Declan O'Brien (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Declan O'Brien | ||
| Date of birth | 16 June 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Verona | ||
| Number | - | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Corduff United | |||
| Rivermount | |||
| Verona | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2008 | Drogheda United | 188 | (76) |
| 2009 | Dundalk | 15 | (2) |
| 2009 | → St Patrick's Athletic (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Valletta | 12 | (9) |
| 2010 | Athlone Town | 9 | (4) |
| 2011 | Monaghan United | 26 | (13) |
| 2012–2014 | Drogheda United | 101 | (42) |
| 2015–2017 | Glenavon | 34 | (9) |
| 2017 | Carrick Rangers | 10 | (3) |
| 2017– | Verona | 0 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2017– | Verona | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:54, 15 January 2017 (UTC). |
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Declan 'Fabio' O'Brien (born 16 June 1979, in Dublin) is a professional footballer who is currently player-manager of Verona FC in the Leinster Senior League Division 1.
O'Brien started his professional career with Drogheda United scoring on his League of Ireland debut at Cobh Ramblers on the opening day of the 2001–02 League of Ireland. He was the club captain and talisman and he captained the club to one FAI Cup in 2005 [1], a game where he scored, two Setanta Cups and the clubs only ever title win in 2007. Fabio is the clubs all-time leading goalscorer with 90 goals in 184 games, 76 in domestic league and the rest in domestic cups (Setanta Sports Cup, FAI Cup and League of Ireland Cup) from his first spell at Hunky Dorys Park.
On 15 January 2009, O'Brien made the controversial move across Louth to Drogheda United's local rivals Dundalk who had just been promoted to the League of Ireland Premier Division. He played out of position as a left winger and left in the transfer window in July. He managed 4 goals in 15 appearances.
He signed for St Patrick's Athletic in July for the rest of the 2009 season on loan [2]. He scored on his debut in the Europa League against Valletta and repeated the trick in the second leg to send St Patrick's Athletic into the next round.
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