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.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Stiofáin Ó Bríain | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Right half forward | ||
| Born |
27 February 1991 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 | ||
Underage and junior
editHe 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
editHe made his debut for Kerry in the 2014 Munster Senior Football Championship semi-final against Clare and scored two points.[2] 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.[2] However, he started the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final at right half forward.[3]
Retirements brought new opportunities for O'Brien in 2019.[2] He scored Kerry's first goal against Dublin in five games during a 2019 National Football League fixture in Tralee.[2] 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.[2]
Honours
edit- Kerry
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (2): 2014, 2022
- Munster Senior Football Championship (8): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
- National Football League (4): 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022
- McGrath Cup (2): 2017, 2022
- Kenmare Shamrocks
- Kerry Intermediate Football Championship (1):
- 2016
- Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship (1):
- 2016
- Kerry Junior Football Championship (1):
- 2012
- Munster Junior Club Football Championship (1):
- 2012
- All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship (Runner-up):
- 2013
- Kenmare District Team
- Kerry Senior Football Championship (Runner-Up)
- 2016
References
edit- ^ "Profile". Kerry GAA. 14 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ 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.