Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joseph Martin O'Brien | ||
Date of birth | 17 February 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Full-back / Defensive midfield | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Shelbourne (assistant manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2004 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2011 | Bolton Wanderers | 50 | (0) |
2004–2005 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 15 | (2) |
2011 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2011–2016 | West Ham United | 91 | (3) |
2018–2021 | Shamrock Rovers | 63 | (4) |
Total | 223 | (9) | |
International career‡ | |||
Republic of Ireland U19 | |||
2005–2006 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 6 | (0) |
2006–2012 | Republic of Ireland | 5 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2021– | Shelbourne (assistant manager) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 September 2012 |
Joseph Martin O'Brien (born 17 February 1986) is a retired Irish professional footballer who played as a full-back and defensive midfielder for Bolton Wanderers, Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham United and Shamrock Rovers. He was capped five times by the Republic of Ireland at senior level between 2006 and 2012. In the year 2016, O'Brien was among 13 people to be named as a victim of fraud and he testified in court for the trial. In 2021 he became the assistant manager of Shelbourne.