Chris O'Connor

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Chris O'Connor
Full name	Chris O'Connor
Date of birth	May 7, 1985 (1985-05-07) (age 23)
Place of birth	Brisbane, Australia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Bray Wanderers
Number	1
Youth clubs
1991-2000	Rochedale Rovers
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-2003 2003-present	Rochedale Rovers Bray Wanderers	136
National team
2005	Australian U-20	1
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Chris O'Connor (born 7 May 1985) is an Australian football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Bray Wanderers in the Eircom Premier League in Ireland.

[edit] Club Career

O’Connor signed for Rochedale Rovers Senior Team in the Brisbane’s Mens League at the age of 15. He was the youngest player ever to be signed in the Queensland State League. He went on to play for Queensland at U-16 and U-19 level.

He was signed for Bray Wanderers in 2003, at age 18 he was the youngest goalkeeper ever to be signed in the Eircom League.

O'Connor represented the Eircom League in the U-21s Four Nations Tournament in Scotland in 2004. He went on to make his international debut for Australia in 2005 in the U-20 side in the World Youth Cup qualifiers in the Solomen Islands.

The Professional Footballers Association of Ireland named O’Connor as the goalkeeper of the year for first division in 2004. He kept 15 clean sheets (a new club record) in 33 league games. Bray were promoted to Premier League after that season. O’Connor’s form was seen as a major reason for the Bray's promotion in 2004. During the current 2008 season O'Connor has been selected in the Eircom Premier League team of the week on numerous occasions.

During his career at Bray he has played friendlies against several English clubs including Charlton Athletic, Newcastle United, Blackburn Rovers (saving a penaly from Dwight Yorke) and Scottish League side Hearts.