James Doona

James Doona
Personal information
Full name James Doona
Date of birth (1998-01-15) 15 January 1998
Place of birth Inchicore, Dublin Ireland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position
Club information
Current team
 St Patrick's Athletic
Number 12
Youth career
Lourdes Celtic
Crumlin United
Stella Maris
St Patrick's Athletic
2015–2016 Shamrock Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Shamrock Rovers 25 (4)
2018– St Patrick's Athletic 14 (0)
National team
2015 Republic of Ireland U18 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:30, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

James Doona (born 15 January 1998) is an Irish professional footballer playing for League of Ireland Premier Division club, St Patrick's Athletic. He started his career with Shamrock Rovers, where he played for 3 seasons.

Club Career

Youth career

Raised in School Street, Doona started playing football with Lourdes Celtic. His form there earned him moves to two of the country's top schoolboy clubs, Crumlin United and then Stella Maris. Doona's took his first step towards League of Ireland football by signing for Inchicore club St Patrick's Athletic's youth setup. In August 2015 Doona signed for Shamrock Rovers Under 19's squad, where he played for the 2015 short season and the also 2016 season with them.[1]

Shamrock Rovers

Doona's first involvement with the Shamrock Rovers first team was on 8 September 2015 when he played in their 1–0 Leinster Senior Cup.[2] He made two more first team appearances for the first team that season, both in the Leinster Senior Cup, a semi final win over Bohemians, playing alongside Damien Duff[3] as well as playing in the final as Rovers lost 3–1 to Dundalk.[4] Doona's first league appearance in senior football came on 29 May 2016 when he came off the bench in a 1–1 draw with Finn Haprs at the Tallaght Stadium.[5] His first senior goal came on 19 August 2016 when he scored the fifth goal in a 5–0 away win over Athlone Town in the FAI Cup.[6] In all, Doona played in 12 games in 2016, scoring one goal.[7] 2017 saw Doona become a full member of the first team squad as he no longer had any involvement with the Under 19's. This allowed manager Stephen Bradley to use Doona a lot more and this saw him feature in 27 games, scoring 6 goals. He scored an important 120th minute winner over Cork City in the semi-final of the League Cup[8] and also played in the final as Rovers lost 3–0 to Dundalk.[9] He was mainly used off the bench however as he started in just 4 of his 18 league appearances as well as being an unused substitute in all 4 of Rovers UEFA Europa League campaign as they played against Stjarnan of Iceland before being knocked out by FK Mladá Boleslav of the Czech Republic.[10] In the off-season, Doona trained with Tranmere Rovers who were set to sign the 19 year old.[11]

St Patrick's Athletic

On 12 December 2017, it was announced that Doona had signed for his boyhood club from his native Inchicore, St Patrick's Athletic.[12][13][14] The transfer was seen as a shock move among League of Ireland circles but upon signing, Doona spoke of how he lives only 2 minutes from Richmond Park as well as speaking about how he regularly attended games before starting his own career and has fond memories of Chris Forrester, Christy Fagan and Killian Brennan's performances on the way to the club's 2013 title win.[15] He made his debut in a 3–1 Leinster Senior Cup win away to Bray Wanderers on 4 February 2018.[16] Doona got his first assists for the Saints when he set up two goals for Michael Leahy in extra time of the Saints 4–4 League Cup draw with Dundalk at Richmond Park. Doona played the full 120 minutes and scored his penalty in the shootout as his side lost 8–7 on penalties.

International Career

Doona made 2 appearances for the Republic of Ireland Under 18's on 28 and 30 November 2015, both against Czech Republic Under 18's.[17][18]

Career statistics

Professional appearances – correct as of 9 October 2018.[19]

Club Division Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Shamrock Rovers League of Ireland Premier Division 2015 000000003[lower-alpha 1]030
2016 702120001[lower-alpha 1]0121
2017 1845141000[lower-alpha 1]0276
Shamrock Rovers Total 25472610040427
St Patrick's Athletic League of Ireland Premier Division 2018 1400010––3[lower-alpha 1]0180
Career Total 39472710070607
  1. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in Leinster Senior Cup

References

  1. ↑ http://www.extratime.ie/player/11120726/james_doona/
  2. ↑ http://www.extratime.ie/matches/detail/28263/1/
  3. ↑ http://www.extratime.ie/matches/detail/28283/2/
  4. ↑ http://www.extratime.ie/matches/detail/28342/2/
  5. ↑ http://www.extratime.ie/matches/detail/28464/2/
  6. ↑ http://www.extratime.ie/matches/detail/29414/2/
  7. ↑ https://ie.soccerway.com/players/james-doona/435831/
  8. ↑ https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2017/0807/895838-doona/
  9. ↑ http://www.extratime.ie/articles/19765/ea-sports-cup-final-report-shamrock-rovers-0---3-dundalk/
  10. ↑ https://ie.soccerway.com/players/james-doona/435831/
  11. ↑ https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/1759215/tranmere-rovers-weighing-up-move-for-shamrock-rovers-midfielder-james-doona/
  12. ↑ https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football/1923396/saint-patricks-athletic-snap-up-james-doona-from-rivals-shamrock-rovers/
  13. ↑ https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/soccer-news/st-pats-confirm-signing-james-11683238
  14. ↑ http://www.extratime.ie/articles/20126/saints-sign-exciting-winger-james-doona-from-shamrock-rovers/
  15. ↑ https://www.stpatsfc.com/news.php?id=7675
  16. ↑ http://www.extratime.ie/fixtures/detail/33296/2/
  17. ↑ http://www.fai.ie/ireland/match/55505/2016/999942391
  18. ↑ http://www.fai.ie/ireland/match/55505/2016/999942392
  19. ↑ "Republic of Ireland – J.Doona". Soccerway. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  • "Republic of Ireland – J.Doona – Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  • "Player Profiles". stpatsfc.com. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  • "Player Profiles". extratime.ie. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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