Conor O'Malley

Conor O'Malley
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994
Place of birth Westport, Ireland
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Peterborough United
Number 25
Youth career
2006–11 Westport United
2011–12 Mervue United
2012–13 Salthill Devon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Mervue United 2 (0)
2012–2013 Salthill Devon 0 (0)
2013 Mervue United 8 (0)
2014 Shamrock Rovers B 15 (0)
2014–2017 St Patrick's Athletic 41 (0)
2017– Peterborough United 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Conor O'Malley (born 1 August 1994) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for Peterborough United as a goalkeeper.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3] He played in the 2016 League of Ireland Cup Final also, as Pat's won 4–1 against Limerick to retain the title.[4] In his 48 games for them he gained a reputation attracting the likes of Leeds United, Peterborough United and Rangers.[5]

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. He made his debut in a 2-0 victory against Southampton Under-21s in the EFL Trophy.

Career statistics

As of match played 19 April 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Mervue United 2011[6] First Division 20000020
Salthill Devon 2012[6] First Division 00000000
Mervue United 2013[6] First Division 80000080
Mervue United total 1000000100
Shamrock Rovers B 2014[6] First Division 150150
St Patrick's Athletic 2015[6] Premier Division 170003010210
2016[6] 3000201060
2017[6] 210000000210
St Patrick's Athletic total 410005020480
Peterborough United 2017-18[7] League One 9020003[lower-alpha 1]0140
Career total 750205050870
  1. Appearance in the EFL Trophy

Honours

Club

References

  1. "Conor O'Malley - Goalkeeper - First Team - Peterborough United". www.theposh.com.
  2. "Extratime.ie - Conor O'Malley - Peterborough United". www.extratime.ie.
  3. "Extratime.ie - Live Updates - 2015 League Cup Final - Galway United FC -v- St. Patrick's Athletic". www.extratime.ie.
  4. "Saints surge late on to lift EA Sports Cup". 17 September 2016.
  5. Dawes, Olly. "Darragh MacAnthony suggests reason why Conor O'Malley may have chosen Peterborough United over Leeds United".
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Republic of Ireland - C. O'Malley - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". ie.soccerway.com.
  7. "Games played by Conor O'Malley in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
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