Garreth O'Connor
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| Garreth O'Connor | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Garreth O'Connor | |
| Date of birth | 10/11/1978 | |
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | |
| Position | Attacking Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Burnley | |
| Number | 14 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Bannow Celtic Belvedere Boys |
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| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1999-2000 2000-2005 2005- |
Bohemians Bournemouth Burnley |
Unknown 168 (24) 32 (7) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Garreth O'Connor (born November, 1978, in Dublin, Ireland) is an attacking midfield football player for Burnley F.C.. Born in Dublin he started out playing for Bannow Celtic where he soon caught the attention of Belvedere Boys, the well know schoolboy nursery club.
He started his senior career in 1999 with League of Ireland club Bohemians where he played for just one season, gaining an FAI Cup Runners up Medal before being snapped up on a free transfer to English League 1 side AFC Bournemouth , where he played 204 games and scored 28 times.
In May 2005 he moved on to a Bosman Transfer to Burnley of the Football League Championship and played regularly during the 2005/06 season, mainly scoring his goals from set-pieces. However, his appearances became less regular during the second half of the season and he started the 2006/07 season as a substitute or squad player.
| Burnley F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Coyne | 2 Thomas | 3 Harley | 4 McGreal | 5 Sinclair | 6 Duff | 7 J. O'Connor | 8 Mahon | 9 Jones | 10 Gray | 11 Elliott | 12 Jensen | 14 G. O'Connor | 15 Branch | 16 McCann | 17 Lafferty | 18 Hyde | 19 Spicer | 21 Noel-Williams | 22 Foster | Manager: Cotterill |
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