Phil O'Donnell (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Phillip O'Donnell | ||
| Date of birth | 25 March 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Bellshill, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 29 December 2007 (aged 35) | ||
| Place of death | Wishaw, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Central midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1994 | Motherwell | 124 | (15) |
| 1994–1999 | Celtic | 90 | (15) |
| 1999–2003 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | (0) |
| 2004–2007 | Motherwell | 77 | (8) |
| Total | 311 | (38) | |
| National team | |||
| 1991–1993 | Scotland U-21 | 8 | (0) |
| 1993 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Phillip "Phil" O'Donnell (25 March 1972 – 29 December 2007) was a Scottish football left-sided winger who played for Motherwell, Celtic and Sheffield Wednesday over the course of his career. He also earned one international cap and twice won the Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year Award. He died after suffering cardiac arrest while on the pitch playing for Motherwell against Dundee United on 29 December 2007.
O'Donnell was born on 25 March 1972 in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, a few miles away from Motherwell's Fir Park ground. O'Donnell began his career with his local team, making his first team debut in the 1990–91 season against St Mirren, and soon a regular first team player. He won a Scottish Cup winner's medal after scoring with a diving header to put Motherwell 2-1 up in a 4–3 victory over Dundee United in the final that year. Ally McCoist commentating on the match describing him as being "brave as a lion". That result earned Motherwell entry to European competition for the first time and O'Donnell became the club's youngest player in Europe, playing a tie against Polish side GKS Katowice. He won the Scottish PFA Young Player of the Year Award in 1992 and 1994, and he earned one cap for the Scotland national football team, playing for 15 minutes as a substitute against Switzerland on 8 September 1993, replacing David Bowman. This form made him a target for bigger clubs and he signed for Celtic in September 1994. The fee of £1.75m is the highest Motherwell have received for a player.
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