| Conor O'Malley | |
| Fullname: | Conor O'Malley[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1 August 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Westport, Ireland |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Youthyears1: | 2006–2011 |
| Youthclubs1: | Westport United |
| Youthyears2: | 2011–2012 |
| Youthclubs2: | Mervue United |
| Youthyears3: | 2012–2013 |
| Youthclubs3: | Salthill Devon |
| Years1: | 2011 |
| Clubs1: | Mervue United |
| Caps1: | 2 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2012–2013 |
| Clubs2: | Salthill Devon |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2013 |
| Clubs3: | Mervue United |
| Caps3: | 8 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2014 |
| Clubs4: | Shamrock Rovers B |
| Caps4: | 15 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2014–2017 |
| Clubs5: | St Patrick's Athletic |
| Caps5: | 41 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2017–2020 |
| Clubs6: | Peterborough United |
| Caps6: | 23 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 13:44, 26 March 2019 (UTC) |
Conor O'Malley (born 1 August 1994) is a former Irish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[2]
O'Malley began his career with his local club Westport United in their youth team. He played for Mervue United's under 19 side for the 2011–12 season, making 2 appearances for the first team in the League of Ireland First Division.He played for Salthill Devon's under 19's for the 2012–13 season before returning to Mervue's first team, playing 8 games in the 2013 season.[3]
In January 2014 O'Malley joined Shamrock Rovers' B team, he played 15 times for them and also made the bench for the First Team 3 times. As a result, after another year he joined St Patrick's Athletic ahead of the 2015 season. He won the 2015 League of Ireland Cup for the club, by saving 2 penalties against Galway United in the final.[4] He played in the 2016 League of Ireland Cup Final also, as Pat's won 4–1 against Limerick to retain the title.[5] In his 48 games for them he gained a reputation attracting the likes of Leeds United, Peterborough United and Rangers.[6]
On 7 August 2017, O'Malley joined his old Pat's teammate Chris Forrester at League 1 side Peterborough United for an undisclosed fee expected to be in the region of €100,000, and made his debut in a 2–0 victory against Southampton Under-21s in the EFL Trophy. He had a contract option exercised by Peterborough at the end of the 2018–19 season[7] and left the club at the end oh his contract on 30 June 2020 after playing 28 games for the Posh.[8] In April 2020, he had announced that he would be retiring from football upon the conclusion of his contract in order to return home and begin working in the financial sector.[9] [10]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Mervue United | 2011[11] | League of Ireland First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Salthill Devon | 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mervue United | 2013 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Mervue United total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Shamrock Rovers B | 2014 | League of Ireland First Division | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| St Patrick's Athletic | 2015 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| St Patrick's Athletic total | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 0 | |||
| Peterborough United | 2017–18 | EFL League One | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[12] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Peterborough United total | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 89 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 107 | 0 | |||
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