George O'Callaghan

George O'Callaghan
O'Callaghan as an Ipswich Town player (May 2007).
Personal information
Full name George Paul O'Callaghan[1]
Date of birth (1979-09-05) 5 September 1979 (age 45)[2]
Place of birth Cork, Ireland[2]
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Youth career
1995–1998 Port Vale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 Port Vale 34 (4)
2002–2007 Cork City
2007–2008 Ipswich Town 11 (1)
2007Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) 14 (0)
2008 Cork City
2008–2009 Tranmere Rovers 6 (0)
2009 Dundalk 11 (0)
2009 Yeovil Town 12 (0)
2010 Waterford United 8 (2)
2010 Cork City 13 (0)
2011 Cambridge United
2011 DPMM FC
2012 Dover Athletic 1 (0)
2016–2017 Rockmount
Total 111 (7)
Managerial career
2014–2015 Sabah
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Paul O'Callaghan (born 5 September 1979) is an Irish former football player and manager.

O'Callaghan started his career with Port Vale in 1995; he made 41 appearances for the club before joining Cork City in 2002. He spent five years at his home town club, making 150 league appearances. This was followed by a return to English football with Ipswich Town before a brief return to Cork in 2008. In the summer of 2008, he signed with Tranmere Rovers before brief spells with Dundalk and Yeovil Town in 2009. He then returned to his homeland for short stays at Waterford United and former club Cork City. He was briefly with Cambridge United in 2011 before he emigrated to Brunei to briefly play for DPMM FC. He joined Dover Athletic for a brief stay in September 2012. He began his management career with the Malaysian side Sabah in 2014, but it lasted only months in the role. He came out of retirement to play for Rockmount in December 2016.

  1. ^ "George O'Callaghan". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "FootballSquads – Port Vale – 2001/02". footballsquads.co.uk. Retrieved 24 June 2019.