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Alan O'Brien
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| Alan O'Brien | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan O'Brien | |
| Date of birth | February 20, 1985 (age 22) | |
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | |
| Height | 5ft 10in (1.78 m) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Newcastle United | |
| Number | 37 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 2001–04 | Newcastle United | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2004–present 2005 |
Newcastle United → Carlisle United (loan) |
4 (0) 5 (1) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2006–present 2006–present |
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland B |
4 (0) 1 (0) |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Alan O'Brien (born February 20, 1985 in Dublin) is an Irish footballer who currently plays for Newcastle United and Republic of Ireland at full international level. He plays as a left-sided midfielder.
He has good ball control, and lightning-quick pace, making him a danger to any side. He is being tipped for great things in the future.
He has attracted much interest from Scottish football clubs, most notably Queen of the South, but Iain Scott, The Doonhammers' boss decided to cease pursuit of the midfielder.
O'Brien joined Newcastle aged 16 when he was signed by youth team coach Alan Irvine. He played in the under-17 national championship winning team, who beat Manchester United 5-2 in the final played over two legs at Old Trafford and St James' Park.
The Irishman enjoyed a loan spell at Carlisle United towards the end of 2005,and scored within 10 minutes of his debut, but the loan spell was cut short due to injury.
He has played with many up and coming players in his time at Newcastle, namely Steven Taylor, Peter Ramage, Michael Chopra, Lewis Guy and Bradley Orr.
He made his Newcastle first team debut on 7 January 2006 in the FA Cup against Mansfield Town ans has mainly been used as a substitute when appearing in Newcastle's first team.
On Saturday 20 January 2007, Alan O'Brien made his first full league appearance for the Newcastle United first team against West Ham at St James' Park. O'Brien looked impressive and showed glimpses of his pace in the first twenty minutes. However, the Irishman faded as the game went on. He had shown his ability on both feet, showing his right foot on a powerful shot which hit the post. He played the full 90 minutes and will be looking to make an impression on the first team.
In an interview with eircom, O'Brien mentioned that his idol is Ryan Giggs
He has caps for Ireland at Under-14, Under-15, Under-16 and Under-19 levels. After impressing during the pre-season of 2006 he received a call up to the Republic of Ireland senior squad for the first time to join up with fellow countrymen: Damien Duff, Stephen Carr, and Shay Given for the friendly match against Netherlands. He came on as a second half substitute to gain his first full international cap.
| Newcastle United F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Given | 2 Carr | 4 Solano | 5 Emre | 7 Luque | 8 Dyer | 9 Martins | 10 Owen | 11 Duff | 12 Harper | 14 N'Zogbia | 15 Onyewu | 16 Milner | 17 Parker | 18 Moore | 19 Bramble | 20 Sibierski | 21 Clark | 22 Butt | 23 Ameobi | 24 Srníček | 26 Ramage | 27 Taylor | 30 Edgar | 32 Huntington | 33 Babayaro | 34 Bernard | 35 Pattison | 36 Gate | 37 O'Brien | 39 Carroll | 40 Krul | 42 Troisi | 43 LuaLua | 49 Forster | Manager: Roeder |