| Mark O'Mahony | |
| Fullname: | Mark Jeremiah O'Mahony[1] |
| Birth Place: | Carrigaline, Ireland |
| Birth Date: | 14 January 2005 |
| Position: | Striker |
| Currentclub: | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Clubnumber: | 51 |
| Youthyears1: | –2019 |
| Youthclubs1: | Carrigaline United |
| Youthyears2: | 2019–2023 |
| Youthclubs2: | Cork City |
| Youthyears3: | 2023– |
| Youthclubs3: | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Years1: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs1: | Cork City |
| Caps1: | 11 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2023– |
| Clubs2: | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Caps2: | 3 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Republic of Ireland U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2021–2022 |
| Nationalteam2: | Republic of Ireland U17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 4 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2023– |
| Nationalteam3: | Republic of Ireland U19 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 15 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 6 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2024– |
| Nationalteam4: | Republic of Ireland U21 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 23:19, 28 April 2024 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 17:03, 11 June 2024 (UTC) |
Mark Jeremiah O'Mahony (born 14 January 2005) is an Irish footballer who plays for the academy of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion as a striker.
From Carrigaline, in County Cork, O'Mahony left Carrigaline United to join Cork City in 2019. He made 11 appearances for the club as they won the 2022 League of Ireland First Division to gain promotion to the League of Ireland Premier Division.[2]
In January 2023, O'Mahony joined the academy of Brighton & Hove Albion for a reported fee of an initial £50,000, signing a three-year contract.[3] On 12 November 2023, he was named among the match day squad in the Premier League as Brighton played at home against Sheffield United.[4] On 10 April 2024, he signed a new contract with the club until June 2027.[5] On 13 April 2024, he made his senior debut for the club, coming off the bench in their 1–1 draw away to Burnley in the Premier League.[6]
On 28 April 2024, he made his first ever Premier League start vs Bournemouth, getting subbed off at half-time.
He has been capped for Republic of Ireland at U-17, U-18 and U-19 levels, and was named the FAI’s U-17 Player of the Year in 2022.[7] In September 2022, he scored a hat trick for the Ireland U19 team against Gibraltar U19.[8] In December 2022 he was named the FAI U17 player of the year after scoring fourteen goals in sixteen appearances for Irish youth international teams.[9]
| Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Cork City | 2022 | League of Ireland First Division | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 | |||
| Brighton & Hove Albion U21 | 2023–24 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2023–24 | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Career total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
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