| Code: | Football |
| Sport: | Gaelic football |
| Steven O'Brien | |
| Occupation: | Student |
| County: | Tipperary |
| Province: | Munster |
| Club: | Ballina |
| Clcounty: | 0 |
| Counties: | Tipperary |
| Icposition: | Centre-forward |
| Icyears: | 2013-present |
| Icapps(Points): | 9 (0-9) |
| Icprovince: | 1 |
| Icallireland: | 1 |
| Nfl: | 0 |
| Allstars: | 0 |
| Icupdate: | 19:22, 1 August 2015 |
| Birth Date: | 22 December 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Ballina, County Tipperary, Ireland |
Steven O'Brien (born 22 December 1994) is an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler who has played for the Tipperary senior hurling and football teams.[1]
Born in Ballina, County Tipperary, O'Brien first played competitive Gaelic games during his schooling at Nenagh CBS. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of fifteen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor teams as a dual player before later joining the under-21 sides. He made his senior football debut during the 2013 championship. O'Brien immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen.
At club level O'Brien is a one-time championship medallist in the intermediate grade as a hurler with Ballina.
O'Brien made his debut for the Tipperary hurlers in the 2014 Waterford Crystal Cup final victory against Clare and was a member of the Tipperary hurling panel in 2016 which went on to win the All-Ireland title. He made his debut as a late substitute against Clare on 3 April 2016. He made his first league start for Tipperary against Dublin on 11 February 2017 in the 2017 National Hurling League.[2]
In October 2017, O'Brien confirmed that he will be playing with the Tipperary senior football team in 2018 after two years with the Tipperary hurling team.[3]
On 22 November 2020, Tipperary won the 2020 Munster Senior Football Championship after a 0-17 to 0-14 win against Cork in the final. It was Tipperary's first Munster title in 85 years.[4] [5]