Brian Lenihan (footballer)

Brian Lenihan

Personal information
Date of birth	8 June 1994[1]
Place of birth	Cork, Ireland
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 ^1⁄2 in)[2]
Playing position	Right back, Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Hull City
Number	31
Youth career
	College Corinthians
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2012–2014	Cork City	27	(0)
2014–	Hull City	1	(0)
2014	→ Blackpool (loan)	2	(0)
National team^‡
	Republic of Ireland U19
2014–	Republic of Ireland U21	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:24, 30 April 2016 (UTC). † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:23, 13 January 2016 (UTC)

Brian Lenihan (born 8 June 1994) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for Hull City, as a right back or midfielder.

Club career

Born in Cork, Lenihan began his career with College Corinthians.^[3] He moved to Cork City in July 2012, making a total of 27 League of Ireland appearances for them.^[2]

After receiving interest from a number of English clubs,^[4] he signed for Hull City on 31 August 2014.^[5] The transfer fee was believed to be £200,000.^[6]

He signed a one-month loan deal with Blackpool in November 2014.^[7] He made his debut on 8 November 2014 in a 3–1 away defeat to Leeds United.^[8] He returned to Hull on 25 November after sustaining a knee injury.^[9]

He made his debut for Hull on 30 April 2016 in a 1–0 away defeat to Bolton Wanderers.^[10]

International career

Lenihan represented the Republic of Ireland under-19s.^[3]

Lenihan made his debut for the Republic of Ireland under-21s in May 2014.^[11] He was called up to the senior squad in November 2014.^[11] However later that month he was sent back to the under-21s.^[12]

Career statistics

As of 30 April 2016

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cork City[2]	2012	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	2013	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
	2014	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	0
	Total	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	29	0
Hull City	2014–15[13]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2015–16[14]	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Blackpool (loan)	2014–15[13]	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Career total		30	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	32	0

References

1. "Brian Lenihan". 11v11. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
2. Brian Lenihan profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
3. "Profile". Cork City F.C. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
4. Daniel McDonnell (27 August 2014). "D-day is looming for Cork City star Brian Lenihan". Irish Independent. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
5. "Brian Lenihan: Hull City sign Cork City defender on three-year deal". BBC Sport. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
6. Garry Doyle (1 September 2014). "'One for the future' Lenihan joins Hull in £200,000 deal". Irish Independent. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
7. "Brian Lenihan: Blackpool sign Hull City defender on loan". BBC Sport. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
8. "Leeds 3–1 Blackpool". BBC Sport. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
9. "Lenihan Returns To Hull". Blackpool F.C. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
10. "Bolton Wanderers 1–0 Hull City". BBC Sport. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
11. "Noel King's under-21s eager to follow Brian Lenihan's lead". Irish Times. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
12. "Lenihan for U21s but no Grealish". Irish Times. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
13. "Games played by Brian Lenihan in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
14. "Games played by Brian Lenihan in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 April 2016.