Dean Delaney
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| Dean Delaney | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dean Delaney | |
| Date of birth | September 15, 1980 | |
| Place of birth | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | |
| Height | 185 cm | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Shelbourne | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Cherry Orchard | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1998-2000 2000-2004 2004-2006 2007 2008-present |
Everton Port Vale Shelbourne Waterford United Shelbourne |
0 (0) 36 (0) 36 (0) 30 (0) 14 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Dean Delaney (born September 15, 1980 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish footballer, currently playing for Eircom League of Ireland First Division club Shelbourne. Delaney plays as a golakeeper.
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[edit] Career
Delaney looked to be Ireland's most promising young goalkeeper after the 1999 World Youth Championship in which he was part of the "golden generation" of Irish youth football (which included current stars Damien Duff and Robbie Keane), a side that eventually made it to the quarter finals of the competition. Overall he made 20 appearances for the Republic of Ireland youth teams.
However, his club career has thus far proved to be less successful. After securing a contract with English Premiership side Everton as a teenager, Delaney was unable to break into the first team and was eventually sold to the then Division 2 side Port Vale. Despite dropping two divisions in search of first team football, Delaney struggled to find a place at Port Vale as well and in 2004 decided to return home to Ireland's eircom League with Shelbourne in order to play first team football. He made his Shels league debut against Waterford United in June 2005 and kept down a first-team place for a considerable amount of time. Delaney won a league winners medal with Shelbourne at the end of the 2006 season. Despite this success, he became a free agent as his contract at Shelbourne was not renewed due to Shelbourne's troubled financial situation. Prior to the 2007 season, Derry City took advantage of this and offered the keeper a trial. However Delaney did not join his former boss Pat Fenlon, and joined Waterford United on the March 15, 2007 on a free transfer and quickly became the blues' first choice goalkeeper.
Despite Delaney's heroics throughout the season, Waterford were relegated to the First Division at the end of the 2007 season, losing to Finn Harps in the playoffs. Delaney won the Overall Player of the year award but soon departed Waterford to rejoin former club Shelbourne on November 29, 2007[1].
[edit] Honours
- League of Ireland Championship: 1
- 2006 - Shelbourne
[edit] Music
Dean has a keen interest in music and is singer/rhythm guitarist and takes the name Diamond Delaney or slow hand in his band called the nippers who you can check out at thenippers.bebo.com
[edit] References
- ^ NEWSFLASH Dermot signs twelve for 2008 → www.shelbournefc.com
[edit] External links
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