerford Town.
O'Brien, who plays as a winger, has represented the Republic of Ireland at full international level five times, all while he was on the books of Newcastle United.
O'Brien played for Cabinteely and St Josephs at youth level in Ireland before signing for Newcastle United. He played in the under–17 national championship winning team who beat Manchester United 5–2 in a final played over two legs at Old Trafford and St James' Park. He then featured regularly for the Newcastle reserve team during the 2003/04 season, but he suffered a broken leg in a training ground accident in July 2004. O'Brien progressed in the next year to the extent that he was in the first team squad, but he was sent on loan to Carlisle United during October 2005. He scored within 10 minutes of his debut for Carlisle, but the loan spell was cut short due to injury.
O'Brien made his Newcastle first team debut on 7 January 2006 in a FA Cup tie against Mansfield Town. Wolves and Norwich City were interested in signing O'Brien, but Glenn Roeder kept O'Brien due to the demands on a small Newcastle squad. O'Brien eventually made his first full Premier League appearance on 20 January 2007 against West Ham United at St James' Park. He played the full 90 minutes against West Ham, but never made another first team start.
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