John O'Sullivan (footballer)

John Anthony James O'Sullivan (born 18 September 1993) is an Irish footballer who plays for Morecambe. He plays in midfield, usually in the central attacking role.

John O'Sullivan
Personal information
Full name John Anthony James O'Sullivan[1]
Date of birth (1993-09-18) 18 September 1993
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland, Ireland[2]
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m)[3]
Playing position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Morecambe
Youth career
200x–2009 Belvedere[4]
2009–2013 Blackburn Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Blackburn Rovers 6 (0)
2014 → Southport (loan) 21 (5)
2014 → Accrington Stanley (loan) 13 (4)
2015 → Barnsley (loan) 8 (0)
2015–2016 → Rochdale (loan) 3 (0)
2016 → Bury (loan) 19 (0)
2016–2017 → Accrington Stanley (loan) 19 (3)
2017–2018 Carlisle United 35 (4)
2018–2019 Blackpool 22 (1)
2019 → Dundee (loan) 11 (0)
2019– Morecambe 39 (5)
National team‡
2011–2012 Republic of Ireland U19 13 (1)
2012–2013 Republic of Ireland U21 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:10, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:19, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

Club career

O'Sullivan was signed up to the Rovers academy in time for the 2009–10 football season, and has progressed each season from the academy, to the Reserves and has been used occasionally as an unused substitute during the 2012–13 Football League Championship season. On 4 May 2013, he made his professional debut for the first team coming on as a second-half substitute in the final game of the season against Birmingham City.[5]

On 9 January 2014, O'Sullivan joined Southport on a one-month loan deal.[6] On 2 February, the loan was extended until the end of the season.[7] He scored his first goal for Southport on 22 February 2014 in a 3–1 away defeat against Forest Green Rovers.[8]

On 19 September 2014 O'Sullivan joined Accrington Stanley on a one-month loan deal.[9] On 20 October 2014, the loan was extended until 20 December 2014. O'Sullivan scored 4 goals in 13 appearances.[10]

At the end of the 2017–18 season he was released by Carlisle.[11] In June 2018 he joined Blackpool.[12] On 4 September O'Sullivan scored his first goal for Blackpool in a 3-3 draw against Macclesfield Town in the EFL Trophy.[13] O'Sullivan was loaned to Scottish Premiership club Dundee in January 2019.[14] He left Blackpool at the end of his contract.[15]

On 2 July 2019 O'Sullivan joined Morecambe on a free transfer.[16]

International career

O'Sullivan made his debut for the Ireland national under 15 team in 2008, he won international u16 player of the year. He has been called up at all age groups to the Republic of Ireland U21s. In 2011, he featured in all the games for Ireland u19 team that reached the semi final of the euro finals.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 3 September 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Blackburn Rovers 2012–13[17] Championship 1000000010
2013–14[18] 0000000000
2014–15[19] 2000000020
2015–16[20] 2000100030
Total 5000100060
Southport (loan) 2013–14[18] Conference Premier 21300~~00213
Accrington Stanley (loan) 2014–15[19] League Two 134000000134
Barnsley (loan) 2014–15[19] League One 8000000080
Rochdale (loan) 2015–16[20] League One 2010000030
Bury (loan) 2015–16[20] League One 190000000190
Accrington Stanley (loan) 2016–17[21] League Two 19121301[lower-alpha 1]0252
Carlisle United 2016–17[21] League Two 17100002[lower-alpha 2]2193
2017–18[22] 18140001[lower-alpha 1]000
Total 352400032424
Blackpool 2018–19[23] League One 13020403[lower-alpha 1]1201
Dundee 2018–19[23] Scottish Premiership 110000000110
Morecambe 2019-20[24] League Two 6000101[lower-alpha 1]080
Career total 1521091908317814
  1. Appearance in the Football League Trophy
  2. Appearances in the League Two play-offs

References
  1. "Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). premierleague.com. Premier League. 2 September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  2. Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline. p. 430. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  3. "John O'Sullivan". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  4. "Past Belvo Players". www.belvederefc.com. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  5. "Birmingham 1–1 Blackburn". BBC Sport. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  6. "John Coleman Signs Four Players Today". Southport FC. 9 January 2014. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014.
  7. "O'Sullivan Loan Extended". Blackburn Rovers FC. 2 February 2014.
  8. "Forest Green 3–1 Southport". BBC Sport. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  9. "Accrington: O'Sullivan & Maguire join from Blackburn and West Ham". BBC Sport. 19 September 2014.
  10. "John O'Sullivan: Blackburn midfielder extends Accrington stay". BBC Sport. 20 October 2014.
  11. "Carlisle United release eight players after missing out on League Two play-offs". BBC Sport. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  12. "John O'Sullivan: Blackpool sign out-of-contract Carlisle United midfielder". BBC. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  13. "Macclesfield 3 Blackpool 3". blackpoolfc.o.uk. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  14. "Dundee sign Scott Wright, Ryan McGowan, Ethan Robson and John O'Sullivan on loan". BBC Sport. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  15. "14 players exit Dundee after relegation". BBC Sport. 20 May 2019.
  16. https://www.morecambefc.com/news/2019/july/john-osullivan-signs-for-morecambe/
  17. "Games played by John O'Sullivan in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  18. "Games played by John O'Sullivan in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  19. "Games played by John O'Sullivan in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  20. "Games played by John O'Sullivan in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  21. "Games played by John O'Sullivan in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  22. "Games played by John O'Sullivan in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  23. "Games played by John O'Sullivan in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  24. "Games played by John O'Sullivan in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
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