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Daniel O'Reilly
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-04-11) 11 April 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Partick Thistle
Number 20
Youth career
Cherry Orchard
2010–2014 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Fulham 0 (0)
2014 → Walton Casuals 0 (0)
2014 Hereford United
2014 Bishop's Stortford
2015 Bray Wanderers 14 (0)
2016 Longford Town 8 (0)
2016 Eastbourne Borough 4 (0)
2017–2018 Longford Town 52 (4)
2019 Finn Harps 33 (2)
2020 Shelbourne 9 (0)
2021 Drogheda United 36 (1)
2022–2023 Hamilton Academical 50 (6)
2023-2024 Raith Rovers 6 (3)
2024– Partick Thistle 18 (0)
International career
2012 Republic of Ireland U17 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:13, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Daniel O'Reilly (born 11 April 1995) is an Irish professional footballer who currently plays for Scottish Championship club Partick Thistle as a centre back.[1][2]

Early life

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O'Reilly was born in Dublin.[2] He grew up in Celbridge and attended Salesian College Celbridge.[3]

Club career

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Early career

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O'Reilly started his youth career with Cherry Orchard before being signed by Fulham Academy in November 2010 aged 15.[3] On 30 January 2014, O'Reilly was sent to Walton Casuals on a one-month loan.[4] He stayed at Fulham in four years before being released, then had a brief stay at Southern Premier League Hereford United in 2014 before the club collapsed.[5][6] He subsequently moved to Bishop's Stortford.

Return to Ireland

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O’Reilly then returned to Ireland to play with Bray Wanderers. After a brief period at Eastbourne Borough, O'Reilly returned in 2016 to the League of Ireland, playing with Longford Town and Finn Harps.[7][8]

At the end of the 2019 season he was voted Supporter's Player of the Year at Finn Harps. In November 2019 O'Reilly signed for Shelbourne.[9]

In December 2020 he moved to 2020 League of Ireland First Division Winners Drogheda United ahead of their first season back in the League of Ireland Premier Division, where he was voted Club Player of the Year in his only season at the club.[10]

Hamilton Academical

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On 1 January 2022, O'Reilly's agency (Stephen Hunt Management) announced that he had signed for Scottish Championship side Hamilton Academical, after rejecting several offers from Ireland.[11]

Raith Rovers

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In November 2023 O'Reilly signed a deal until January 2024 with Scottish Championship side Raith Rovers after remaining a free agent since he left Hamilton in June 2023.[12]

Partick Thistle

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O'Reilly signed for fellow Scottish Championship side Partick Thistle in January 2024 on an 18 month contract.[13][14]

O’Reilly signed a one year contract extension with Thistle in October 2024.[15]

International career

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O'Reilly was selected as an unused sub for the Republic of Ireland U17 team in 2012, in a qualifying game against Kazakhstan.[16]

Career statistics

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As of match played on 17 May 2024[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Fulham 2013–14 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Walton Casuals (loan) 2013–14 Isthmian Division One South — — —
Hereford United 2014–15 Southern Football League 0 0 — — — 0 0
Bishop's Stortford 2014–15 National League South — — —
Bray Wanderers 2015 LOI Premier Division 14 0 0 0 1 0 1[c] 0 16 0
Longford Town 2016 LOI Premier Division 8 0 1 0 1 0 2[c] 0 12 0
Eastbourne Borough 2016–17 National League South 4 0 4 0 — 4[d] 0 12 0
Longford Town 2017 LOI First Division 25 2 3 0 1 0 1[c] 0 30 2
2018 27 2 2 1 2 1 1[c] 0 32 4
Total 52 4 5 1 3 1 2 0 54 6
Finn Harps 2019 LOI Premier Division 33 2 1 0 1 0 2[e] 0 37 2
Shelbourne 2020 LOI Premier Division 9 0 2 0 — 1[f] 0 12 0
Drogheda United 2021 LOI Premier Division 36 1 0 0 — — 36 1
Hamilton Academical 2021–22 Scottish Championship 17 1 — — — 17 1
2022–23 33 5 2 0 4 0 8[g] 1 47 6
Total 50 6 2 0 4 0 8 1 64 7
Raith Rovers 2023–24 Scottish Championship 6 3 1 0 — 0 0 7 3
Partick Thistle 2023–24 Scottish Championship 4 0 — — 4[h] 0 8 0
2024–25 Scottish Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 8 0
Career total 216 17 16 1 10 1 24 1 266 20
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup, FAI Cup & Scottish Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup, League of Ireland Cup & Scottish League Cup
  3. ^ a b c d Appearances in Leinster Senior Cup
  4. ^ Two appearances in FA Trophy, two appearances in Sussex Senior Challenge Cup
  5. ^ Appearances in the 2019 League of Ireland Promotion/relegation play-off
  6. ^ Appearances in the 2020 League of Ireland Promotion/relegation play-off
  7. ^ 4 appearances, 1 goal in Scottish Challenge Cup & 4 appearances in Scottish Championship play-offs
  8. ^ Appearances in Scottish Championship play-offs

Honours

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Club

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Hamilton Academical

Individual

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Longford Town
Finn Harps
  • Supporter's Player of the Year: 1 (2019)
Drogheda United
  • Supporter's Player of the Year: 1 (2021)

References

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  1. ^ Daniel O'Reilly at Soccerway
  2. ^ a b "Daniel O'Reilly - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport UK.
  3. ^ a b "Daniel O'Reilly". www.facebook.com.
  4. ^ FC, Fulham. "Fulham FC". Fulham FC.
  5. ^ "Extratime.com - Extratime.ie - Daniel O'Reilly". www.extratime.com.
  6. ^ Wilson, Jonathan; Premachandran, Dileep; Corbett, James; Clarke, Stuart Roy; Lyttleton, Ben; Murray, Scott (11 March 2015). "The Blizzard - The Football Quarterly: Issue Sixteen". Blizzard Media Ltd – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Daniel O'Reilly – Longford Town FC • Official Website". ltfc.ie. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Extratime.ie - Daniel O'Reilly". www.extratime.ie.
  9. ^ "Daniel O'Reilly".
  10. ^ "Daniel O'Reilly Signs For Drogheda United". 19 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Dan's the man for Accies". 1 January 2022. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  12. ^ "O'Reilly Signs". Raith Rovers press release. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Signing News: Daniel O'Reilly is a Jag!".
  14. ^ "Daniel O'Reilly transfer coup real Partick Thistle statement of intent". 11 January 2024.
  15. ^ https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/dan-oreilly-signs-one-year-contract-extension/
  16. ^ "Kazakhstan 1 - 1 Republic of Ireland | 2012 - Under 17 | 2004890 | Football Association of Ireland". www.fai.ie.
  17. ^ "Republic of Ireland - D. O'Reilly - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  18. ^ Blake, Ben (23 October 2018). "UCD and Shelbourne strongly represented in PFAI First Division Team of the Year". The42.
  19. ^ "Daniel O'Reilly makes the PFAI First Division Team Of The Year – Longford Town FC • Official Website". ltfc.ie. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
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