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Fullname: Lee Patrick O’Connor
aka: Lee O’Connor
Born:28 July 2000
Birthplace: Waterford City, Ireland
Signed: 1 Sep 2019
Left: 25 Jan 2022
Position: Defender
Squad No.: 2
Internationals: Republic of Ireland
International Caps: ? [complete at end of career]
International Goals: ? [complete at end of career]
Biog
Signing from Celtic in the Summer 2019 window, the young Irisman Lee O’Connor was arriving from Manchester Utd who were back then perennially struggling to recapture their beat form since Alex Ferguson had left the club years back. He was a highly rated youngster, and so for Celtic it was a good capture.
The young Irishman came with a good record in the Irish youth sides, having been reared in the Man Utd youth schemes. However, the chances of making it at Man Utd was going to be tough, so he signed for Celtic. However, soon he was off on loan to first Partick Thistle and then Tranmere Rovers.
He ended up signing permanently with Tranmere Rovers after some successful seasons there and we all wished him the best.
To time of writing, O’Connor holds the record number of underage appearances for the Republic of Ireland with 78 appearances across all underage teams. It showed there was promise but maybe he’d just hit a glass ceiling. Admittedly, this wasn’t a stellar generation for talent from Ireland, but still it’s a proud record to hold for Lee O’Connor.
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