Brian Morrisroe (born 17 April 1972 in Dublin) is an Irish footballer who plays for Manortown Utd [1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Brian Morrisroe | ||
| Date of birth | 17 April 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1997 | St Patrick's Athletic | 61 | (9) |
| 1997–1999 | Shamrock Rovers | 50 | (8) |
| 1999–2001 | Dundalk | 39 | (6) |
| 2000–2001 | Ballymena United | 5 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Athlone Town | 29 | (7) |
| 2002–2003 | Dublin City | ? | (?) |
| 2003 | → Limerick (loan) | ? | (?) |
| 2008 | Sporting Fingal | 11 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
A midfielder he made his League of Ireland debut for St Patrick's Athletic at Dundalk on 26 September 1993. Morrisroe scored the winner against Southampton F.C. in a friendly in July 1995.[2]
Morrisroe played in two 1996–97 UEFA Cup games for the Richmond Park (football ground) side.
He moved to Shamrock Rovers in June 1997.
Morrisroe made 2 appearances in the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup for Rovers before moving to Dundalk making his debut in a 1–0 home defeat to Longford Town on 22 August 1999 and subsequently helped the Lilywhites on their way to promotion from the First Division in 2001, before leaving Oriel Park to sign for Ballymena United in February 2001. He had a subsequent spell at Athlone Town.
He spent a few years out of the League of Ireland playing with Glenmore Dundrum in the Leinster Senior League.
He signed for Sporting Fingal in 2008 and made his Sporting debut on 4 July 2008 where he was Man of the Match [3] and went on to make 11 total league appearances.
Honours
editFAI Cup Runner up 1995/96
References
edit- ^ "Sporting Fingal 4-0 Monaghan United - RTÉ Sport". RTÉ.ie. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013.
- ^ "St. Patricks beat Southampton". The Irish Times. Dublin. 25 July 1995. ISSN 0791-5144.
- ^ "582". Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2013.