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Jay O'Shea

26 Midfielder
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Irish Stalwart Jay O’Shea, is one of the A-League’s Premier midfielders – the Roar Captain is one of only eight players to reach 150 league games for the club and has twice been selected in the A-League All Stars.

Jay’s quality, experience and commitment over the years have made him a mainstay for the orange. He is the only player to have won the Gary Wilkins Medal three times & has won Player’s Player in all of his six seasons at the club.

O’Shea has established a reputation as one of the competition’s best midfielders and has finished as Roar’s top goal scorer in two of the last three A-League seasons.

Previously, Jay played for Sheffield United in the Championship, MK Dons in League One and Bury in League Two, however, spent most of his playing career at Chesterfield in League One. He has also represented Ireland at u19, u21 & u23 levels.

Previous Clubs
2006 Home Farm (Ireland)
2006–07 Bray WFC (Ireland)
2008–09 Galway United (Ireland)
2009–10 Birmingham City (England)
2010 Middlesbrough (England)
2010 Stevenage (England)
2011 Port Vale (England)
2011–13 Milton Keynes (England)
2012–17 Chesterfield (England)
2017 Sheffield United (England)
2017–19 Bury (England)

International:
Republic of Ireland U23, U21 & U19

Height

183

Weight

70

Age

36

Born

Dublin
Overview
General

26

Games Played

2340

Time Played

26

Starts

-

Substitute Off

Defence

26

Total Clearances

8

Blocks

31

Interceptions

Tackles

59.6%

Success Rate

Duels

52.7%

Success Rate

Areial Dual

62.5%

Success Rate

Distribution

Passes

83.4%

Success Rate

1746

Total passes

1457

Successful passes

67

Passes per 90 mins

Long passes

43%

Success Rate

Pass Direction %

35.2%

Forward

22.9%

Left

28.4%

Right

13.5%

Backward

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45.9%

Opp half

38.9%

Own half

3

Topic

7

Succ. crosses

6

Assists

32

Key Passes

Attack

Total Shots

39

Shots on target

14

Goals scored

3

7.69%

Conversion rate

780

Min per goals

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Left foot goals

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3

Right foot goals

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Headed goals

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Other

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2

Goal inside the box

1

Goal outside the box

0

Direct free kick goals

Discipline

29

Fouls won

16

Foul conceded

4

Yellow cards

-

Red cards