Brian Lenihan (footballer)

Brian Lenihan
Personal information
Date of birth8 June 1994
Place of birthCork, Ireland
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing positionRight back, Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Hull City
Number31
Youth career
College Corinthians
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2012–2014Cork City27(0)
2014–Hull City0(0)
2014→ Blackpool (loan)2(0)
National team‡
2014–Republic of Ireland U212(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:07, 23 November 2014 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:56, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

Brian Lenihan (born 8 June 1994) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for Hull City, as a right back or midfielder.

Club career

Born in Cork, Lenihan began his career with College Corinthians.[2] He moved to Cork City in July 2012, making a total of 27 League of Ireland appearances for them.[1]

After receiving interest from a number of English clubs,[3] he signed for Hull City on 31 August 2014.[4] The transfer fee was believed to be £200,000.[5]

He signed a one-month loan deal with Blackpool in November 2014.[6] He made his debut on 8 November 2014 in a 3–1 away defeat to Leeds United.[7] He returned to Hull on 25 November after sustaining a knee injury.[8]

International career

Lenihan made his debut for the Republic of Ireland under-21s in May 2014.[9] He was called up to the senior squad in November 2014.[9] However later that month he was sent back to the under-21s.[9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brian Lenihan profile at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Profile". Cork City F.C. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Daniel McDonnell (27 August 2014). "D-day is looming for Cork City star Brian Lenihan". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Brian Lenihan: Hull City sign Cork City defender on three-year deal". BBC Sport. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Garry Doyle (1 September 2014). "'One for the future' Lenihan joins Hull in £200,000 deal". Irish Independent. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Brian Lenihan: Blackpool sign Hull City defender on loan". BBC Sport. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Leeds 3 – 1 Blackpool". BBC Sport. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Lenihan Returns To Hull". Blackpool F.C. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Noel King's under-21s eager to follow Brian Lenihan's lead". Irish Times. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.

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