Conor O'Malley
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Conor O'Malley[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 August 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Westport, Ireland | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2011 | Westport United | ||
| 2011–2012 | Mervue United | ||
| 2012–2013 | Salthill Devon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011 | Mervue United | 2 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Salthill Devon | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | Mervue United | 8 | (0) |
| 2014 | Shamrock Rovers B | 15 | (0) |
| 2014–2017 | St Patrick's Athletic | 41 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Peterborough United | 23 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:44, 26 March 2019 (UTC) | |||
Conor O'Malley (born 1 August 1994) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[2]
O'Malley began his career with his local club Westport United in their youth team. He played for Mervue United's under 19 side for the 2011–12 season, making 2 appearances for the first team in the League of Ireland First Division. He played for Salthill Devon's under 19's for the 2012–13 season before returning to Mervue's first team, playing 8 games in the 2013 season.[3]
In January 2014 O'Malley joined Shamrock Rovers' B team, he played 15 times for them and also made the bench for the First Team 3 times. As a result, after another year he joined St Patrick's Athletic ahead of the 2015 season. He won the 2015 League of Ireland Cup for the club, by saving 2 penalties against Galway United in the final.[4] He played in the 2016 League of Ireland Cup Final also, as Pat's won 4–1 against Limerick to retain the title.[5] In his 48 games for them he gained a reputation attracting the likes of Leeds United, Peterborough United and Rangers.[6]
On 7 August 2017, O'Malley joined his old Pat's teammate Chris Forrester at League 1 side Peterborough United for an undisclosed fee expected to be in the region of €100,000, and made his debut in a 2–0 victory against Southampton Under-21s in the EFL Trophy. He had a contract option exercised by Peterborough at the end of the 2018–19 season[7] and left the club at the end oh his contract on 30 June 2020 after playing 28 games for the Posh.[8] In April 2020, he had announced that he would be retiring from football upon the conclusion of his contract in order to return home and begin working in the financial sector.[9][10]