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Owen Heary Personal information Full name Owen Heary Date of birth 4 October 1976 Place of birth Dublin, Ireland Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Playing position Right back Club information Current club Bohemians Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1993-1994 Kilkenny City 16 (1) 1994–1998 Home Farm 111 (6) 1998–2006 Shelbourne 274 (13) 2007- Bohemians 140 (8) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Owen Heary (born 4 October 1976 in Dublin) is an Irish professional football defender and currently captain of Bohemians [1].
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Playing career
He made his League of Ireland debut for Kilkenny City at Bray Wanderers on 21 November 1993. After one season at Buckley Park he moved home to Home Farm where in 4 seasons he won the First Division Shield.
He won five league titles and one FAI Cup with Shelbourne after making his debut against Finn Harps at Tolka Park in September 1998. He accompanied Dermot Keely, his former manager at Home Farm F.C. (whom Heary had captained) to Shelbourne.
Heary, a right-sided full-back noted for his robust tackling, general fitness and frequent sorties up the right flank in support of his attack, was elected Player of the Year for the 2001/2002 season by his peers in the Professional Footballers Association of Ireland.
Heary was unveiled as a Bohemians player at a press conference on 22 January 2007 and has since slotted into the side with ease, playing a huge part in Bohs' great defensive record. Owen captained Bohs to the 2008 league title and FAI Cup in a fantastic season for the right back. He scored against Rhyl F.C. in the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup [2].
He collected a bucketful of personal honours during the season, being voted on to the Eircom League of Ireland Premier Division Team for 2008, receiving 42% of the votes for the right back position [3] and named the eircom/Soccer Writers Association of Ireland (SWAI) player of the month for October [4]. This was topped off when he was named the SWAI Personality of the Year on 4 December.
Heary struggled with injuries during the 2009 season, only making 20 league appearances.[5]. However he collected his first ever League Cup winners medal in the September as Bohs beat Waterford United 3-1 at the RSC.[1] In November 2009, Heary as captain, collected the Premier Division trophy for the Bohemians first back-to-back league wins.[2] In doing so, he equalled Johnny Matthews record of 7 league winners medals.[6]
Despite captaining the club to the Setanta Sports Cup,[3] Bohemians had a disappointing 2010 season where the club lost their league title on goal difference and failed to make an impact in Europe where they made an embarrassing exit to Welsh side The New Saints.
Honours
- League of Ireland: 7
- Shelbourne - 1999/00, 2001/02, 2003, 2004, 2006
- Bohemians - 2008, 2009
- FAI Cup: 2
- Shelbourne - 1999/00
- Bohemians - 2008
- Setanta Sports Cup: 1
- Bohemians - 2010
- League of Ireland Cup: 1
- Bohemians - 2009
- PFAI Player of the Year: 1
- Shelbourne - 2001-2002
- SWAI Personality of the Year: 1
- Bohemians - 2008
- Eircom League Player of the Year: 1
- Shelbourne - 2005
References
- ^ Bohs win EA Sports League Cup
- ^ "Bohemians make their 11th title official". Irish Times. 2009-11-06. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/1107/1224258281925.html. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
- ^ Bohemians win Setanta Cup
External links
- Player Profile
- 20 Questions with Owen Heary
- Heary wins monthly award
- Bohemians unveil Heary today
- Heary to sit out Salzburg clash
- Shels defence depleted for Town tie
- Heary on target as Shels draw
- Owen Heary sent off for Bohs
- Heary scores in 4-2 win over UCD
Bohemian F.C. – current squad Categories:- 1976 births
- Living people
- Kilkenny City A.F.C. players
- Home Farm F.C. players
- Shelbourne F.C. players
- Bohemian F.C. players
- Republic of Ireland association footballers
- People from County Dublin
- League of Ireland players
- League of Ireland: 7
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