Darragh Lenihan

Darragh Patrick Lenihan (born 16 March 1994) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Blackburn Rovers.

Darragh Lenihan
Lenihan playing for Blackburn Rovers in 2016
Personal information
Full name Darragh Patrick Lenihan[1]
Date of birth (1994-03-16) 16 March 1994[2]
Place of birth Dunboyne, Ireland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Blackburn Rovers
Number 26
Youth career
Belvedere
2011–2012 Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012– Blackburn Rovers 143 (6)
2014–2015 → Burton Albion (loan) 17 (1)
National team‡
2010–2011 Republic of Ireland U17 2 (0)
2012–2013 Republic of Ireland U19 1 (0)
2014–2016 Republic of Ireland U21 15 (0)
2018– Republic of Ireland 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:08, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:35, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Career

Blackburn Rovers

In the summer of 2011 Lenihan signed for Blackburn Rovers from Belvedere.[3] Two years later, he signed a contract with the club and then again in May 2014.[4][5]

Loan to Burton Albion

In October 2014 he signed for Burton Albion on a months loan.[6] Lenihan made his league debut on 25 October coming off the bench against Stevenage.[7]

On 24 November 2014, Lenihan's loan spell with Burton Albion was extended until 3 January 2015.[8] Lenihan's loan spell with Burton Albion was extended twice for another month on 5 January 2015[9] and on 9 February 2015.[10]

He scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw with Portsmouth on 17 January 2015.[11] After five months spell at Burton Albion, Lenihan was recalled by the club on 4 March 2015.[12]

Return to Blackburn Rovers

In April 2015, Lenihan made his debut for Rovers against Millwall coming off the bench in the first half to replace Matthew Kilgallon.[13] After making his debut, Lenihan said in his post-match interview that it was a great experience playing at Ewood Park and that hard work and patience had helped to earn him a first team place.[14] The following game he made his full debut starting against Huddersfield Town.[15]

In October 2019 he suffered a knee injury, ruling him out for 6 to 8 weeks.[16]

International career

After appearing twice for the Republic of Ireland U17 level, Lenihan was called up by Republic of Ireland U19 in September 2012.[17] Lenihan made his only Ireland U19 debut on 8 September 2012, in a 1–1 draw against Latvia U19.[18]

Lenihan was called up by Republic of Ireland U21 for the first time in May 2014.[19] Lenihan made his Ireland U21 debut, playing 90 minutes and as captain, in a 1–1 draw against Qatar U23.[20]

On 2 June 2018, Lenihan made his debut for the Ireland senior team in a 2–1 won over the USA in Dublin, he was credited with the assist for Ireland’s opening goal scored by Graham Burke thanks to a Lenihan volley which was on target.[21] Lenihan became the first person from County Meath to represent the Republic of Ireland at senior level.[22]

Career statistics
As of match played 20 April 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Blackburn Rovers 2013–14[23] Championship 000000—00
2014–15[24] 300000—30
2015–16[25] 2303010—270
2016–17[26] 4002020—440
2017–18[27] League One 11000000010
Blackburn total 780503000860
Burton Albion 2014–15[24] League Two 171000000171
Career total 9515030001031

    Honours

    Blackburn Rovers

    References
    1. "The Football League Retained List". The Football League. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
    2. "Darragh Lenihan". 11v11. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
    3. "Darragh Lenihan". rovers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
    4. "Done deals". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 1 July 2013. Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
    5. "New deals for future stars". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 1 July 2014. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
    6. "Darragh Lenihan has today joined Burton Albion on an initial month-long loan deal". rovers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014.
    7. Match Report. "MATCH REPORT". burtonalbionfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
    8. "ALBION EXTEND LENIHAN LOAN". Burton Albion F.C. 24 November 2014. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
    9. "Darragh Lenihan: Blackburn midfielder extends Burton loan". BBC Sport. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
    10. "Lenihan extends Burton stay". Sky Sports. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
    11. "Portsmouth 1–1 Burton Albion". BBC Sport. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
    12. "DARRAGH LENIHAN HAS BEEN RECALLED BY HIS PARENT CLUB BLACKBURN ROVERS". Burton Albion F.C. 4 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
    13. "Report: Rovers 2 Millwall 0". rovers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
    14. "Patience and hard work pays off for Lenihan". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 24 April 2015. Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
    15. "Latest: Huddersfield Town v Rovers". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
    16. "Darragh Lenihan: Blackburn defender ruled out for six to eight weeks with knee injury". BBC Sport. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
    17. "Seven get the call". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 4 September 2012. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
    18. "Debut for Darragh". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 10 September 2012. Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
    19. "Two get Under-21 call". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 14 May 2014. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
    20. "Lenihan's Irish hopes". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 24 May 2014. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
    21. "Republic of Ireland 2–1 USA". BBC Sport. 2 June 2018.
    22. "Lenihan basks in glow of historic appearance". Meath Chronicle. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
    23. "Games played by Darragh Lenihan in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
    24. "Games played by Darragh Lenihan in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
    25. "Games played by Darragh Lenihan in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
    26. "Games played by Darragh Lenihan in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
    27. "Games played by Darragh Lenihan in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
    28. Anderson, John, ed. (2018). Football Yearbook 2018–2019. London: Headline Publishing Group. pp. 54–55. ISBN 978-1-4722-6106-9.
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