Andy O'Brien

Andy O'Brien
Personnel
Surname	Andrew James O'Brien
birthday	June 29, 1979
place of birth	Harrogate ,  England
size	191 cm
position	Central defender
Juniors
Years	station
1994-1996	Bradford City
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1996-2001	Bradford City	133 (3)
2001-2005	Newcastle United	119 (6)
2005-2007	Portsmouth FC	32 (0)
2007-2011	Bolton Wanderers	74 (1)
2010-2011	→  Leeds United  (loan)	11 (1)
2011–2012	Leeds United	23 (1)
2012-2014	Vancouver Whitecaps	50 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2001-2006	Ireland	26 (1)
1 Only league games are given.

Andrew "Andy" James O'Brien (born June 29, 1979 in Harrogate ) is a former Irish soccer player who last played from 2012 to 2014 for the Vancouver Whitecaps .

Career

O'Brien began his football career at Bradford City . From 1994 to 2001 he was under contract there. In 2001, the central defender, who can also play in defensive midfield, moved to Newcastle United . He completed the two seasons 2005/06 and 2006/07 for Portsmouth FC before moving to Bolton Wanderers on August 13, 2007 .

After he was initially on loan to Leeds United in the Football League Championship 2010/11 , Andy O'Brien moved in early January 2011 on a permanent contract basis to the club from Leeds .

Between 2012 and 2014 he played for the Canadian Vancouver Whitecaps .

National team

O'Brien is a former Irish international and was in his country's squad for the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea , where he was not used.

Web links

• Andy O'Brien in the database of weltfussball.de
• Andy O'Brien in the transfermarkt.de database
• Andy O'Brien in the soccerbase.com database

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Bolton sign O'Brien from Pompey" (BBC Sport)
2. ^ "Vancouver Whitecaps and Andy O'Brien part ways" (Vancouver Sun)