Tim O'Shea (footballer)

Tim O'Shea
Personal information
Full name Timothy James O'Shea
Date of birth (1966-11-12) 12 November 1966 (age 57)
Place of birth Pimlico, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1981–1983 Arsenal[2]
1983–1984 Tottenham Hotspur[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1988 Tottenham Hotspur[3] 3 (0)
1986 → Newport County (loan)[3] 10 (0)
1988–1989 Leyton Orient[5] 9 (1)
1989–1992 Gillingham[6] 112 (2)
1992 Brentford 0 (0)
1992 Hong Kong Rangers
1992–1995 Eastern AA
1995–1999 Instant-Dict
1999–2003 Farnborough Town 87 (1)
2003–2004 Welling United 32 (0)
International career
1987 Republic of Ireland U21[4] 2 (0)
Managerial career
2008 Grays Athletic
2008–2010 Croydon Athletic
2010–2011 Lewes
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Timothy James O'Shea (born 12 November 1966 in Pimlico)[2] is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is the assistant manager of Cray Wanderers. He represented the Republic of Ireland at the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship.[4] His clubs included Tottenham Hotspur,[3] Leyton Orient[5] and Gillingham, where he made over 100 Football League appearances.[6]

  1. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 368. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. ^ a b c Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 240. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
  3. ^ a b c "Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  4. ^ a b "FIFA Player Statistics: Tim O SHEA". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ a b "Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2014.