Daniel Corcoran

Daniel Corcoran

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Corcoran
Date of birth	February 13, 1989 (1989-02-13) (age 22)
Place of birth	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Drogheda United
Youth career
	Belvedere
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007	St. Patrick's Athletic	0	(0)
2008–2010	Sporting Fingal	35	(5)
2010	→ Shelbourne (loan)	22	(11)
2011–	Drogheda United	33	(7)
National team
	Republic of Ireland U18
	Republic of Ireland U19
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 30, 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Daniel Corcoran (born 13 February 1989 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish footballer who currently plays for League of Ireland Premier Division club Drogheda United. Corcoran plays as a forward.

Career

Corcoran who hails from Donabate in North County Dublin prospered at schoolboy and youth level in a successful Malahide United and also Belvedere team that won the FAI Under 17 challenge cup in 2007.^[1] His performances at schoolboy level eventually earned Corcoran Republic of Ireland caps at both under 18 and under 19 level.^[2] In the summer of 2007 Corcoran was signed by League of Ireland cup St. Patrick's Athletic and as part of Pats' under 21 squad he finished with a Dr. Tony O'Neill under 21 League runners-up medal.^[3]

Corcoran moved to newly formed Sporting Fingal in January 2008 for their debut campaign in the First Division. He made his Sporting Fingal and League of Ireland debut on 8 March 2008 in a 5-1 defeat against Longford Town.^[4] Corcoran was a regular figure in Fingal's debut season scoring 5 goals in 33 league and cup appearances. He remained with Sporting Fingal for the 2009 as Fingal became a full-time outfit. Opprtunities were difficult to come by for Corcoran in 2009 as he was competing with experienced big name players such as Éamon Zayed, Gary O'Neill and Robbie Doyle for limited places up front. He was restricted to 1 start and 7 substitute appearance during the season as Sporting Fingal won the FAI Cup and achieved promotion to the League of Ireland Premier Division via the play-offs. In order to further his development and achieve more regular first team football, Corcoran was loaned out by Sporting Fingal to Shelbourne for the Reds' 2010 First Division campaign.^[5] Despite initiially struggling at Shelbourne, Corcoran came into form as the season progressed becoming Shelbourne's top goalscorer with 13 goals from 28 appearances in all competitions. He also won a Leinster Senior Cup medal with Shelbourne by scoring in the 4 – 0 victory over Bray Wanderers in the final.

Corcoran's contract with Sporting Fingal expired at the end of the 2010 season leaving him as a free agent. On 23 February 2011, Corcoran signed for Drogheda United. Corcoran finished the season as Drogheda's top scorer with seven league goals to his name, along with one in the FAI Cup. He scored the winner on the final day of the season against St. Patricks Athletic - a half-volley from thirty yards out.

Career statistics

Correct as of September 11, 2010.

Club	Season	League	League		FAI Cup		League Cup		Other 1		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
St. Patrick's Athletic	2007	Premier Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	0
Sporting Fingal	2008	First Division	29	4	4	0	0	0	-	-	33	4
	2009	First Division	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	1
	Total		35	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	41	5
Shelbourne (loan)	2010	First Division	22	11	2	1	1	0	3	1	28	13
	Total		22	11	2	1	1	0	3	1	28	13
Drogheda United	2011	Premier Division	36	7	1	1	2	0	0	0	39	8
	Total		36	7	1	1	2	0	0	0	39	8
Career total			93	23	8	2	3	0	4	1	108	26

^Note 1 Competitions include Leinster Senior Cup and League of Ireland Promotion/Relegation Play-offs

Honours

• Leinster Senior Cup: 1
  • Shelbourne - 2010

References

1. ^ FAI Under 17 Challenge Cup → www.soccerscene.ie
2. ^ Ireland and France U19 teams finish level in entertaining contest in Cork → www.fai.ie
3. ^ UCD 0 - St Patrick's Athletic 0 → www.stpatsfc.com
4. ^ Longford Town 5-1 Sporting Fingal → www.rte.ie
5. ^ Further signings announced → www.shelbournefc.com

External links

• Daniel Corcoran's profile at www.shelbournefc.com

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Name	Corcoran, Daniel
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Date of birth	1989-02-13
Place of birth	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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