Conor O'Malley (born 1 August 1994) is a former Irish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[2]

Career

O'Malley began his career with his local club Westport United in their youth team. He played for Mervue United's under 19 side for the 2011–12 season, making 2 appearances for the first team in the League of Ireland First Division. He played for Salthill Devon's under 19's for the 2012–13 season before returning to Mervue's first team, playing 8 games in the 2013 season.[3]

In January 2014 O'Malley joined Shamrock Rovers' B team, he played 15 times for them and also made the bench for the First Team 3 times. As a result, after another year he joined St Patrick's Athletic ahead of the 2015 season. He won the 2015 League of Ireland Cup for the club, by saving 2 penalties against Galway United in the final.[4] He played in the 2016 League of Ireland Cup Final also, as Pat's won 4–1 against Limerick to retain the title.[5] In his 48 games for them he gained a reputation attracting the likes of Leeds United, Peterborough United and Rangers.[6]

On 7 August 2017, O'Malley joined his old Pat's teammate Chris Forrester at League 1 side Peterborough United for an undisclosed fee expected to be in the region of €100,000, and made his debut in a 2–0 victory against Southampton Under-21s in the EFL Trophy. He had a contract option exercised by Peterborough at the end of the 2018–19 season[7] and left the club at the end oh his contract on 30 June 2020 after playing 28 games for the Posh.[8] In April 2020, he had announced that he would be retiring from football upon the conclusion of his contract in order to return home and begin working in the financial sector.[9][10]

Career statistics

As of 21 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Mervue United 2011[11] League of Ireland First Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
Salthill Devon 2012[11] 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Mervue United 2013[11] 8 0 0 0 0 0 — 8 0
Mervue United total 10 0 0 0 0 0 — 10 0
Shamrock Rovers B 2014[11] League of Ireland First Division 15 0 — — — 15 0
St Patrick's Athletic 2015[11] League of Ireland Premier Division 17 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 21 0
2016[11] 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 6 0
2017[11] 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
St Patrick's Athletic total 41 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 48 0
Peterborough United 2017–18[12] EFL League One 9 0 2 0 0 0 3[a] 0 14 0
2018–19[12] 14 0 2 0 0 0 4[a] 0 20 0
2019–20[12] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a] 0 0 0
Peterborough United total 23 0 4 0 0 0 7 0 34 0
Career total 89 0 4 0 5 0 9 0 107 0
  1. ^ a b c Appearance in the EFL Trophy

Honours

Club

References

  1. ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2019" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Conor O'Malley - Goalkeeper - First Team - Peterborough United". www.theposh.com.
  3. ^ "Extratime.ie - Conor O'Malley - Peterborough United". www.extratime.ie.
  4. ^ "Extratime.ie - Live Updates - 2015 League Cup Final - Galway United FC -v- St. Patrick's Athletic". www.extratime.ie.
  5. ^ "Saints surge late on to lift EA Sports Cup". 17 September 2016.
  6. ^ Dawes, Olly. "Darragh MacAnthony suggests reason why Conor O'Malley may have chosen Peterborough United over Leeds United".
  7. ^ "Peterborough United: Aaron Chapman among five transfer-listed as four released". BBC Sport. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  8. ^ "'When the manager changed his mind and didn't want me, that was a relief to me' - Why Conor O'Malley is walking away from soccer". independent.
  9. ^ "English League One footballer returns home to Mayo in pursuit of a career in the financial sector". Midwest Radio.
  10. ^ "Peterborough United goalkeeper intends to quit football so he's relieved manager Darren Ferguson no longer wants him". www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g "Republic of Ireland - C. O'Malley - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". ie.soccerway.com.
  12. ^ a b c "Games played by Conor O'Malley in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conor_O%27Malley
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