Liam Donnelly (footballer)

Liam Francis Peadar Donnelly (born 7 March 1996) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Motherwell. He can also play as a defender.

Liam Donnelly
Donnelly playing for Fulham U21s in 2015
Personal information
Full name Liam Francis Peadar Donnelly[1]
Date of birth (1996-03-07) 7 March 1996[2]
Place of birth Dungannon, Northern Ireland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back, right-back, midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Motherwell
Number 22
Youth career
Dungannon Swifts
2012–2014 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Dungannon Swifts 7 (0)
2012–2016 Fulham 0 (0)
2015 → Crawley Town (loan) 10 (0)
2016–2018 Hartlepool United 60 (3)
2018– Motherwell 30 (8)
National team‡
Northern Ireland U16 3 (1)
Northern Ireland U17 14 (1)
2012–2018 Northern Ireland U21 24 (5)
2014– Northern Ireland 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:14, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:06, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Fulham

Donnelly signed for Fulham as a youngster from IFA Premiership club Dungannon Swifts. Donnelly captained Fulham to the 2014 FA Youth Cup final.[3]

On 31 July 2015, Donnelly signed for Crawley Town on a one-month youth loan.[4] The loan was then extended until January 2016,[5] however he was recalled early by Fulham in October.[6]

Hartlepool United

On 19 August 2016, Donnelly signed for Hartlepool United, following his release from Fulham.[7]

Motherwell

On 7 June 2018, Motherwell announced the signing of Donnelly on an initial two-year contract from Hartlepool United for an undisclosed fee.[8] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 victory against Livingston on the final day of the season.[9]

At the beginning of the 2019–20 season, Donnelly moved from defence into midfield,[10] and went on to score four goals in three games in the Scottish League Cup group stages, against Queen of the South,[11] Greenock Morton[12] and Annan Athletic.[13] Then in the league, he scored four goals in the opening four matches, with two against Celtic[14] and penalties against Hamilton Academical[15] and Hibernian.[16] In October 2019, Donnelly was rewarded for his early season form as he signed an extension to his contract at Fir Park, to run until summer 2022.[17]

International

Donnelly made his senior Northern Ireland debut on 4 June 2014 against Chile, coming on as a substitute in the 89th minute.[18]

On 11 September 2018, Donnelly made his 22nd appearance for Northern Ireland's under-21s in a 2–1 win away to Spain, a match in which he scored from a penalty, and in doing so became the nation's record cap holder at that level.[19] He eventually finished his time with the under-21 side with 24 caps.[20]

Donnelly was recalled to the senior squad in August 2019, ahead of a friendly against Luxembourg and a Euro 2020 qualifier against Germany.[21] He came on as a substitute against Luxembourg on 5 September, earning his second cap, five years after his first.[22][23]

Career statistics
As of 3 August 2020
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dungannon Swifts 2011–12[24] IFA Premiership 7000000070
Fulham 2012–13[25] Premier League 0000000000
2013–14[26] Premier League 0000000000
2014–15[27] Championship 0000000000
2015–16[28] Championship 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Crawley Town (loan) 2015–16[28] League Two 100001010120
Hartlepool United 2016–17[29] League Two 320000010330
2017–18[30] National League 283100010303
Total 603100020633
Motherwell 2018–19[31] Scottish Premiership 71004000111
2019–20[32] Scottish Premiership 2273044002911
2020–21[33] Scottish Premiership 1000000010
Total 3083084004112
Career total 1071140943012315

    References
    1. "Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). Premier League. 4 February 2014. p. 35. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
    2. "Liam Donnelly profile". Fulham F.C. 5 June 2014. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
    3. Chelsea seal Youth Cup glory after thriller at the Bridge, The Football Association, 6 May 2014
    4. "Liam Donnelly: Crawley Town sign Fulham defender on loan". BBC Sport. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
    5. "Liam Extends Crawley Loan". Fulham F.C. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
    6. "Liam Donnelly: Fulham recall defender from Crawley Town loan". BBC Sport. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
    7. "Former Fulham Defender Liam Donnelly Signs For Hartlepool United". Hartlepool United F.C. 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
    8. "Liam Donnelly is signing number two". motherwellfc.co.uk. Motherwell F.C. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
    9. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48236248
    10. Archer, Kenny (4 September 2019). "Liam Donnelly delighted to be back with Northern Ireland". The Irish News. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
    11. Goldthorp, Craig (13 July 2019). "Queen of the South 0–3 Motherwell: Steelmen win Betfred opener". Motherwell Times. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
    12. McDougall, Mark (19 July 2019). "Motherwell smash Morton as Dundee United ease past Cowdenbeath in Betfred Cup". Daily Record. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
    13. Cameron, Neil (28 July 2019). "Motherwell 4, Annan Athletic 0: Stephen Robinson's new team looking good". Evening Times. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
    14. English, Tom (10 August 2019). "Motherwell 2–5 Celtic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
    15. Mullen, Scott (24 August 2019). "Hamilton Academical 1–3 Motherwell". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
    16. Sutherland, Jonathan (31 August 2019). "Motherwell 3–0 Hibernian". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
    17. "Liam Donnelly: Motherwell 'revelation' earns contract extension". BBC Sport. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
    18. "Late goals seal Chile win over Northern Ireland". BBC Sport. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
    19. "Spain U21 1–2 Northern Ireland U21". BBC Sport. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
    20. "Captain Donnelly leaves Under-21s after record 24 appearances". Northern Irish Football Association. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
    21. "Liam Donnelly: Midfielder ready to grab Northern Ireland chance 'with both hands'". BBC Sport. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
    22. Sterling, Mark (5 September 2019). "Northern Ireland 1–0 Luxembourg". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
    23. Hanna, Gareth (6 September 2019). "How Shayne Lavery and Liam Donnelly's Northern Ireland cameos provided optimism for big international futures". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
    24. Liam Donnelly at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
    25. "Games played by Liam Donnelly in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
    26. "Games played by Liam Donnelly in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
    27. "Games played by Liam Donnelly in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
    28. "Games played by Liam Donnelly in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
    29. "Games played by Liam Donnelly in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
    30. "Games played by Liam Donnelly in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
    31. "Games played by Liam Donnelly in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
    32. "Games played by Liam Donnelly in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
    33. "Games played by Liam Donnelly in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
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