Brendan Anthony Moloney (born 18 January 1989) is an

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former professional

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who played mainly as a right-back.

Career

Born in

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, he was a graduate of the Nottingham Forest Youth Academy and captained the Nottingham Forest reserve team that just missed out on the title in 2006–07. In an interview at the tail-end of the 2006–07 season, Forest boss

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picked out Moloney out of his Youth Team as having "fantastic potential". He made his début in March 2007, coming on as substitute against Gillingham wearing the number 35 shirt. He made his first start for Forest in their opening game of the 2007–08 campaign, against

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. On 10 January 2008, Moloney completed a loan move to

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on a month-long loan. He made his début for them on 12 January 2008, against

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. The youngster impressed for Chesterfield on loan, and netted his first professional goal for the Spireites in his third game for the club, with a 25-yard shot in their 4–0 victory over

Hereford United Hereford United Football Club was an association football club based in Hereford, England. They played at Edgar Street for their entire history. They were nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites', after their predominantly white kit, or 'The ...

. He played a total of nine games for Chesterfield, before returning to Forest's team in summer 2008. With The Reds gaining promotion, manager

commented that he would give Moloney a chance to impress in the

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during the 2008–09 campaign. He was loaned out at the beginning of the season to

Rushden & Diamonds Rushden & Diamonds Football Club was an association football club based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England. Nicknamed "The Diamonds", the club played at Nene Park. The club's main rivals were county neighbours Kettering Town. The cl ...

, where he appeared six times. Moloney went out on a six-month loan to city rivals

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on 1 July 2009 after turning down offers from

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. Th ...

and non-league Ilkeston Town. Moloney scored on his debut for Notts County in the 5–0 win over Bradford City. On 27 January 2010, Moloney joined English League Championship side

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on loan for the remainder of the 2009–10 season. However, he returned after only 3 games after a challenge by

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ended his season. On 1 March 2011, Brendan Moloney came on as a substitute for the injured

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against

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. He made his first start of the season on 12 April 2011 in the match against

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helping Forest win 2–0. Moloney also started Nottingham Forest's play-off semi final home leg against

Swansea City Swansea City Association Football Club (; cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales that plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Swansea have played their ho ...

at The City Ground on 12 May 2011 and the away leg at the Liberty Stadium. Moloney made his first league start of the 2011–12 season in Nottingham Forest's first league win of the campaign against

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, where the Reds won, 1–0, thanks to a goal from

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, that came from a Moloney cross. Moloney joined

Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...

on a two-and-a-half-year contract on 25 January 2013. He scored his first and only goal for the club in a

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tie against

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. Moloney cancelled his contract with Bristol City in July 2014, joining

Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to: * Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset * Yeovil Town L.F.C. Bridgwater United Women's Football Club are an English women's association football club based in Bridgwater, Somerset who wer ...

on 8 July 2014 on a two-year deal after

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went the other way. On 2 January 2015, Moloney moved on loan to League Two side

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until the end of the season. After spending the whole of January on loan at Northampton, Moloney signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with the Cobblers, having been released from his Yeovil contract. In June 2018 Moloney rejected a new contract offer from Northampton and retired from football due to a persistent knee injury.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moloney, Brendan 1989 births Living people Republic of Ireland association footballers Republic of Ireland men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders Nottingham Forest F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Association footballers from County Kerry Rushden & Diamonds F.C. players Scunthorpe United F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Bristol City F.C. players Yeovil Town F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players Belvedere F.C. players People from Killarney