Don O’Riordan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Don O'Riordan
Occupation	Football Player
Date Of Birth	May 14, 1957(1957-05-14)
Age	67
Birthplace	Dublin
Country	Ireland
Horoscope	Taurus

Don O'Riordan Biography

Don O'Riordan is one of the most popular and richest Football Player who was born on May 14, 1957 in Dublin, Ireland.

He captained the Republic of Ireland at under 15 and youth levels and played for three consecutive years for Ireland at youth level playing in the 1973 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship and 1975 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship. He was in the Republics senior squad four times but never managed to get onto the pitch and so failed to win a cap at senior level. He was reported later in his playing days that this was the biggest disappointment of his long career but when he was appointed Manager of the Republic of Ireland semi professional National Team while managing in Ireland he admitted that the appointment had made up for his disappointment as a player of never having played at senior level for his country. He took charge of his country for a four-team tournament involving England, Scotland, Wales and the Republic that took place in the UK. Having beaten Scotland in their first game and England in their 2nd game Ireland lost to Wales in the final game and so lost the chance to be champions. The Irish were disappointed but they had performed very well when they ended England’s long unbeaten run at this level during the tournament. O’Riordan’s skills as a manager were recognised again later when he was working in Ireland when he was appointed Manager of the League of Ireland’s under 21 Team.

O’Riordan, who could play as a central defender or in midfield, began his career as an apprentice with Derby County managed by Brian Clough, turning professional in May 1975. His league debut came on 23 March 1977, as a 24th- minute substitute for Charlie George in a 0–0 draw away to Tottenham Hotspur.

Don O'Riordan Net Worth

Don O'Riordan is one of the richest Football Player from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Don O'Riordan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Donald Joseph O’Riordan (born 14 May 1957 in Dublin) is an Irish former professional footballer and football manager. O’Riordan notably played for Middlesbrough, Grimsby Town and Notts County amongst others and has previously been on the coaching staff at Sheffield United, in the role of technical director/coach of their feeder club Chengdu Blades F.C. in China.

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He joined Grimsby Town in August 1986. As well as playing 86 league games, scoring 14 goals, for Grimsby, he also acted as assistant manager to Grimsby manager Mike Lyons and later Bobby Roberts. While at Grimsby he started the Grimsby Town School of Excellence. Despite relegation in his 2nd season he won the fans Player of the Year award and the Sunday People Player of the Year for that Division.

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Don Ranked on the list of most popular Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Don O'Riordan celebrates birthday on May 14 of every year.

In February 1993 O’Riordan joined Torquay United as Player Coach at a time when Torquay looked favourites to get relegated out of the Football League but he played a big role in their survival and that summer took over as manager. In his first season as manager, a young Torquay side made the Division Three play-offs and lost the semi final against his old club Preston North End. The game will be remembered for a wrong decision by the referee to send off the Torquay defender Darren Moore which gave Preston an advantage and they went on to score four times to win 4–1 and 4–3 over the two legs. After selling some of his key players from the play-off season the following season was to produce a mid-table position of safety. The 1995–96 season started badly for Torquay, and O’Riordan was sacked after a heavy defeat at home to Scunthorpe United in October, with future Torquay forward Andy McFarlane scoring 4 goals. During his time in charge he brought through players into the 1st team such as Darren Moore Paul Trollope and Paul Buckle who later went on to manage Torquay. Torquay accepted offers for many of the young players developed by O’Riordan during his time in charge but his two Caribbean signings Bajan international Gregory Goodridge and Rodney Jack the Saint Vincent National Team player brought in a reported one million pounds in transfer fees between them selling Goodridge to QPR before and Jack to Crewe after his departure.