Paul Joseph O'Shaughnessy (born 3 October 1981) in

Bury Bury may refer to: *The burial of human remains *-bury, a suffix in English placenames Places England * Bury, Cambridgeshire, a village * Bury, Greater Manchester, a town, historically in Lancashire ** Bury (UK Parliament constituency) (1832–19 ...

, England, is an English professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

, who played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

. Moving to

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

, Australia he played for North Sydney and Dunbar Rovers. On 13 August 2019, O'Shaughnessy and his brothers Lee and Luke, witnessed and filmed a man wielding a knife who had just stabbed a woman in the 2019 Sydney stabbing attack.

Career

He played as a midfielder for Bury in

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. In 2009, O'Shaughnessy signed for Australian outfit North Sydney, before moving to play for Dunbar Rovers.Dunbar Rovers FC
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oshaughnessy, Paul 1981 births Living people Footballers from Bury, Greater Manchester English footballers Association football midfielders Bury F.C. players Expatriate soccer players in Australia Radcliffe F.C. players English expatriate sportspeople in Australia English Football League players English expatriate footballers