Stefan O'Connor

Stefan O'Connor

O'Connor playing for Arsenal U19s in 2012
Personal information
Full name Stefan Ramone Sewell O’Connor[1]
Date of birth (1997-01-23) 23 January 1997[2]
Place of birth Croydon, England
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Arsenal
Number 52
Youth career
0000–2010 Crystal Palace
2010–2014 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Arsenal 0 (0)
2015–2016York City (loan) 4 (0)
National team
2014 England U17 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:34, 2 January 2016 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Stefan Ramone Sewell O'Connor (born 23 January 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Arsenal. He had a loan spell with League Two club York City during the 2015–16 season.

Club career

O'Connor was born in Croydon, London.[2] He joined Arsenal's academy in 2010 having previously been at Crystal Palace,[3] and signed scholarship forms with the club in the summer of 2013.[4] After impressive performances for the Arsenal U21s and for the U19s in the UEFA Youth League, he signed his first professional contract for the club on 10 October 2014.[5] On 9 December 2014, O'Connor made his debut for Arsenal in a UEFA Champions League match against Galatasaray, replacing Mathieu Debuchy with 13 minutes to play[6] as Arsenal won 4–1 away to finish second in their group.[7]

On 26 November 2015, O'Connor joined York City of League Two on loan until 6 January 2016.[8] He made his debut two days later after starting York's 5–1 home defeat to Accrington Stanley, in which he conceded a penalty that was scored by Josh Windass.[9] He started at centre-back, but was moved to right-back later in the match due to an injury to Jordan Lussey,[10] and continued to play for York in this position.[11] He finished his loan at York with four appearances.[12]

International career

O'Connor was capped for the England national under-17 team, playing two matches for them.

Style of play

He plays predominantly at centre-back, but can also play at right-back.[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 January 2016.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal 2014–15[6] Premier League 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
2015–16[12] Premier League 0000000000
Total 0000001000
York City (loan) 2015–16[12] League Two 4040
Career total 4000001050

References

  1. "Barclays Premier League Squad Lists 2014/15 are revealed" (PDF). Premier League. p. 3. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Stefan O'Connor". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  3. "Arsenal: Introducing Stefan O'Connor". YouTube. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  4. "52. Stefan O'Connor". Arsenal Youth. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  5. "Transfer news: Arsenal starlet Stefan O'Connor agrees professional deal". Sky Sports. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Games played by Stefan O'Connor in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  7. "Galatasaray 1–4 Arsenal". BBC Sport. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  8. "Arsenal's O'Connor Joins City". York City F.C. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  9. Flett, Dave (28 November 2015). "Jackie McNamara promises a "different" York City side after two-week break". The Press (York). Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  10. Flett, Dave (10 December 2015). "York City to be bolstered by return of experienced trio at Bristol Rovers". The Press (York). Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  11. 1 2 Flett, Dave (19 December 2015). "Switch from centre is all right for York City loan youngster O'Connor". The Press (York). Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  12. 1 2 3 "Games played by Stefan O'Connor in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

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