David O'Brien (born 24 January 1984 in

Stirling Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its me ...

) is a Scottish former professional

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who used to play as a left-sided

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, for home-town side Stirling University now acts as a coach. He has also played for

Stirling Albion Stirling Albion Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the city of Stirling. The club was founded in 1945 following the demise of King's Park after World War II. The club currently competes in Scottish League Two as a member of the ...

, Dundee and

Ayr United Ayr United Football Club are a football club in Ayr, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Championship, the second tier of the Scottish Professional Football League. Formed in 1910 by the merger of Ayr Parkhouse and Ayr F.C., their nickname is ...

Career

O'Brien started his career with

in 2001, after joining from amateur side Denny Amateurs, and helped them win the Second Division play-off final against Airdrie United in 2007. In January 2007, he signed a pre-contract agreement with Dundee, moving to

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in May 2007. At the end of the 2007–08 season, he signed a one-year contract extension with the

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side. He failed to have his contract renewed when it expired in 2009. On 15 June 2009,

announced that they had signed O'Brien. He left the Honest Men on 3 August 2009, after not being selected to play against his old club

on 1 August 2009. O'Brien met with the manager Brian Reid, and after a short discussion he left the club. He rejoined his home-town team, Stirling Albion, on 6 August 2009. After his contract expired at Stirling, he joined manager

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at new club

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the Scottish Championship. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Green ...

. O'Brien signed on for another season in May 2012. He again signed a one-year deal in May 2013. He left Morton in the summer of 2014 after failing to recover from an injury sustained at

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. In August 2016, he signed for Junior side Camelon Juniors where he stayed for a season before signing for Stirling University.

Honours

Stirling Albion *

Scottish Football League Second Division The Scottish Football League Second Division was the third tier of the Scottish football league system between 1975 and 2013. History The Second Division was created in 1975, as part of a wider reconstruction of the Scottish Football League (SF ...

**Winners 2009–10

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:OBrien, David Living people 1984 births Scottish men's footballers Stirling Albion F.C. players Dundee F.C. players Footballers from Stirling Ayr United F.C. players Scottish Football League players Men's association football wingers Greenock Morton F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Camelon Juniors F.C. players University of Stirling F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players

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