| Nico O'Reilly | |
| Full Name: | Nico O'Reilly |
| Birth Date: | 21 March 2005 |
| Birth Place: | Manchester, England |
| Height: | 1.88m (06.17feet) |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Manchester City |
| Clubnumber: | 75 |
| Youthyears1: | 2011–2024 |
| Youthclubs1: | Manchester City |
| Years1: | 2024– |
| Clubs1: | Manchester City |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2021 |
| Nationalteam1: | England U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2021–2022 |
| Nationalteam2: | England U17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2022 |
| Nationalteam3: | England U18 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 08:49, 22 August 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 08:49, 22 August 2024 (UTC) |
Nico O'Reilly (born 21 March 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Manchester City.
From Manchester, O’Reilly started at the City academy when he was eight years old.[1] He moved up to the Manchester City under-23 side towards the end of the 2021–22 season, and subsequently signed his first professional contract with the club in July 2022.[2] O’Reilly captained the under-18s during the 2022–23 season.[3] He made some headlines after he was filmed scoring an overhead scorpion kick in the 95th minute of an under-18s match forManchester City against Middlesbrough in April 2023.[4] A week later, he scored another spectacular goal with a forty-yard chip against Manchester United under-18s.[5]
O’Reilly trained with the Manchester City first-team on a warm weather training camp to Abu Dhabi in December 2022.[6] He was included in the match day squad for their Premier League fixture on away to Brighton & Hove Albion on 24 May 2023, and was included amongst the match day substitutes.[7] [8]
He made his senior debut in the 2024 FA Community Shield against Manchester United on 10 August 2024.[9]
O’Reilly scored his first goal for the England under-16s against Northern Ireland on 3 June 2021, in a 6–0 win.[10] [11] A few months later, he scored his first goal for the England U17 side, in the 88th minute of a 2–2 draw away against Slovakia on 21 October 2022.[12]
O’Reilly has been described as an attacking midfielder with “flair” who is “graceful and fluid with the ball at his feet”.[13]
| Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Manchester City | 2024–25 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
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