Clive Delaney

Clive Delaney (born 2 January 1980 in Dublin) is an Irish footballer who plays in Sydney, Australia as a defender for amateur side Dunbar Rovers FC.

Clive Delaney
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-01-02) 2 January 1980
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2003 UCD 146 (10)
2003 West Ham United 0 (0)
2003 St Patrick's Athletic ? (2)
2004–2006 Derry City 62 (1)
2007 Bray Wanderers 18 (3)
2008–2009 Derry City 48 (2)
National team
2000 Republic of Ireland U21 1 (0)
1999 Republic of Ireland U18
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He signed for Derry for the second time in February 2008,[1] having formerly played for the club between 2004 and 2006.[2][3] He formerly played for West Ham United, UCD, St Patrick's Athletic and Bray Wanderers.

Played for Pats in the 2003 FAI Cup Final and scored in the 2006 Final . Captained the Derry City side in 2008 to League Cup success.

Represented his country at the UEFA U-19 Championship in Sweden in 1999 where he scored the winning goal as Ireland defeated Greece to win the bronze medal. Signed for West Ham United in 2002/2003 where he became a regular in the Reserve side under Roger Cross. He had successful trials at QPR and Sunderland in pre-season 2003/2004, however he chose to return to Ireland to finish his Chartered Accounting qualification and play semi-professional football with St Patrick's Athletic in Dublin.

His uncle Leo O'Reilly won League of Ireland championships with Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk F.C. in the 1950s and 1960s.

Honours

References
  1. "Big Clive is back". Derry City F.C. 26 February 2008. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
  2. "Delaney agrees new deal at Derry". BBC. 20 December 2005. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
  3. "Delaney is released by Derry City". BBC. 21 December 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2008.
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