Fiacre Kelleher

Fiacre Blane Kelleher (born 10 March 1996) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Macclesfield Town.

Fiacre Kelleher
Personal information
Full name Fiacre Blane Kelleher[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-10) 10 March 1996
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Central defender
Club information
Current team
 Macclesfield Town
Number 5
Youth career
Avondale
2012–2016 Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Celtic 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Peterhead (loan) 19 (3)
2017–2019 Oxford United 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Solihull Moors (loan) 38 (2)
2018–2019 → Macclesfield Town (loan) 42 (1)
2019– Macclesfield Town 36 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:15, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

Early and personal life

Kelleher is from Blackrock, Cork.[3] He has three older brothers who played hurling, as did he.[3] He is the older brother of Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhín Kelleher.[4]

Club career

Early career

Kelleher began his career with local Cork club Avondale, before signing for Scottish club Celtic in 2012.[3] He moved on loan to Peterhead in July 2016.[5]

He signed for English club Oxford United in June 2017.[6] He moved on loan to Solihull Moors in August 2017,[7] extending the deal in January 2018 until the end of the season.[8]

Macclesfield Town

He joined Macclesfield Town on loan in June 2018.[9] Kelleher made his professional debut on the first day of the 2018–19 season, starting the game against Swindon Town.[2] He scored his first goal for club in an EFL Cup draw with Bradford City in August, and his first league goal in a 3–3 draw with Newport County at the beginning of October.[10] After being released by Oxford at the end of the season,[11] he returned to Macclesfield and was named captain of the side for the 2019–20 season.[12]

International career

Kelleher has represented Ireland at under-19 level.[13]

Career statistics
As of 8 March 2020[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Celtic 2016–17 Scottish Premiership 0000000000
Peterhead (loan) 2016–17 Scottish League One 19310302[lower-alpha 1]0253
Oxford United 2017–18 League One 0000000000
2018–19 League One 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Solihull Moors (loan) 2017–18 National League 38220002[lower-alpha 2]0422
Macclesfield Town (loan) 2018–19 League Two 42110312[lower-alpha 3]0482
Macclesfield Town 2019–20 League Two 361002010391
Career total 13674081701538
  1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup.
  2. Appearances in the FA Trophy.
  3. Appearances in the EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. Fiacre Kelleher at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  3. "Getting to know Fiacre Kelleher". Celtic F.C. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  4. Nash, Mathew (2015). "Liverpool complete signing of Celtic top talent Fiacre Kelleher's younger brother Caoimhin". HITC. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  5. "Fiacre Kelleher joins Peterhead on loan". Celtic FC. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  6. "Oxford United: Celtic defender Fiacre Kelleher joins on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  7. "Fiacre Kelleher: Solihull Moors sign defender on loan from Oxford United". BBC Sport. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  8. "Fiacre Kelleher extends his loan at Solihull Moors". Solihull Moors FC. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  9. "Macclesfield Town: Oxford United defender Fiacre Kelleher joins on loan". BBC Sport. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  10. Fiacre Kelleher at Soccerbase
  11. David Pritchard (10 May 2019). "Karl Robinson looks to future after 'clearing the decks' at Oxford United". Oxford Mail. Newsquest Media Group.
  12. "Kelleher Named Silkmen Captain". Macclesfield Town FC. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  13. "Cork native secures move to League One side after five years at Celtic". The42.ie. Journal Media. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2019.


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