Stephen O'Halloran

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Stephen O'Halloran
Personal information
Full name Stephen O'Halloran
Date of birth November 29, 1987 (1987-11-29) (age 20)
Place of birth    Cobh, Republic of Ireland
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Left Back
Club information
Current club Aston Villa
Number 29
Youth clubs
–2003
2003–2006		 Springfield AFC
Aston Villa
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2006–
2006–2007
2008
2008		 Aston Villa
→ Wycombe Wanderers (loan)
→ Southampton (loan)
→ Leeds United (loan)		 00 (0)
11 (0)
01 (0)
00 (0)   
National team2
2007– Republic of Ireland 02 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 08:55, 24 February 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 11:09, 30 November 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Stephen O'Halloran (born November 29, 1987 in Cobh, County Cork) is an Irish defender playing for Aston Villa.

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[edit] Aston Villa

O'Halloran signed for Aston Villa from Cork-based team Springfield in July 2003. The young left-sided defender was loaned out to Wycombe Wanderers in October 2006, and played a pivotal role in guiding them to the semi-finals of the Carling Cup.[1] However, his loan spell ran out before the second-leg, and Wycombe eventually lost 5-1 to Chelsea. Following this, O'Halloran was called up to the Republic of Ireland squad for their tour of America, and subsequently played in both matches, against Ecuador and Bolivia. O'Halloran has also represented his country at U15, U16, U17 and U21 level.

The Cobh native then broke into the Villa squad for their 2006/2007 pre-season friendlies (but is yet to make his debut for the first team). Later in the season O'Halloran signed a new contract with Aston Villa, keeping him at the club until 2009.

On 16 January 2008, he signed for Southampton on loan until February 2008, making only one substitute appearance.[2]

On 28 February he signed for Leeds United on an initial one month loan deal.[3]

Unfortunately, in the warm up for what would have been his debut for Leeds his suffered a serious anterior cruciate ligament injury which will keep him out for up to a year.[4]

[edit] International Career

On Wednesday 16 May 2007, Stephen was named in Steve Staunton's Republic of Ireland squad and played in the friendlies against Ecuador and Bolivia, despite not having played a single first team game for Aston Villa.[5]

[edit] Honours

Club

Aston Villa
  • BBC Radio WM Young Player of the Month
    • Winner: January 2008
Wycome Wanderers
  • League Cup: Semi Finals (2006-07)

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Wycombe snap up Villa defender", BBC Sport, 2006-10-20. Retrieved on 2008-02-28. 
  2. ^ "Southampton sign Villa defender", BBC Sport, 2008-01-16. Retrieved on 2008-02-28. 
  3. ^ "Leeds loan for Villa's O'Halloran", BBC Sport, 2008-02-28. Retrieved on 2008-02-28. 
  4. ^ "O'Halloran's loan ended by injury", BBC Sport, 2008-03-03. Retrieved on 2008-03-03. 
  5. ^ "Republic call up uncapped players", BBC Sport, 2007-05-15. Retrieved on 2008-02-28. 

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Aston Villa F.C. – current squad

3 Bouma • 5 Laursen • 6 Barry • 7 Young • 9 Harewood • 10 Carew • 11 Agbonlahor • 13 Taylor • 14 Delfouneso • 15 Davies • 16 Knight • 17 Salifou • 18 Routledge • 19 Petrov • 20 Reo-Coker • 26 Gardner • 27 Osbourne • 28 Maloney • 29 O'Halloran • Manager: O'Neill
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