Gary O'Neil
O'Neil warming-up for West Ham United in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Gary Paul O'Neil | ||
| Date of birth | 18 May 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Beckenham, England | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Bristol City | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–2000 | Portsmouth | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2007 | Portsmouth | 174 | (16) |
| 2003 | → Walsall (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2004 | → Cardiff City (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2007–2011 | Middlesbrough | 109 | (8) |
| 2011–2013 | West Ham United | 48 | (3) |
| 2013–2014 | Queens Park Rangers | 29 | (1) |
| 2014–2016 | Norwich City | 49 | (0) |
| 2016– | Bristol City | 12 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2001–2002 | England U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | England U20 | 7 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | England U21 | 9 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:56, 15 December 2015 (UTC). |
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Gary Paul O'Neil (born 18 May 1983) is an English professional footballer who plays for Bristol City. O'Neil has previously played for West Ham United, Portsmouth where he was the Player of the Season in 2006, Walsall, Cardiff City, Middlesbrough, Queens Park Rangers and Norwich City.
O'Neil was born in Beckenham, London. Tony Pulis gave O'Neil his Portsmouth debut as a 16-year-old on 29 January 2000 at home to Barnsley in the First Division, but kept him out of the spotlight for the rest of the season. The following year both Pulis and his successor Steve Claridge used O'Neil sparingly but Portsmouth's third manager of a disastrous season, Graham Rix, made O'Neil a starter for the final five matches of the season. Portsmouth went into the final game against Barnsley needing to win to have any chance of avoiding relegation to what was then the Second Division. They won the match 3–0 and survived, with O'Neil scoring the second goal, his first in professional football.
In the 2001–02 season, still a teenager, O'Neil became a key player in a young team. Despite another disappointing campaign for the club, O'Neil's own reputation continued to increase and he scored a volley against Millwall.
When Harry Redknapp took over as manager at the end of the 2001–02 season, O'Neil was one of the few players not to be moved on in the rebuilding of the squad. In Redknapp's first full season O'Neil only started 11 league matches, scoring three goals.
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