Brian Shelley

Brian Shelley
Personal information
Date of birth	15 November 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Waitakere United
Number	5
Youth career
	Verona F.C.
	Cherry Orchard
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2000	Shamrock Rovers
2000–2002	Bohemians
2002	Longford Town
2002–2005	Carlisle United
2005	Shamrock Rovers
2005–2009	Drogheda United
2009–2010	Bohemians
2011–2013	Ballarat Red Devils
2013–	Waitakere United
International career
2001	Republic of Ireland U21
Managerial career
2011–2013	Ballarat Red Devils
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brian Shelley (born 15 November 1981) is an Irish football player-coach for Waitakere United. Besides the Republic of Ireland, he has played in New Zealand.^[1]^[2]^[3]

He began his career at Shamrock Rovers but moved to rivals Bohemians in 2000. He made his first team debut for the club as substitute in the UEFA Cup tie against 1. FC Kaiserslautern in September 2000. After a short spell with Longford Town, Roddy Collins brought him along with teammate Trevor Molloy to Carlisle United in time for the 2002/03 season. He scored his first and only goal for Carlisle in a 2–1 defeat to Leyton Orient on 28 December 2002.^[4]

He returned to Ireland during the 2005 season with Shamrock Rovers, making his debut on 18 March and went on to make 17 total appearances.

Having helped Drogheda to the club's first ever League of Ireland title in November 2007, he was named PFAI Player of the Year on 18 November 2007. However, the following season wasn't as successful as Drogheda finished well off the pace in the League and the club went into meltdown due to financial problems.

Brian left Drogheda in January 2009 and returned to Dalymount Park for a 2nd spell with Bohemians. He has a made a fine start with the club and his form was rewarded with the Soccer Writer's Association Player of the Month for August. During this month, he scored his first goal of the season against Galway United at Dalymount Park. He then added to his collection of medals on 26 September as Bohs beat Waterford United in the final of the League of Ireland Cup. And he wasn't done yet as a great run of form towards the end of the season helped Brian to his third League of Ireland Premier Division winners medal, winning by 4 points from closest rivals Shamrock Rovers. His outstanding performances throughout the season was noted by his fellow professionals when he was voted on to the PFAI Team of the Year.^[5]