Joey O'Brien

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Personal information
Joey O'Brien
Full name	Joey O'Brien
Date of birth	February 17, 1986 (age 21)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Bolton Wanderers
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004- 2004-2005	Bolton Wanderers → Sheffield Wednesday (loan)	24 (0) 15 (2)
National team²
2006-	Ireland	1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03/09/2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 03/09/2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Joey O'Brien (born February 17, 1986 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish international midfielder or defender who plays football for Bolton Wanderers of the FA Premier League.

To gain further experience, O'Brien was loaned out to League One team Sheffield Wednesday for the most part of the 2004-2005 season, making 15 appearances and scoring two goals, including one on his debut. O'Brien was named as captain for the last game of his loan spell in honour of his contribution.

O'Brien is in the current Bolton squad for 2006/2007.

Upon returning to Bolton, O'Brien made his Premiership debut in May 2005 against Everton F.C. when coming on as a late substitute in place of Fernando Hierro. He was given his first start in Bolton's colours in their away UEFA Cup 1st Round tie with Lokomotiv Plovdiv in September 2005.

He is currently nursing the effects of a long term knee injury which has kept him out of Bolton's plans throughout the 2006-2007 season but many anticipate that he will return in the early part of 2007 to lend a hand to Bolton's European aspirations.

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Joey O'Brien career stats at Soccerbase

Bolton Wanderers F.C. - Current Squad
1 Al Habsi \| 2 Hunt \| 4 Nolan \| 5 Méïté \| 6 Speed \| 7 Stelios \| 8 Campo \| 9 Pedersen \| 11 Gardner \| 12 Walker \| 14 Davies \| 15 Thompson \| 16 Andranik \| 17 Fortune \| 21 Diouf \| 22 Jääskeläinen \| 23 Tal \| 24 O'Brien \| 25 Faye \| 26 Ben Haim \| 27 César \| 29 Harsányi \| 31 Sinclair \| 39 Anelka \| 41 Fojut \| 46 Jamieson \| Manager: Allardyce