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. Alongside Thomas Broich he is the only player to have won the Gary Wilkins Medal three times, he has also 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.
Legacy Number: 157
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
37Born
Dublin15
Games Played
1266
Time Played
15
Starts
3
Substitute Off
17
Total Clearances
6
Blocks
8
Interceptions
Tackles
66.7%
Success Rate
Duels
51.3%
Success Rate
Areial Dual
60.0%
Success Rate
Passes
78.9%
Success Rate
658
Total passes
519
Successful passes
44
Passes per 90 mins
Long passes
48%
Success Rate
36.6%
Forward
23.3%
Left
21.4%
Right
18.7%
Backward
47.7%
Opp half
33.6%
Own half
3
Topic
6
Succ. crosses
2
Assists
27
Key Passes
Total Shots
18
Shots on target
5
Goals scored
2
11.11%
Conversion rate
633
Min per goals
-
Left foot goals
2
Right foot goals
-
Headed goals
-
Other
2
Goal inside the box
-
Goal outside the box
0
Direct free kick goals
11
Fouls won
13
Foul conceded
3
Yellow cards
-
Red cards