Aidan O'Shea (Mayo footballer)

Aidan O'Shea
Personal information
Irish name Aodán Ó Sé
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Centre Forward
Born (1990-06-29) 29 June 1990
Mullingar, Ireland
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Club(s)
Years Club
2007– Breaffy
Colleges(s)
Years College
DIT
College titles
Sigerson titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
2009– Mayo
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 6
All Stars 3

Aidan O'Shea (born 29 June 1990) is a Gaelic footballer for the Mayo senior team. He plays his club football for Breaffy and is captain of the senior team at Breaffy.

Career

O'Shea made his debut for the Mayo seniors against New York in 2009 and since then has been one of Mayo's best players, winning an All-Star in 2013 and playing in midfield in two All-Ireland football finals, the 2012 decider, which Mayo lost by 0-13 to 2-11 against Donegal and the 2013 decider, which Mayo lost by 1-14 to 2-12 against Dublin.[1][2][3] In 2013, his man-of-the-match display drove Mayo to a 16-point victory in a rematch against 2012 conquerors Donegal at the All-Ireland quarter-final stage.[4] He was afterwards refused entry at one of Dublin's biggest nightclubs.[5][6] He was awarded the GAA's Player of the Month for August 2013.[7]

He played in the first Test for Ireland against Australia in the 2013 International Rules Series, but club commitments ruled him out of the second Test.[8][9] He is suspected of being concussed up to seven times.[10] In 2016 Mayo were denied another All-Ireland title by just one point to Dublin after a replay on 1 October. Coincidentally the following year Mayo lost again against Dublin in the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final by another one-point margin.

References

  1. ↑ "Donegal 2-11 0-13 Mayo". BBC Sport. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Murphy rocket sees Donegal strike gold". Irish Independent. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Dublin 2-12 Mayo 1-14". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Champions Donegal stunned by Mayo rampage". Irish Independent. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Mayo GAA star Aidan O'Shea 'thanks' Dublin nightclub after he's refused entry". Irish Independent. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "'I was always geared to do this' - Aidan O'Shea". Irish Independent. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "O'Shea and Kelly win GAA/GPA Player Awards". GAA website. 11 September 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "Ireland 57-35 Australia". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "Two changes to Ireland panel ahead of second Test". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  10. ↑ Fogarty, John (14 January 2015). "Aidan O'Shea has suffered up to seven concussions in career". Examiner. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
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