Darren O'Dea
| Darren O'Dea | ||
 Darren O'Dea (2011)
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Darren O'Dea | |
| birthday | 4th February 1987 | |
| place of birth | Dublin , Ireland | |
| size | 1.86 m | |
| position | Defense | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 2005-2006 | Celtic Glasgow | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2006–2012 | Celtic Glasgow | 49 (4) |
| 2009 | → Reading FC (loan) | 8 (0) |
| 2010-2011 | → Ipswich Town (loan) | 20 (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Leeds United (loan) | 35 (2) |
| 2012-2013 | Toronto FC | 26 (1) |
| 2013-2014 | Metalurh Donetsk | 16 (2) |
| 2014-2015 | Blackpool FC | 19 (0) |
| 2015 | Mumbai City FC | 9 (0) |
| 2016-2019 | Dundee FC | 88 (4) |
| 2019– | East Kilbride FC | 0 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 2009-2013 | Ireland | 20 (1) |
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1 Only league games are given. As of May 29, 2019 |
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Darren O'Dea (born February 4, 1987 in Dublin ) is an Irish football player .
Player career
The trained left and center defender made his debut in the first team of Celtic FC in September 2006 in the league cup match against FC St. Mirren . His league debut followed two months later in the game against Dunfermline Athletic , four days after his first appearance in the Champions League against FC Copenhagen when he came on for the injured Stephen McManus . He scored his first goal for Celtic on December 26, 2006 against Dundee United .
On August 17, 2010 O'Dea was awarded to the English second division club Ipswich Town trained by his compatriot Roy Keane . In the 2011/12 season he played on loan at Leeds United . For the 2012/13 season he moved to Toronto FC in the American Major League Soccer . He finally came to FC Dundee in 2016 via Metalurh Donetsk , FC Blackpool and Mumbai City FC .
National team
O'Dea made his international debut for the Irish national football team on September 8, 2009 in a 1-0 win in a friendly against South Africa . On October 16, 2012, he scored the 4-1 final score for his team in the qualifying game for the 2014 World Cup in Faroe Islands .
Web links
- Darren O'Dea in the database of weltfussball.de
- Darren O'Dea in the database of transfermarkt.de
- Darren O'Dea in the soccerbase.com database
- Darren O'Dea in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
- Profile on the Dundee FC website
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | O'Dea, Darren |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th February 1987 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin , Ireland |