Aaron Connolly

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Aaron Connolly
Personnel
Surname Aaron Anthony Connolly
birthday January 28, 2000
place of birth Galway ,  Ireland
position Storm
Juniors
Years station
2011-2016 Mervue United
2016-2017 Brighton & Hove Albion
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2017– Brighton & Hove Albion U23 37 (26)
2017– Brighton & Hove Albion 16 0(2)
2019 →  Luton Town  (loan) 2 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2016-2017 Ireland U17 10 0(7)
2017 Ireland U18 2 0(0)
2017– Ireland U19 5 0(2)
2019– Ireland U21 11 0(1)
2019– Ireland 2 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: February 6, 2020

2 As of February 6, 2020

Aaron Anthony Connolly (born January 28, 2000 in Galway ) is an Irish football player who is under contract with Brighton & Hove Albion in the English Premier League . The striker joined Ireland in October 2019 .

Career

society

Connolly began playing football at the age of eleven for Mervue United , an amateur club near his hometown of Oranmore . In summer 2016 he moved to the U18 team of the English club Brighton & Hove Albion . Soon he was promoted to the U23 and made a strong impression there too. On August 22, 2017, he made his debut for the first team in a 1-0 home win against FC Barnet in the EFL Cup , when he came on for Tomer Hemed in the 76th minute of the game . This use remained his only one in this season with the A-team, while he scored nine goals in 18 league games with the U23.

In the following season, 2018 719, he improved his goalscoring rate and scored a total of 11 times in 15 Premier League 2 games by mid-January. In the EFL Trophy 2018/19 he scored five goals in the three group matches. On January 31, 2019, Connolly signed a 3-1 / 2 year contract with the Seagulls . On the same day, he was loaned to third division club Luton Town for the remainder of the 2018/19 season. However, due to a thigh injury, he didn't join the Hatters until April 2019 . He made his debut on April 13 (42nd matchday) in the 3-1 away defeat by Charlton Athletic when he was substituted on for Harry Cornick in the second half . On the last day of the game he came to a brief assignment and then left Luton Town at the end of the season.

On August 27, 2019, he played his second professional appearance for Brighton & Hove Albion, when he was on the field for the entire game and also scored a goal in the 2-1 away win against Bristol Rovers in the EFL Cup. He made his Premier League debut three days later when he came on as a substitute in the 4-0 away defeat by Manchester City . On October 5, 2019, he scored a brace in his Premier League starting eleven in a 3-0 home win against Tottenham Hotspur .

National team

In 2016 and 2017, Aaron Connolly played six qualifying matches for the U17 European Championship for the Irish U17 national team , in which he scored seven goals. Then he also took part in the finals in Croatia , where he remained in four games without a goal.

With the U21 he took part in the Toulon tournament in June 2019 . In the 4-1 opening win against the Chinese selection , he scored once and provided a template.

On October 12, 2019 Aaron Connolly made his debut in the senior team when he at 0: 0 draw against Georgia in the qualification for the European Championship in 2020 in the 79 minutes for James Collins came off the bench.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Interview: Aaron Connolly In: Eire Guide (accessed October 5, 2019)
  2. ↑ Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Barnet In: BBC, August 22, 2017 (accessed October 5, 2019)
  3. ↑ Aaron Connolly - Performance data 17/18 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on October 5, 2019)
  4. ↑ a b c Aaron Connolly - performance data 18/19 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on October 5, 2019)
  5. ↑ Aaron Connolly Signs On At Brighton For Another Three Seasons In: Balls.ie, January 31, 2019 (accessed October 5, 2019)
  6. ↑ Striker Heads Out On Loan In: Brighton & Hove Albion, January 31, 2019 (accessed October 5, 2019)
  7. ↑ New Arrival | Aaron Connolly checks in! In: Luton Town, April 2, 2019 (accessed October 5, 2019)
  8. ↑ Charlton Athletic 3-1 Luton Town In: BBC April 13, 2019 (accessed October 5, 2019)
  9. ↑ Bristol Rovers 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion In: BBC, August 27, 2019 (accessed October 5, 2019)
  10. ↑ Manchester City 4-0 Brighton & Hove Albion In: BBC, August 31, 2019 (accessed October 5, 2019)
  11. ↑ Brighton & Hove Albion 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur In: BBC October 5, 2019 (accessed October 5, 2019)
  12. ↑ a b Aaron Connolly - Ireland U17 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on October 5, 2019)
  13. ↑ Kenny's Ireland off to flyer in Toulon with demolition of China In: RTE from June 3, 2019 (accessed October 5, 2019)
  14. ↑ Georgia 0-0 Ireland In: ESPN, December 10, 2020 (accessed February 6, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Connolly, Aaron
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Connolly, Aaron Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 2000
PLACE OF BIRTH Galway , Ireland