Josh O'Hanlon

Joshua "Josh" O'Hanlon (born 25 September 1995) is an Irish former professional footballer who last played as a striker for League of Ireland Premier Division champions Cork City. He previously played for Longford Town (two spells), Bournemouth, Oxford City, Poole Town, York City, Chester, Newport County and St Patrick's Athletic.

Josh O'Hanlon
Personal information
Full name Joshua O'Hanlon[1]
Date of birth (1995-09-25) 25 September 1995[2]
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
St Kevin's Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Longford Town 22 (7)
2014–2016 Bournemouth 0 (0)
2014 → Oxford City (loan) 4 (0)
2014 → Poole Town (loan) 9 (6)
2015 → York City (loan) 3 (0)
2015 → Chester (loan) 2 (0)
2016 → Longford Town (loan) 16 (2)
2016–2017 Newport County 7 (0)
2017 St Patrick's Athletic 19 (1)
2018 Cork City 20 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:06, 6 January 2019 (UTC)

Career

Born in Dublin, County Dublin, O'Hanlon played with St Kevin's Boys before joining Longford Town in February 2013.[2][3] He scored on his first-team debut as a substitute in their 5–0 away win over Salthill Devon in the League of Ireland First Division on 8 March 2013.[4] He finished the 2013 season with 8 goals from 26 appearances, as Longford lost the promotion play-offs to Bray Wanderers.[2] He signed for English Championship club Bournemouth on 29 January 2014 on a three-and-a-half-year contract for a fee of around £50,000.[2][5]

O'Hanlon joined Conference North club Oxford City on loan for the rest of the 2013–14 season on 25 March 2014.[6] Making his debut a 4–0 away defeat to Leamington later that day, he completed his spell at Oxford City with four appearances.[2]

O'Hanlon joined Southern League Premier Division team Poole Town on an initial one-month loan in July 2014.[7] He made 12 appearances and scored seven goals for Poole[8] before returning to Bournemouth with a knee injury in October 2014.[9] O'Hanlon signed for League Two club York City on loan until the end of 2014–15 on 26 March 2015.[10] He made his debut two days later as a 73rd-minute substitute for Jake Hyde in a 4–1 away win over Mansfield Town.[11] He went on to make three appearances for York.[11]

O'Hanlon joined National League club Chester on a one-month loan on 1 September 2015.[12] The loan was cut short on 16 September 2015, as he struggled to break into the team.[13]

On 8 January 2016, O'Hanlon re-joined League of Ireland Premier Division club Longford Town on loan for the first half of the 2016 season.[14] He returned to his parent club having scored twice in his 17 appearances with Longford.[2] He was released by Bournemouth at the end of 2015–16.

O'Hanlon joined League Two club Newport County on 8 November 2016 on a short-term contract,[15] making his debut the same day after starting in a 2–0 home victory over AFC Wimbledon in the EFL Trophy.[16] He was released by Newport on 9 January 2017, having failed to score in 10 appearances.[17]

O'Hanlon in action for St Patrick's Athletic

O'Hanlon was on trial at League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic from his native Dublin in January 2017, appearing in friendlies.[18] O'Hanlon signed a contract with the Saints on 21 February 2017, 3 days before the first game of the season at home to Bray Wanderers.[19]

Despite scoring just 2 goals in 26 games for St Patrick's Athletic, O'Hanlon earned a move to champions Cork City on 10 November 2017 ahead of be 2018 season.[20]

Career statistics
As of match played 27 October 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Longford Town 2013[2] League of Ireland First Division 20700214[lower-alpha 1]0268
Bournemouth 2013–14[21] Championship 00———00
2014–15[11] Championship 00—00—00
2015–16[22] Premier League 00—00—00
Total 00—00—00
Oxford City (loan) 2013–14[2] Conference North 40———40
Poole Town (loan) 2014–15[8] Southern League Premier Division 9631——127
York City (loan) 2014–15[11] League Two 30———30
Chester (loan) 2015–16[2] National League 20———20
Longford Town (loan) 2016[2] League of Ireland Premier Division 162—10—172
Newport County 2016–17[16] League Two 7020—1[lower-alpha 2]0100
St Patrick's Athletic 2017[2] League of Ireland Premier Division 202103020262
Cork City 2018[2] League of Ireland Premier Division 0000000000
Career total 811761417010019
  1. Appearances in League of Ireland play-offs
  2. Appearance in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Josh O'Hanlon". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  2. "J. O'Hanlon". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  3. "Josh O'Hanlon – Bournemouth". Extratime.ie. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  4. O'Flaherty, Deniese (9 March 2013). "Salthill Devon 0–5 Longford Town". Extratime.ie. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  5. Perrett, Neil (29 January 2014). "AFC Bournemouth: Cherries complete deal for rookie striker Josh O'Hanlon". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  6. Payne, Ned (25 March 2014). "AFC Bournemouth: O'Hanlon joins Oxford City on loan". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  7. Mitchell, Andy (26 July 2014). "(Updated) AFC Bournemouth: Striker Josh O'Hanlon set for Poole Town loan deal". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  8. "Player statistics 2014/15". Poole Town F.C. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  9. Mitchell, Andy (20 October 2014). "Poole Town: Tom's a striker light as Dolphins draw a blank with Hereford United". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  10. Flett, Dave (26 March 2015). "Bournemouth striker Josh O'Hanlon signs on loan for York City". The Press. York. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  11. "Games played by Josh O'Hanlon in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  12. "Chester agree loan for O'Hanlon". Chester F.C. 1 September 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  13. "AFC Bournemouth: Youngster Josh O'Hanlon's loan spell at National League Chester cut short". Bournemouth Echo. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  14. Donnelly, Dave (8 January 2016). "O'Hanlon returns to Longford on loan". Extratime.ie. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  15. Williams, David (9 November 2016). "Newport County AFC chief Graham Westley confirms double signing of Jake Jebb and Josh O'Hanlon". South Wales Argus. Newport. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  16. "Games played by Josh O'Hanlon in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  17. "Newport County: Club release Jack Jebb and Josh O'Hanlon after short-term deals end". BBC Sport. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  18. https://www.extratime.ie/articles/18362/st-patricks-athletic-sign-former-bournemouth-striker-josh-ohanlon/
  19. "Club News: New Signing: Josh O'Hanlon Joins The Saints". 21 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  20. http://www.corkcityfc.ie/home/2017/11/10/josh-ohanlon-signs-for-city/
  21. "Games played by Josh O'Hanlon in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  22. "Games played by Josh O'Hanlon in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
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