
Jay O'Shea
26 Midfielder
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
183Weight
70Age
36Born
Dublin26
Games Played
2340
Time Played
26
Starts
-
Substitute Off
26
Total Clearances
8
Blocks
31
Interceptions
Tackles
59.6%
Success Rate
Duels
52.7%
Success Rate
Areial Dual
62.5%
Success Rate
Passes
83.4%
Success Rate
1746
Total passes
1457
Successful passes
67
Passes per 90 mins
Long passes
43%
Success Rate
35.2%
Forward
22.9%
Left
28.4%
Right
13.5%
Backward
45.9%
Opp half
38.9%
Own half
3
Topic
7
Succ. crosses
6
Assists
32
Key Passes
Total Shots
39
Shots on target
14
Goals scored
3
7.69%
Conversion rate
780
Min per goals
-
Left foot goals
3
Right foot goals
-
Headed goals
-
Other
2
Goal inside the box
1
Goal outside the box
0
Direct free kick goals
29
Fouls won
16
Foul conceded
4
Yellow cards
-
Red cards