Danny O'Connor is an Irish footballer player currently playing for Bray Wanderers

Bray Wanderers A.F.C.

Bray Wanderers A.F.C. are an Irish football club playing in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The club, founded in 1942 and elected to the League in 1985, hails from Bray and play their home matches at the Carlisle Grounds. Club colours are Green and White, and it goes by the nickname...

. O'Connor primarily plays as a central defender and can play in central midfield. His brother James O'Connor plays for Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...

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O'Connor began his senior career at Bray Wanderers but his most notable spell came during his time with Drogheda United. On 8 February 2003 he scored the winning goal in the relegation playoff against Galway United to keep Drogheda in the top division. His extra time goal at United Park

United Park

Hunky Dorys Park is a football stadium in Drogheda, Ireland. The ground has been home to League of Ireland side Drogheda United since 1979. The ground has a capacity of 2,000 with 400 seats...

 was Drogheda's third of the match, which overturned the 2-0 defeat they had suffered in the first leg.

He then moved to Longford Town

Longford Town F.C.

Longford Town F.C. is an Irish football club playing in the League of Ireland First Division. The club, founded in 1924 and elected to the league in 1984, hails from Longford, County Longford and play their home matches at Flancare Park...

 where he had a very successful few seasons winning an FAI Cup

FAI Cup

The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, known as the FAI Ford Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland...

 and League Cup in 2004. He scored a wonder goal in an amazing comeback against Cork City in the First Round of the FAI Cup in 2006. Longford would later bow out in the Quarter Finals against St Pats, on a scoreline of 4-1.

O'Connor departed Longford Town at the end of the 2006 season to join newly promoted Shamrock Rovers

Shamrock Rovers F.C.

Shamrock Rovers Football Club are a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. They compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the most successful club in Irish football history. The club have won the League of Ireland title a record 17 times and the FAI Cup a record 24...

.He made his Rovers debut at UCD on the opening day of the 2007 season. O'Connor scored his first Rovers goal in a 2-0 derby win. He departed Shamrock Rovers at the end of the 2008 season and following a brief spell out of the game he joined IFA Premiership

IFA Premiership

The IFA Premiership – formerly the Irish Premier League, and before that the Irish Football League–and still known in popular parlance simply as the Irish League, is the national football league in Northern Ireland, and was historically the league for the whole of Ireland. Clubs in the league are...

 side Newry City

Newry City F.C.

Newry City is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, founded in 1923, is based in Newry, County Down and plays its home matches at The Showgrounds. Club colours are blue and white...

 for the 2009/10 season.

O'Connor returned to Bray Wanderers

Bray Wanderers A.F.C.

Bray Wanderers A.F.C. are an Irish football club playing in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The club, founded in 1942 and elected to the League in 1985, hails from Bray and play their home matches at the Carlisle Grounds. Club colours are Green and White, and it goes by the nickname...

in July 2010.