Martin O'Connor (footballer)

Martin O'Connor (footballer)
Martin O'Connor
Personal information
Full name Martin O'Connor
Date of birth 12 October 1967 (1967-10-12) (age 44)
Place of birth Walsall, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1991–1992 Bromsgrove Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1994 Crystal Palace 2 (0)
1993 Walsall (loan) 10 (1)
1994–1996 Walsall 94 (21)
1996 Peterborough United 18 (3)
1996–2002 Birmingham City 186 (16)
2002–2003 Walsall 48 (2)
2003–2005 Shrewsbury Town 56 (2)
2005–2006 Kidderminster Harriers 12 (0)
Total 426 (45)
National team
2000 Cayman Islands 2 (0)
Teams managed
2009–2011 Walsall (assistant manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Martin O'Connor (born 12 October 1967) is a retired football player and former assistant manager of League One side Walsall.

Born in Walsall in 1967, O'Connor started his career at Bromsgrove Rovers in the early 1990s before moving to Crystal Palace. He then spent the first of three spells at Walsall, joining on loan in March 1993 before signing permanently the following year. His most prominent role at the Saddlers was winning promotion to Division Two in 1995.

He then joined Peterborough United, followed by Birmingham City, whom O'Connor represented in the 2001 Football League Cup Final against Liverpool, which Birmingham lost in a penalty shootout.

O'Connor re-joined Walsall in 2002, but his contract was not renewed at the end of the 2002–03 season.[1] He then signed for Shrewsbury Town in July 2003,[2] before ending his playing career with Kidderminster Harriers.

O'Connor was also called up to the Cayman Islands national football team in 2000,[3] but FIFA soon ruled that he could not play for them.[4] The Cayman Islands had been attempting to exploit their status as a British Overseas Territory by picking British passport holders who would not ordinarily be eligible to play for them.

On 20 January 2009, he was named assistant manager to Chris Hutchings at Walsall, but the pair were sacked on 3 January 2011 after a series of poor results left Walsall bottom of Football League One.

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