Darren Dennehy
Dennehy with St Patrick's Athletic in 2016
Personal information
Full name Darren Dennehy
Date of birth (1988-09-21) 21 September 1988
Place of birth Tralee, Ireland
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
2004–2005 Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Everton 0 (0)
2008–2010 Cardiff City 0 (0)
2009 → Hereford United (loan) 3 (0)
2009 → Hereford United (loan) 7 (0)
2010 → Gillingham (loan) 13 (0)
2010–2012 Barnet 24 (0)
2013–2015 Cork City 64 (7)
2016–2017 St Patrick's Athletic 26 (0)
2018 Limerick 12 (1)
International career
2006–2007 Republic of Ireland U19 7 (2)
2008–2010 Republic of Ireland U21 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 #April 2021

Darren Dennehy (born 21 September 1988) is an Irish former footballer who played as a defender for Everton, Cardiff City, Hereford United, Gillingham & Barnet in England, before returning home to play for Cork City, St Patrick's Athletic & Limerick in the League of Ireland Premier Division, alongside his older brother Billy at all three clubs.

Career

Everton

Born in County Kerry, Dennehy began his career at Everton progressing from the youth system,[1] but did not make a first team appearance at the club. In July 2008, Dennehy was left go by Everton and joined Championship side Cardiff City on a free transfer.[2]

Cardiff City

After not making a first team appearance at Cardiff during the season, Dennehy spent two weeks training at League One side Hereford United before signing on a one-month loan deal,[3] making his debut the following day in a 1–0 defeat against Southend United.[4] He made just two more appearances for Hereford, in consecutive 3–0 defeats to Scunthorpe United and Swindon Town, before his season was ended when he contracted glandular fever while away with the Republic of Ireland under-21 side.[5][6]

After returning to Cardiff for the remainder of the 2008–09 season he rejoined Hereford on a six-month loan deal in July 2009,[7] where he made a total of ten appearances in all competitions before returning to Cardiff in late December.[8] On 21 January he joined Football League One side Gillingham on loan.[9] He made his debut for the Gills on 23 January 2010 in a goalless draw with Colchester United and played in all seven matches he was available for during his loan spell before extending his loan deal until late April,[10] returning to Cardiff on 29 April.[11]

Barnet

On 12 July 2010, Dennehy joined Football League Two side Barnet on a free transfer,[12] making his debut on the opening day of the 2010–11 season in a 2–1 defeat to Chesterfield.[13] Dennehy missed the rest of the 2010–11 season after sustaining a foot injury in the 3–1 home win against Cheltenham Town on 4 September 2010. Dennehy made his comeback in the Football League Trophy victory against Colchester United a year later. In May 2012, Dennehy left Barnet due to the expiry of his contract.[14]

Cork City

On 12 January 2013 Dennehy signed for League of Ireland club Cork City.[15] His brother Billy Dennehy also signed for City for the 2014 season after being released by Shamrock Rovers. After 2 successive seasons as runners up in the league to Dundalk, as well as 2015 FAI Cup runners up to the same opposition, it was announced that the two Dennehy brothers would not remain at Cork for the 2016 season.

St Patrick's Athletic

On 9 December 2015, Dennehy signed for Dublin club St Patrick's Athletic, along with older brother Billy.[16]

Career statistics

Correct as of 10 April 2021.[17]

Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Everton Premier League 2005–06 000000——00
2006–07 000000——00
2007–08 000000——00
Cardiff City EFL Championship 2008–09 000000——00
Hereford United (loan) EFL League One 2008–09 300000—0[lower-alpha 3]030
Hereford United (loan) EFL League Two 2009–10 700020—1[lower-alpha 3]0100
Hereford United Total 1000020—10130
Cardiff City EFL Championship 2009–10 000000——00
Gillingham (loan) EFL League One 2009–10 1300000—0[lower-alpha 3]0130
Barnet EFL League Two 2010–11 500010—0[lower-alpha 3]060
2011–12 1901000—3[lower-alpha 3]0230
Barnet Total 2401010—30290
Cork City League of Ireland Premier Division 2013 1100010—3[lower-alpha 4]0150
2014 2943010—1[lower-alpha 5]0344
2015 24350001[lower-alpha 6]02[lower-alpha 5]0323
Cork City Total 64780201060787
St Patrick's Athletic League of Ireland Premier Division 2016 24020114[lower-alpha 6]11[lower-alpha 7]0322
2017 200000—2[lower-alpha 7]040
St Patrick's Athletic Total 26020114130362
Limerick League of Ireland Premier Division 2018 1210000—0[lower-alpha 5]0121
Career total 1498110615113018117
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup & FAI Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup & League of Ireland Cup
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  4. ↑ 2 appearances in Setanta Sports Cup & 1 appearance in Munster Senior Cup
  5. 1 2 3 Appearances in Munster Senior Cup
  6. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. 1 2 Appearances in Leinster Senior Cup

Honours

St Patrick's Athletic

References

  1. ↑ "Darren Dennehy" Everton.co.uk Retrieved on 14 March 2009
  2. ↑ "Cardiff add McCormack and Dennehy" BBC Sport Retrieved on 14 March 2009
  3. ↑ "Dennehy signing completed" Archived 5 September 2012 at archive.today Hereford United F.C. Retrieved on 14 March 2009
  4. ↑ "Hereford 0–1 Southend" BBC Sport Retrieved on 14 March 2009
  5. ↑ "Bulls beaten at Hartlepool" Hereford Times Retrieved on 14 April 2009
  6. ↑ "Hartlepool 4–2 Hereford" vitalfootball.co.uk Retrieved on 14 April 2009
  7. ↑ "Hereford United chief shows off new signings". Hereford Times. 2 July 2009. Archived from the original on 4 August 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  8. ↑ "Dennehy and Blanchett depart Edgar Street". Hereford United F.C. 23 December 2009. Archived from the original on 26 December 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  9. ↑ "Gillingham sign Tristan Plummer and Darren Dennehy". BBC Sport. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  10. ↑ "Defender Darren Dennehy agrees to extend his stay at Gillingham". Kent Online. 22 February 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
  11. ↑ "Dennehy back with bluebirds". South Wales Echo. 29 April 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  12. ↑ "Stimson signs 6ft 4in defender". Barnet F.C. 12 July 2010. Archived from the original on 25 July 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  13. ↑ "Chesterfield 2–1 Barnet". BBC Sport. 7 August 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  14. ↑ "McLeod, Brill lead Bees exodus". Sky Sports. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  15. ↑ "Darren Dennehy Signs for City". Archived from the original on 16 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  16. ↑ "Billy & Darren Dennehy Sign for Saints".
  17. ↑ "Republic of Ireland – D. Dennehy – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway".
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