Darren O’Dea

Quick Facts

Full Name	Darren O'Dea
Occupation	association football player
Date Of Birth	Feb 4, 1987(1987-02-04)
Age	37
Birthplace	Dublin
Country	Ireland
Horoscope	Aquarius

Darren O'Dea Biography

Darren O'Dea is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on February 4, 1987 in Dublin, Ireland. Darren O’Dea (born 4 February 1987) is an Irish retired professional football player, who is currently the manager of Celtic under-18s. O’Dea has played as a centre back for clubs in Scotland, England, Canada, Ukraine and India, and represented the Republic of Ireland internationally.

After playing 16 times for Celtic, O’Dea signed a three-year contract in March 2007 and considered it a “reward for the hard work” he had done. In his second season he contributed to Celtic winning the league championship, although he did not feature in the title winning match against Dundee United. After O’Dea did not play for two months (since his last Champions League match against FC Spartak Moscow), the BBC reported in October that he would be recalled to the injury-plagued team as a replacement for Gary Caldwell, and he played the entire league match against Rangers on 20 October 2007. That season, he primarily played centre-back.

During the 2008–09 season O’Dea made a total of sixteen appearances, scoring twice. His extra-time goal in the 2009 Scottish League Cup Final gave Celtic the trophy. After playing fifty times for the club, O’Dea was loaned to championship club Reading in September 2009 for more first-team experience and he called it a “massive chance” to represent Celtic. He made his debut in a 0–0 draw against Doncaster Rovers, with his second-half shot saved by Doncaster goalkeeper Neil Sullivan. In a September interview, O’Dea was reluctant to return to Celtic for rare match opportunities.

After being capped by the youth national teams of the Republic of Ireland, O’Dea made his senior-team debut in 2009 and has been capped 20 times. He represented Ireland at the 2012 UEFA European Championship.

After playing for the Irish under-19 and under-21 teams, O’Dea was called up to the international squad within a year. Promoted to the Irish under-21 international squad by manager Don Givens on 3 March 2007, he was the team captain. Less than a week later, O’Dea was named to the international squad for Ireland’s UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group D matches on 24 and 28 March.

Darren O'Dea Net Worth

Darren O'Dea is one of the richest association football player from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Darren O'Dea 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born in Dublin, O’Dea played for Home Farm before he was signed by Celtic as a teenager. After making his way through the reserves and academy side, he made his first-team debut for Celtic in the Scottish League Cup against St Mirren in September 2006. A month later, O’Dea made his league debut against Inverness Caledonian Thistle, where he played the last thirty minutes after substituting for Gary Caldwell. His UEFA Champions League debut was on 6 December against Danish club F.C. Copenhagen as a substitute for the injured Stephen McManus. O’Dea made his first league starting appearance against Dunfermline Athletic four days after his Champions League debut. Later that month he scored his first goal in a match against Dundee United, with his rebound of a 78th-minute free kick by Shunsuke Nakamura tying the match 2–2. O’Dea’s first season saw him also score against Livingston in the run to the 2006–07 Scottish Cup.

O’Dea began his career on the youth team of Celtic, with whom he played from 2006 to 2012. During his time on Celtic, he was loaned to Reading, Ipswich Town and Leeds United. While playing for Leeds, O’Dea won the Ireland Young International Player of the Year Award. For more first-team opportunities he switched clubs and countries, joining Toronto FC of Major League Soccer for a year until 2013.

On 13 May 2008, he was listed on Giovanni Trapattoni’s first squad as Ireland’s manager for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8 matches against Bulgaria and Italy. O’Dea made his senior-team debut on 8 September 2009 in a 1–0 friendly win over South Africa at Thomond Park in Limerick as a 60th-minute substitute for Paul McShane.

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After spending the previous two seasons out on loan, O’Dea was released by Celtic at the end of his contract on 1 June 2012 despite a one-year contract- extension option. He said he “had a great time at Celtic and have a lot of friends there so it was important for me that I left properly”.

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O’Dea then signed with championship club Blackpool in December 2014, making his debut in a 6–1 loss to Bournemouth. Bournemouth’s fourth goal was scored by Brett Pitman, converting a penalty shot incurred by O’Dea (who fouled Callum Wilson in the penalty area). Against Wolverhampton Wanderers, the BBC reported that he “got into a terrible muddle trying to cut out a pass from Kevin McDonald” and allowed Benik Afobe (in his first game for Wolverhampton) to score the second goal. O’Dea was injured in a match against Nottingham Forest in February 2015, forcing him to miss the game with Blackburn Rovers. Released when his contract expired in May, he said the club had a “disastrous season”. O’Dea played 20 times for Blackpool.