Lee O'Connor (footballer)

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Lee O'Connor
Personal information
Full name Lee Patrick O'Connor[1]
Date of birth (2000-07-28) 28 July 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Waterford City, Ireland
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Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Tranmere Rovers
Number 2
Youth career
0000–2016 Villa F.C.
2016–2019 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Celtic 0 (0)
2020 → Partick Thistle (loan) 4 (0)
2020–2021 → Tranmere Rovers (loan) 35 (0)
2021–2022 → Tranmere Rovers (loan) 14 (0)
2022– Tranmere Rovers 60 (0)
International career‡
2015–2017 Republic of Ireland U17 14 (0)
2017–2019 Republic of Ireland U19 13 (2)
2019–2022 Republic of Ireland U21 26 (1)
2019 Republic of Ireland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:23, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:50, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Lee Patrick O'Connor (born 28 July 2000) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League Two club Tranmere Rovers, and the Republic of Ireland national team.[3] He has also spent time on loan at Partick Thistle.

Club career

Early career

In 2016, O'Connor moved from Villa F.C. of Waterford to the Manchester United youth team, signing a three-year contract.[4] On 6 August 2019, O'Connor played an EFL Trophy match for Manchester United U21s away to Rotherham United, winning 2–0 at the New York Stadium.[5]

Celtic

In September 2019, O'Connor joined Celtic, signing a four-year contract until 2023.[6][7]

Partick Thistle loan

In January 2020, O'Connor joined Scottish Championship club Partick Thistle on loan, joining Ian McCall's side for the second half of the season.[8] He made his debut in senior club football on 25 January 2020, in a 2–1 loss to Arbroath.[9] He made five appearances in all competitions for the club before the season was ended prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]

Tranmere Rovers

O'Connor joined League Two club Tranmere Rovers on 17 August 2020 on a season-long loan.[11] He made 42 appearances over the course of the season and returned to Celtic for pre-season.[12] O'Connor returned to Tranmere Rovers on another season long loan on transfer deadline day, 31 August 2021.[13] The transfer was made permanent in January 2022.[14]

International career

O'Connor made his international debut, and recorded an assist, for the Republic of Ireland on 14 November 2019 in a friendly match against New Zealand.[15][16][17] O'Connor was announced as the FAI Under-21 International Player of the Year for 2019 on 4 August 2020.[18] O'Connor holds the record number of underage appearances for the Republic of Ireland with 78 appearances across all underage teams.[19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 August 2023[12]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester United 2019–20 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 1 0
Celtic 2019–20 Scottish Premiership 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[lower-alpha 2] 0 0 0
2020–21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2021–22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 1 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Partick Thistle (loan) 2019–20 Scottish Championship 4 0 — — — 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 5 0
Tranmere Rovers (loan) 2020–21 EFL League Two 35 0 2 0 1 0 — 4[lower-alpha 1] 0 42 0
Tranmere Rovers (loan) 2021–22 EFL League Two 14 0 2 0 — — 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 18 0
Tranmere Rovers 2021–22 EFL League Two 17 0 — — — — 17 0
2022–23 39 0 1 0 2 0 — 3[lower-alpha 1] 0 45 0
2023–24 4 0 0 0 0 0 — 0[lower-alpha 1] 0 4 0
Tranmere Rovers Total 109 0 5 0 3 0 — 9 0 126 0
Career Total 113 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 12 0 133 0
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Appearances in Scottish Challenge Cup

International

As of match played on 14 November 2019 [15]
Republic of Ireland
Year Apps Goals
2019 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Individual

References

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  2. ↑ Lee O'Connor at WorldFootball.net
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External links

Template:FAI Under 15 International Player of the Year

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