Aaron Connolly (footballer, born 2000)

Aaron Connolly
Personal information
Full name Aaron Anthony Connolly[1]
Date of birth (2000-01-28) 28 January 2000[2]
Place of birth Galway, Ireland
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 66
Youth career
2011–2016 Mervue United
2016–2017 Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
National team‡
2016–2017 Republic of Ireland U17 10 (7)
2017– Republic of Ireland U19 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:07, 3 October 2017 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:48, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Aaron Anthony Connolly (born 28 January 2000) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.

Club career

Connolly was born in Galway and started his career in the youth team of local side Mervue United at the age of eleven.[3] In the summer of 2016 he joined Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion on trial, impressing enough for the club to offer him a two-year scholarship with the under-18 side.[3] He was fast-tracked in the under-23 side and also went on to make his debut for the first team at just the age of seventeen when he appeared as a substitute for Tomer Hemed in the 1–0 EFL Cup win over Barnet in August 2017.[4]

International career

He has represented the Republic of Ireland at under-17 and under-19 level.[5] He was leading goalscorer in the qualifying stage for the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, scoring seven goals in six matches.[6] He featured in all four matches in the final tournament held in Croatia, but failed to score as Ireland were eliminated by England in the quarter finals.[5]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 August 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brighton & Hove Albion 2017–18[7] Premier League 000010—10
Brighton & Hove Albion U23 2017–18[7] ———1[lower-alpha 1]010
Career total 0000101020
  1. ↑ Appearances in EFL Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "EFL Released and Retained List 2016-17" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Aaron Connolly". 11v11. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Interview: Aaron Connolly". Eire Guide. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  4. ↑ Naylor, Andy (22 August 2017). "Brighton and Hove Albion v Barnet: Big chance for Aaron Connolly and Jayson Molumby". The Argus. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Profile-Aaron Connolly". UEFA. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  6. ↑ Owen, Brian (23 March 2017). "Aaron Connolly leads the UEFA goal chart - after putting football before hurling". Eire Guide. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Games played by Aaron Connolly in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 October 2017.


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