| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Declan O'Brien | ||
| Date of birth | June 16, 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Drogheda United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2008 | Drogheda United | 188 | (76) |
| 2009 | Dundalk | 15 | (2) |
| 2009 | → St Patrick's Athletic (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Valletta | 12 | (9) |
| 2010 | Athlone Town | 6 | (4) |
| 2011 | Monaghan United | 26 | (18) |
| 2012– | Drogheda United | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Declan 'Fabio' O'Brien, (born June 16, 1980 in Dublin, Ireland), is a professional footballer who is currently playing for Drogheda United
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Fabio started his professional career with Drogheda United. He was the club captain and talisman and he captained the club one FAI Cup in 2005 [1], two Setanta Cups and the clubs only ever title win in 2007. Fabio is the clubs all time leading goalscorer with 90 goals in 184 games, 76 in domestic league and the rest in domestic cups (Setanta Cup, FAI Cup and League of Ireland Cup).
On 15 January 2009, O'Brien signed up with newly promoted Dundalk to compete in the League of Ireland Premier Division. He played out of position as a left winger and left in transfer window in July. He managed 4 goals in 15 appearances.
He signed for St Patrick's Athletic for the rest of the 2009 season on loan. He scored on his debut in the Europa League against Valletta [2] and repeated the trick in the second leg [3] to send St Patrick's Athletic into the next round.
O'Brien then scored in both rounds again against FC Krylia Sovetov Samara to become St Patrick's Athletic all time record scorer in European competition [4][5]. He finished the season as joint top scorer with St Patricks and was only there for four months.
In December 2009, O'Brien joined Maltese football club Valletta (the same team that he eliminated in the Europa League qualifiers) on a free transfer, after his loan contract with St Patrick's Athletic expired the previous month. O'Brien holds the Irish record for consecutive goals in European ties (4).
In his debut with Valletta (in a Triangular tournament against Parma FC and Hibernians), Declan managed to score with a low flying header against Serie A's side Parma F.C..
On the 15th of February 2010 making his 6th league appearance for Valletta, O'Brien scored his first league goals in a 6-0 victory over Dingli Swallows. O'Brien scored 4 goals in the match.
Then on the 27th of February, on his 7th league appearance Declan managed to score 2 goals in just 15 mins when he was substitute in the 75th minute against Tarxien Rainbows with the score finish 6-2 for Valletta. He followed this up with another brace in the Gozo cup against Gozo a week later. He also scored 2 weeks later in the U*BET F.A Trophy Cup against Birkarkara in a 3-1 win.
He won his first piece of silverware with Valletta F.C., when winning the 100th League Anniversary Cup against bitter rivals Floriana on 13 April 2010. After the end of the 2009-2010 sesson he was released by Valletta. He received a medal for the trophy but was not involved in the final as he agreed to be released beforehand.
In July 2010 he signed for Athlone Town [6].
He signed for Monghan United in December 2010 on a two year deal. He scored two on his debut against Cork City in 2-2 draw at Turners Cross. He then scored the winning goal on his home debut v Longford Town in a 1-0 win.He scored in his first seven consecutive games for the mons setting a record for any new signing to a an eircom club.Declan hit his first hatrick for mons in the third round of FAI cup v Everton afc.(cork city) [7].Declan secured promotion in his first season , scoring 20 goals in all competitions including a brace in the playoff final v Galway.For the 2012 season he has decided to leave Monaghan and return to his first league of Ireland club Drogheda United .
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