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Kerry Gaelic footballer

Stephen O'Brien
Personal information
Irish name Stiofáin Ó Bríain
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right half forward
Born (1991-02-27) 27 February 1991 (age 33)
Kenmare, Ireland
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Occupation Chemical Engineer
Club(s)
Years Club
2009 – Present Kenmare Shamrocks
Colleges(s)
Years College
UCC
College titles
Sigerson titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
2014 – Present Kerry 42 (6-48)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 8
All-Irelands 2
NFL 4

Stephen O'Brien (born 27 February 1991) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Kenmare Shamrocks club and at senior level for the Kerry county team since 2014.

Underage and junior

He joined the county's under-21 team in 2011. Kerry sustained a 22-point loss to Cork in the Munster final. He was still underage in 2012 and for the second year in a row he was on the losing side in a Munster final to Cork after extra time.

Senior

He made his debut for Kerry in the 2014 Munster Senior Football Championship semi-final against Clare and scored two points. He lined out in a first Munster Senior Football Championship when they faced Cork, he scored a point in a 0-24 to 0-12 win and a first Munster title. He missed out on Kerry's win over Galway in the All-Ireland quarter-final. He was back in the starting line up for the semi-final with Mayo scoring a point in a 1-16 each draw. An injury while out racing on his quad caused him to miss the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final replay win over Mayo. However, he started the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final at right half forward.

Retirements brought new opportunities for O'Brien in 2019. He scored Kerry's first goal against Dublin in five games during a 2019 National Football League fixture in Tralee. In the 56th minute of the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final against Tyrone, O'Brien scored his fifth championship goal after intercepting a pass from Kieran McGeary, distributing the ball and running the length of the field.

Honours

Kerry
Kenmare Shamrocks
Kenmare District Team

References

  1. "Profile". Kerry GAA. 14 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  2. ^ Kissane, Sinéad (31 August 2019). "The making of Stephen O'Brien". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 31 August 2019. "The making of Stephen O'Brien" was the title in the print edition.
  3. Foley, Cliona (19 September 2014). "O'Se recalled as Donaghy handed No 14 jersey for final". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
Kerry football team – current senior panel
Subs
18 C. Burke for Moynihan
23 K. Spillane for P. Geaney
25 D. Geaney for Brosnan
26 G. O'Sullivan for Ó Beaglaoich
22 B.D. O'Sullivan for J. O'Connor
19 M. Breen for White
17 D. Casey for Foley
24 Stephen O'Brien for D. O'Connor
20 Seán O'Brien for Murphy
Subs not used
16 S. Murphy
21 A. Spillane
Manager
J. O'Connor
Selectors
D. Murphy
M. Quirke

Above is the starting lineup vs Armagh on 13 July 2024

Kerry squads
Kerry – 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (37th title)
Subs used
18 M. Geaney for O'Brien
21 B. J. Keane for P. Geaney
17 S. Enright for Fitzgerald
19 Declan O'Sullivan for Walsh
20 B. Sheehan for Moran
23 K. O'Leary for Donaghy
Subs not used
16 B. Kealy
22 Darran O'Sullivan
24 J. Lyne
25 M. Griffin
26 P. Kilkenny
27 A. Fitzgerald
28 C. Cooper
29 J. Sherwood
30 D. Casey
31 P. O'Donoghue
32 S. O'Callaghan
33 M. Mangan
34 F. MacNamara
Manager
É. Fitzmaurice
Selectors
M. Sheehy
D. Murphy
Trainer
C. O'Neill
Kerry – 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finalist
Subs used
22 D. O'Sulllivan for S. O'Brien
20 B. Sheehan for J. Buckley
17 K. Donaghy for P. Geaney
23 P. Galvin for D. Moran
19 P. Murphy for A. O'Mahony
21 B. J. Keane for J. O'Donoghue
Subs not used
16 B. Kelly
18 M. Ó Sé
24 T. Walsh
25 P. Kilkenny
26 A. Fitzgerald
Manager
É. Fitzmaurice
Selectors
M. Sheehy
D. Murphy
Trainer
C. O'Neill
Kerry – 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finalist
Subs used in replay
10 G. White (c) for A. Spillane
19 J. Sherwood for B. Ó Beaglaoich
21 T. Walsh for D. O'Connor
15 K. Spillane for A. Spillane
26 J. O'Donoghue for J. Barry
20 D. Moynihan for G. Crowley
Subs used in drawn game
15 K. Spillane for A. Spillane
19 J. Sherwood for G. White
21 T. Walsh for B. Ó Beaglaoich
18 J. Lyne for G. Crowley
20 D. Moynihan for J. Barry
26 M. Griffin for S. O'Brien
Manager
P. Keane
Selectors
M. Fitzgerald
D. Buckley
T. Griffin
J. Foley
Kerry – 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (38th title)
Subs used
18 K. Spillane for P. Geaney
19 A. Spillane for D. Moran
24 J. Savage for P. Clifford (temp)
20 M. Burns for S. O'Brien
17 P. Murphy for B. Ó Beaglaíoch
21 Joe O'Connor for P. Clifford
Subs not used
16 S. Murphy
22 T. Brosnan
23 G. Crowley
25 J. O'Shea
26 S. Okunbor
Manager
Jack O'Connor
Selectors
D. Murphy
M. Quirke
Head coach
P. Tally
Goalkeeping coach
B. Kealy
Kerry – 2023 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finalist
Subs used
18 B. Ó Beaglaoich for P. Murphy
17 A. Spillane for D. Moynihan
22 M. Burns for S. O'Brien
23 K. Spillane for P. Geaney
19 M. Breen for J. Barry
Subs not used
16 S. Murphy
20 B. D. O'Sullivan
21 R. Murphy
24 D. Casey
25 D. O'Sullivan
26 R. Buckley
Manager
J. O'Connor
Selectors
D. Murphy
M. Quirke
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