Stephen Bradley (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Bradley | ||
| Date of birth | 19 November 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lourdes Celtic | |||
| Arsenal | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Drogheda United | 49 | (7) |
| 2008 | Falkirk | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Shamrock Rovers | 46 | (2) |
| 2011 | St Patrick's Athletic | 30 | (3) |
| 2012–2013 | Limerick | 55 | (2) |
| National team | |||
| 2000 | Republic of Ireland U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2004 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Stephen Bradley (born 19 November 1984) is an Irish football coach and former player who is currently manager of Shamrock Rovers in the League of Ireland Premier Division.
Bradley represented Republic of Ireland national football team at U14, U15, U16 and U21 levels. In October 2000, Bradley played for the Republic of Ireland national football team U16s in a qualifying tournament in Riga for the 2001 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship where he came up against Andrés Iniesta. He played schoolboy football with Lourdes Celtic before joining Arsenal where he became captain of the club's reserve side, without ever breaking into the senior side. After a loan spell at Dunfermline Athletic, where he made 5 appearances, he returned to Ireland and signed for Drogheda United in March 2005.
In his first season at United Park Stephen picked up an FAI Cup winners medal as Drogheda beat Cork City 2–0 in the final at Lansdowne Road. He was also part of the side that won the league title in 2007 but he left Drogheda at the end of that season having made 29 league appearances and scoring seven goals.
In January 2008 Bradley signed for Scottish club, Falkirk [1], and made 4 appearances for the 'Bairns' before being let go in July 2008.
In January 2009 Bradley signed for Michael O'Neill at Shamrock Rovers [2] and made his debut on the opening day of the 2009 League of Ireland season in a 0–0 draw away to Bray Wanderers [3]. He made 30 league appearances in his first season with the Hoops and made 16 more in Rovers' title winning season of 2010. He made 3 appearances in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League [4] [5].
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