Joey O'Brien

Joey O'Brien

O'Brien playing against Birkirkara in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Martin O'Brien
Date of birth	(1986-02-17) 17 February 1986 (age 38)
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.