Diarmuid O'Carroll

Diarmuid O'Carroll
Personal information
Full name	; Diarmuid O'Carroll;
Date of birth	; (1987-03-16) 16 March 1987 (age 31);
Place of birth	; Killarney, Ireland
Height	; 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	; Forward;
Youth career
1995–2002	; Killarney Athletic
2002–2003	; Home Farm;
2003–2006	; Celtic;
Senior career*
National team
	; * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Diarmuid O'Carroll (born 16 March 1987 in Killarney) is an Irish retired professional footballer, who last played as a forward for NIFL Premiership side Crusaders. Diarmuid currently works for the Irish Football Association as Club and Community Development Officer with the Football Development Department.

Club career[edit]

Diarmuid "" O'Carroll started his youth career with Home Farm^[3] before joining Celtic's Youth Academy, he had featured for Celtic's reserve side for several years,^[4] but did not play for the first team. In 2007, he had a loan spell with Ross County F.C. and, in July 2008, it was announced that O'Carroll had signed a one-year deal with English League Two side Morecambe.^[5]

In the summer of 2009 O'Carroll had many trials, including one at Újpest FC, but he did not agree a deal with the Hungarian club. He played for Shamrock Rovers in their win over Hibernian F.C. in July but was not offered a contract ^[6] One month later he signed a one-year deal with Airdrie United.^[7] Due to financial cutbacks at the club, he left in May 2010. O'Carroll then went on trial at Raith Rovers. He scored his first goal for Raith as a trialist away to Forfar Athletic in a pre-season friendly on 13 July 2010. On 30 July he signed for Icelandic side Valur.^[8]

In November 2010, after returning from Iceland O'Carroll signed a pre-contract agreement with Glenavon in Northern Ireland. He became eligible to play from January 2011.^[3]
In an Irn-Bru league cup match on 20 September 2011, O'Carroll scored a double-hatrick^[9] Until this time, he played for amateur side Dollingstown to maintain his match fitness.

He signed for Cliftonville on 3 January 2012 [1] and scored on his debut at Leonidas [2].

On 7 May 2014, O'Carroll was confirmed to have left Cliftonville and joined Crusaders, signing a two-year pre-contract for the club.

International career[edit]

O'Carroll has been capped at every youth level and under 21 for Ireland, but has never played for the Republic of Ireland at full international level.^[2]

Charity work[edit]

O'Carroll started his charity work by running a half-marathon in aid of Suicide Awareness in June 2010 in Belfast and continued that in October of that year by running the Dublin City Marathon for the same cause.^{[citation needed]}

Coaching[edit]

O Carroll has completed a number of coaching badges and has a long term ambition of pursuing this area after he retires from playing.

Honours[edit]

Cliftonville

IFA Premiership (2): 2012–13, 2013–14

Irish League Cup (2): 2012–13, 2013–14

Irish Cup (1): 2012–13 (runner-up)

Crusaders

NIFL Premiership (2): 2014–15, 2015–16

References[edit]

^ "Diarmuid O'Carroll". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

^ ^a^b "O'Carroll stepping back to go forward". Irish Independent. 27 December 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2011.

^ ^a^b "Glenavon sign former Airdrie striker Diarmuid O'Carroll". BBC Sport. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2011.

^ "O'Carroll makes point with strike". celticfc.net. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007.

^ "Morecambe snap up Celtic striker". BBC Sport. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2008.

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 July 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2009. .

^ "Striker O'Carroll joins Diamonds". BBC Sport. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2009.

^ http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/O'Carroll,+Diarmuid

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

External links[edit]

Diarmuid O'Carrol at Soccerbase

[1] "Diarmuid O'Carroll". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

[IIInterview-2] "O'Carroll stepping back to go forward". Irish Independent. 27 December 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2011.

[Pre-contract-3] "Glenavon sign former Airdrie striker Diarmuid O'Carroll". BBC Sport. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2011.

[4] "O'Carroll makes point with strike". celticfc.net. Archived from the original on 15 December 2007.

[5] "Morecambe snap up Celtic striker". BBC Sport. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2008.

[6] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 July 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2009. .

[7] "Striker O'Carroll joins Diamonds". BBC Sport. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2009.

[8] ttp://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/O'Carroll,+Diarmuid

[9] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

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