Stephen Paul Dooley (born 19 October 1991) is a Northern Irish professional

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who plays for English club

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, as a winger.

Early and personal life

Born in Ballymoney, Dooley grew up in Portstewart and attended

Loreto College, Coleraine Loreto College is a Roman Catholic grammar school situated in the Castlerock Road area of Coleraine, County Londonderry, on the north coast of Northern Ireland. Loreto College educates both girls and boys between the age of 11 and 18. History ...

Club career

Dooley began his career with

Coleraine Coleraine ( ; from ga, Cúil Rathain , 'nook of the ferns'Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern I ...

. He left in 2010 to play college soccer in the United States for the Loyola Greyhounds. He returned to Coleraine in 2013. He signed for

Derry City Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...

in January 2014, before moving to Cork City in January 2016. He returned to Coleraine for a third spell in December 2017. He signed for English club Rochdale in May 2018. On 19 June 2021, Dooley signed a new one-year contract. On 14 June 2022, it was announced that Dooley would move to fellow

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club

on a two-year deal, at the end of his current contract with Rochdale.

International career

Dooley represented Northern Ireland at under-17 and under-19 levels.

References

1991 births Living people People from Ballymoney Association footballers from Northern Ireland Association football wingers Northern Ireland youth international footballers Coleraine F.C. players Loyola Greyhounds men's soccer players Derry City F.C. players Cork City F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players Harrogate Town A.F.C. players NIFL Premiership players League of Ireland players English Football League players Expatriate association footballers from Northern Ireland Expatriates from Northern Ireland in the Republic of Ireland Expatriate association footballers in the Republic of Ireland Expatriates from Northern Ireland in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States Expatriate footballers in England {{NorthernIreland-footy-bio-stub