Jordan O'Doherty (born 14 October 1997) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the East Bengal in the Indian Super League.
![]() O'Doherty in April 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jordan Luis O'Doherty | ||
Date of birth | (1997-10-14) 14 October 1997 (age 25) | ||
Place of birth | Palma, Mallorca, Spain[1] | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | East Bengal | ||
Number | 24 | ||
Youth career | |||
2013 | Adelaide United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2015 | Adelaide Raiders | 53 | (7) |
2014 | → Melbourne Knights (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2016–2018 | Adelaide United NPL | 16 | (6) |
2016–2018 | Adelaide United | 28 | (1) |
2018–2021 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 35 | (2) |
2021 | Western Sydney Wanderers NPL | 1 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Newcastle Jets | 23 | (0) |
2022– | East Bengal | 3 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2017 | Australia U-23 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:01, 20 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 July 2017 |
In August 2016, O'Doherty signed a two-year senior contract with Adelaide United after playing for their youth team.[2] He made his A-League debut against Newcastle Jets in a 1–1 draw. Three weeks later he made his starting debut against Melbourne City in a 2–1 loss. In Round 18 against Central Coast Mariners, O'Doherty scored his first goal for Adelaide United.[3] In May 2018, O'Doherty was released by Adelaide United.[4]
In June 2018, O'Doherty signed a three-year contract with Western Sydney Wanderers.[5]
At the time, O'Doherty was quoted as saying: "Coming to the Wanderers is a good opportunity for me to be somewhere for three years and really try to do the best I can in the Hyundai A-League. I want to play in as many games as possible for the club and ultimately, I want to win trophies with the team."
"To be honest, I've always enjoyed watching the Wanderers members and fans more than any other in the league. They've brought a lot of excitement to the league and they're the best in the league, so I'm looking forward to playing in front of them."[6]
O'Doherty made his A-League debut for Western Sydney Wanderers on 27 October 2018. He came on as a substitute on 60 minutes in a Sydney Derby match away at Sydney FC.[7] O'Doherty started the next game, against Wellington Phoenix, scoring his first goal for the Wanderers on 90+2 minutes.[8]
O'Doherty went on to make 17 appearances (16 starts) in the 2018–19 A-League season[9] before his season was cut short when he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury while playing against Perth Glory on 24 February 2019.[10] O'Doherty was sidelined for the rest of the 2018–19 season, only returning to play for the Wanderers 362 days later, on 21 February 2020 in a game against Adelaide United.[11] During the remainder of the 2019–20 A-League season he made ten appearances (seven starts).[12] He scored his second goal for the Wanderers in the final match of the season, a 2–1 win over Melbourne Victory on 12 August 2020.[13]
In May 2021, O'Doherty departed Western Sydney Wanderers.[14]
In August 2022, O'Doherty moved abroad for the first time in his career and signed for Indian Super League club East Bengal on a one year deal.[15]
He made his Indian Super League debut against Kerala Blasters coming on as a late substitute in a 3-1 away defeat.[16]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Adelaide United | 2016–17 | A-League | 17 | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 23 | 2 |
2017–18 | 11 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
United total | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 2 | ||
Western Sydney Wanderers |
2018–19 | A-League | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | |
2019–20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | |||
2020–21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
WSW total | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
Newcastle Jets | 2020–21 | A-League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
2021–22 | 18 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |||
Jets total | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
East Bengal | 2022–23 | Indian Super League | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | |
Career total | 89 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 98 | 5 |
East Bengal FC – current squad | |
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