Conor O'Malley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Conor O'Malley[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 August 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Westport, Ireland | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2011 | Westport United | ||
| 2011–2012 | Mervue United | ||
| 2012–2013 | Salthill Devon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011 | Mervue United | 2 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Salthill Devon | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | Mervue United | 8 | (0) |
| 2014 | Shamrock Rovers B | 15 | (0) |
| 2014–2017 | St Patrick's Athletic | 41 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Peterborough United | 23 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:44, 26 March 2019 (UTC) | |||
Conor O'Malley (born 1 August 1994) is a former Irish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[2]
Career[edit]
O'Malley began his career with his local club Westport United in their youth team. He played for Mervue United's under 19 side for the 2011–12 season, making 2 appearances for the first team in the League of Ireland First Division. He played for Salthill Devon's under 19's for the 2012–13 season before returning to Mervue's first team, playing 8 games in the 2013 season.[3]
In January 2014 O'Malley joined Shamrock Rovers' B team, he played 15 times for them and also made the bench for the First Team 3 times. As a result, after another year he joined St Patrick's Athletic ahead of the 2015 season. He won the 2015 League of Ireland Cup for the club, by saving 2 penalties against Galway United in the final.[4] He played in the 2016 League of Ireland Cup Final also, as Pat's won 4–1 against Limerick to retain the title.[5] In his 48 games for them he gained a reputation attracting the likes of Leeds United, Peterborough United and Rangers.[6]
On 7 August 2017, O'Malley joined his old Pat's teammate Chris Forrester at League 1 side Peterborough United for an undisclosed fee expected to be in the region of €100,000, and made his debut in a 2–0 victory against Southampton Under-21s in the EFL Trophy. He had a contract option exercised by Peterborough at the end of the 2018–19 season[7] and left the club at the end oh his contract on 30 June 2020 after playing 28 games for the Posh.[8] In April 2020, he had announced that he would be retiring from football upon the conclusion of his contract in order to return home and begin working in the financial sector.[9][10]
Career statistics[edit]
- As of 21 April 2022
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mervue United | 2011[11] | League of Ireland First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| Salthill Devon | 2012[11] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mervue United | 2013[11] | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Mervue United total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Shamrock Rovers B | 2014[11] | League of Ireland First Division | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
| St Patrick's Athletic | 2015[11] | League of Ireland Premier Division | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 2016[11] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2017[11] | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| St Patrick's Athletic total | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Peterborough United | 2017–18[12] | EFL League One | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 2018–19[12] | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20[12] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peterborough United total | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 89 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 107 | 0 | ||
- ^ a b c Appearance in the EFL Trophy
Honours[edit]
Club[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2019" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Conor O'Malley - Goalkeeper - First Team - Peterborough United". www.theposh.com.
- ^ "Extratime.ie - Conor O'Malley - Peterborough United". www.extratime.ie.
- ^ "Extratime.ie - Live Updates - 2015 League Cup Final - Galway United FC -v- St. Patrick's Athletic". www.extratime.ie.
- ^ "Saints surge late on to lift EA Sports Cup". 17 September 2016.
- ^ Dawes, Olly. "Darragh MacAnthony suggests reason why Conor O'Malley may have chosen Peterborough United over Leeds United".
- ^ "Peterborough United: Aaron Chapman among five transfer-listed as four released". BBC Sport. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "'When the manager changed his mind and didn't want me, that was a relief to me' - Why Conor O'Malley is walking away from soccer". independent.
- ^ "English League One footballer returns home to Mayo in pursuit of a career in the financial sector". Midwest Radio.
- ^ "Peterborough United goalkeeper intends to quit football so he's relieved manager Darren Ferguson no longer wants him". www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Republic of Ireland - C. O'Malley - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". ie.soccerway.com.
- ^ a b c "Games played by Conor O'Malley in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Association footballers from County Mayo
- Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Peterborough United F.C. players
- English Football League players
- St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players
- League of Ireland players
- Republic of Ireland expatriate men's association footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- People from Westport, County Mayo
- Mervue United A.F.C. players
- Salthill Devon F.C. players