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Brendan O'Connell
Personal information
Full name	Brendan John O'Connell
Date of birth	12 November 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Lambeth, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1985–1986	Portsmouth
1986–1988	Exeter City
1988–1990	Burnley
1990	→ Huddersfield Town (loan)
1990–1996	Barnsley
1996–1997	Charlton Athletic
1997–1998	Wigan Athletic
2001–200x	Rossendale United
2003–200x	Northwich Victoria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brendan John O'Connell (born 12 November 1966) is a former professional footballer who made 451 appearances and scored 79 goals in the Football League playing as a midfielder for Portsmouth, Exeter City, Burnley, Huddersfield Town, Barnsley, Charlton Athletic and Wigan Athletic.^[2] Forced to retire from playing because of a blood clot in his leg, O'Connell went on to coach Wigan Athletic's youth and reserve teams, played briefly for Rossendale United in the North West Counties League,^[3] and in 2003 became player/assistant manager of Northwich Victoria.^[4]

Retirement

After retiring from playing in professional sports, O'Connell became a head soccer coach for the University of Calgary Dinos until 2023 ^[5]

Honours

Individual

Barnsley Player of the Year: 1990–91^[6]

References

^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
^ "Brendan O'Connell". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
^ Ramsdale, Bernard. "Latics A-Z : Brendan O'Connell to Ian Purdie". Ye Olde Tree and Crown. Retrieved 2 September 2009.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Oliver, Pete (16 June 2003). "Davis relishing Vics challenge". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 September 2009.
^ University of Calgary (2024). "Dinos University of Calgary". Godinos.com.
^ "Barnsley Player of the Season". Barnsley FC. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

External links

Brendan O'Connell at Soccerbase

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