Full name Richard Mark O'Donnell Playing position 0000–2006 Sheffield Wednesday Weight 85 kg | Place of birth Sheffield, England Number 18 Height 1.88 m | |
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Date of birth (1988-09-12) 12 September 1988 (age 28) Current team Rotherham United F.C. (#18 / Goalkeeper) Similar Frank Fielding, Marlon Pack, Jamie Paterson, Ivan Lucic Profiles | ||
Team mates richard o donnell and reece james
Richard Mark O'Donnell (born 12 September 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championship club Rotherham United.
Contents
- Team mates richard o donnell and reece james
- Kids tv richard o donnell masterclass
- Sheffield Wednesday
- Chesterfield
- Walsall
- Wigan Athletic
- Bristol City
- Rotherham United
- Career statistics
- Honours
- References
Having started his career with Sheffield Wednesday's youth system, O'Donnell progressed to the first team where he was largely used as an understudy goalkeeper. He played 20 times for Wednesday between 2006 and 2012, earning a significant amount of first-team appearances elsewhere as he spent time on loan with York City, Buxton, Rotherham United, Oldham Athletic, Grimsby Town, Alfreton Town and Macclesfield Town. He was released in the summer of 2012 and joined Chesterfield. In 2013, following limited first-team appearances, he signed a one-year contract at Walsall.
Kids tv richard o donnell masterclass
Sheffield Wednesday
Born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, O'Donnell started his career with Sheffield Wednesday's youth system. He was called up to first team at the start of the 2006–07 season and was an unused substitute for the League Cup match against Wrexham as back-up for Chris Adamson. O'Donnell joined Conference National club York City on 2 March 2007 on a work experience arrangement. He was recalled by Wednesday later that month, to provide cover injuries.
O'Donnell signed his first professional contract with Wednesday in June 2007. He joined Buxton of the Northern Premier League Premier Division on a one-month loan in December 2007, where he made two appearances. He joined League Two club Rotherham United on 8 January 2008 on a three-month loan, as back-up for Andy Warrington, but was recalled before the end of the deal as back-up to Wednesday's two first choice goalkeepers. O'Donnell was then loaned to League One club Oldham Athletic on 14 March 2008 on an emergency seven-day loan. He made his Football League debut the following day at the age of 19 in a match against Luton Town.
He joined Conference Premier club Grimsby Town on 31 August 2010 on a one-month loan. He made his debut on 4 September 2010 against Luton, Grimsby winning 2–0 at home. On 4 February 2011, he joined Alfreton Town on a one-month loan. He made his debut for Wednesday in a 2–0 defeat away to Southampton on 19 March 2011. On 15 May 2012, O'Donnell was amongst the six first-team players to be released by Wednesday.
Chesterfield
Days after his release, O'Donnell signed for Chesterfield on 16 May 2012 on a one-year contract. After appearing as an unused substitute in the first five matches, he made his debut on 4 September 2012 as an 89th-minute substitute for Tommy Lee in a 2–1 home win over Chesterfield. O'Donnell made his first start four days later, in a 2–2 away draw against York on 8 September 2012. He appeared in the following 14 matches, mainly due to the absence of first-choice goalkeeper Tommy Lee, who was out for eight weeks. After Lee recovered and returned to the first team, O'Donnell was once again the club's back-up goalkeeper.
On 14 January 2013, O'Donnell joined Conference Premier club Stockport County on a one-month loan. O'Donnell had his loan spell extended with the club until 16 April 2013. While at Stockport, he made 20 appearances and established himself as first choice goalkeeper, but the club was relegated to the Conference North. In the last match of the season, O'Donnell made his first Chesterfield appearance in over six months, a 4–0 home victory over Exeter City.
He was released at the end of that one-year contract in April 2013 following limited first-team opportunities.
Walsall
Following his release from Chesterfield, O'Donnell signed a one-year contract with League One club Walsall on 18 July 2013. He was voted as their Player of the Year in 2014–15.
Wigan Athletic
On 22 May 2015, O'Donnell signed a three-year contract with League One club Wigan Athletic.
Bristol City
After losing his place to Jussi Jääskeläinen in the Wigan team, he joined Championship club Bristol City on 12 January 2016 on loan until the end of 2015–16 as cover for the injured Frank Fielding. He went straight into the team against Preston North End on the same day, in a 2–1 home defeat. After impressing head coach Lee Johnson, he signed permanently on 1 February 2016 for an undisclosed fee on a two-and-a-half-year contract.
Rotherham United
On 19 January 2017, he re-signed for Championship club Rotherham United on a two-and-a-half-year contract for an undisclosed fee.
Career statistics
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