Joey O'Brien

Joey O'Brien
Joey O'Brien (2012)
Personnel
Surname	Joseph O'Brien
birthday	February 17, 1986
place of birth	Dublin ,  Ireland
size	180 cm
position	Defensive midfielder
Juniors
Years	station
2002-2004	Bolton Wanderers
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
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)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2006–2012	Ireland	5 (0)
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of season 2015/16

Joseph "Joey" O'Brien (born February 17, 1986 in Dublin ) is an Irish football player .

Career

The Irishman joined the Bolton Wanderers first team in 2004 . After making the leap into the squad, he switched to Sheffield Wednesday on loan - in order to gain match practice . From 2004 to 2005 O'Brien came on a total of 15 missions for the Owls. He scored two goals. After returning to Bolton , he made his Premier League debut against Everton in May 2005. He made his international debut for the Trotters against Lokomotive Plovdiv in the first UEFA Cup round. O'Brien has played once for the Irish national football team .

In March 2011 O'Brien was awarded again to Sheffield Wednesday, he received a contract there until the end of the season. After this loan deal, his contract with the Bolton Wanderers was not extended.

On July 30, 2011, Joey O'Brien moved to the Premier League relegated West Ham United .

Web links

• Joey O'Brien in the database of weltfussball.de
• Player profile
• Joey O'Brien in the soccerbase.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ bwfc.co.uk: Owls borrow O'Brien ( memento of the original from March 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)  
2. ↑ theboltonnews.co.uk: no contract for O'Brien (English)
3. ↑ West Ham sign former Bolton midfielder Joey O'Brien (BBC Sport)