Joey O'Brien

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Joey O'Brien
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Martin O'Brien
Date of birth	February 17, 1986 (1986-02-17) (age 23)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Bolton Wanderers
Number	8
Youth career
2002–2004	Bolton Wanderers
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004– 2004–2005	Bolton Wanderers → Sheffield Wednesday (loan)	50 (0) 15 (2)
National team2
2005–2006 2006–2007	Republic of Ireland U21 Republic of Ireland	06 (0) 03 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:57, 18 October 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 17:18, 23 August 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Joseph Martin "Joey" O'Brien (born 17 February 1986) is an Irish international footballer who plays as a midfielder or defender for Bolton Wanderers of the Premier League.

Born in Dublin, O'Brien started his career with Bolton Wanderers in 2004.

To gain further experience, O'Brien was loaned out to League One team Sheffield Wednesday for the most part of the 2004–05 season, making 15 appearances and scoring two goals, including one on his debut. He was named as captain for the last game of his loan spell in honour of his contribution.

Upon returning to Bolton, O'Brien made his Premier League debut in May 2005 against Everton when coming on as a late substitute in place of Fernando Hierro. He was given his first start in Bolton's colours in their away UEFA Cup 1st Round tie with PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv in September 2005. O'Brien missed most of the 2006–07 season due to injury, however he made his return for Bolton and played most of the 2007–08 season in his natural midfield role as opposed to the right back position which he had been used two years previous.

In July 2008 he was given the number 8 shirt previously worn by Ivan Campo.

[edit] International career

He made his debut for his country on 1 March 2006.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ fai.ie

[edit] External links

• Joey O'Brien career stats at Soccerbase

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