Daniel O'Reilly (born 11 April 1995) is an Irish footballer who plays for Hamilton Academical as a centre back.[1][2]
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1995-04-11) 11 April 1995 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Hamilton Academical | ||
| Number | 34 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cherry Orchard | |||
| 2010–2014 | Fulham | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014 | Fulham | 0 | (0) |
| 2014 | → | ||
| 2015 | Bray Wanderers | 14 | (0) |
| 2016 | Longford Town | 8 | (0) |
| 2016 | Eastbourne Borough | 4 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Longford Town | 52 | (4) |
| 2019 | Finn Harps | 33 | (2) |
| 2020 | Shelbourne | 9 | (0) |
| 2021 | Drogheda United | 36 | (1) |
| 2022– | Hamilton Academical | 17 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 2012 | Republic of Ireland U17 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 June 2022 | |||
O'Reilly was born in Dublin.[2] He grew up in Celbridge and attended Salesian College Celbridge.[3]
O'Reilly played underage football for Cherry Orchard before being signed by Fulham Academy in November 2010 aged 15.[3] On 30 January 2014, O'Reilly was sent to Walton Casuals on a one month loan.[4] He stayed at Fulham in four years before being released, then had a brief stay at Southern Premier League Hereford United in 2014 before the club collapsed.[5][6] He subsequently moved to Bishop's Stortford and then returned to Ireland to play with Bray Wanderers. After a brief period at Eastbourne Borough, O'Reilly returned in 2016 to the League of Ireland, playing with Longford Town and Finn Harps.[7][8]
At the end of the 2019 season he was voted Supporter's Player of the Year at Finn Harps. In November 2019 O'Reilly signed for Shelbourne.[9]
In December 2020 he moved to 2020 League of Ireland First Division Winners Drogheda United ahead of their first season back in the League of Ireland Premier Division, where he was voted Club Player of the Year in his only season at the club.[10]
On 1 January 2022, Daniel’s agency (Stephen Hunt Management) announced that O'Reilly had signed for Scottish Championship side Hamilton Academical, after rejecting several offers from Ireland.[11]
O'Reilly was selected as an unused sub for the Republic of Ireland U17 team in 2012, in a qualifying game against Kazakhstan.[12]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup[lower-alpha 2] | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Fulham | 2013–14 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Walton Casuals (loan) | 2013–14 | Isthmian Division One South | — | — | — | |||||||
| Hereford United | 2014–15 | Southern Football League | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bishop's Stortford | 2014–15 | National League South | — | — | — | |||||||
| Bray Wanderers | 2015 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Longford Town | 2016 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Eastbourne Borough | 2016–17 | National League South | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Longford Town | 2017 | League of Ireland First Division | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| 2018 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 32 | 4 | ||
| Longford Town total | 60 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 6 | ||
| Finn Harps | 2019 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 37 | 2 |
| Shelbourne | 2020 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Drogheda United | 2021 | League of Ireland Premier Division | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 | ||
| Hamilton Academical | 2021–22 | Scottish Championship | 17 | 1 | — | — | — | 17 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 173 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 204 | 10 | ||
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