Stephen O'Shaughnessy (born 13 October 1967) is a Welsh former professional

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who was most recently manager of Airbus UK Broughton. As a player, he made more than 200 appearances in the

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. O'Shaughnessy or "Shaughssa" as he is affectionately known was born in

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the count ...

and started his career as an apprentice at

Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at Elland Road S ...

, before moving onto

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 ...

, where he made one league appearance. In 1988, O'Shaughnessy was signed by former

midfielder and manager Eddie Gray for

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. In three seasons at

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, O'Shaughnessy enjoyed arguably the most successful spell in his career scoring 16 goals in 109 League appearances and reaching the 5th Round of the 1990

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. During this time, O'Shaughnessy earned the nickname the "Master Blaster" for his skill at taking long distance free-kicks. In July 1991, O'Shaughnessy joined

Exeter City Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third tier of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ...

for £10,000. After a disappointing three-game spell at

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under

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winner Alan Ball, which saw him sent off at

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The team have played home games at the Kirklees Stadium since moving from Leeds Road in 1994. The ...

, O'Shaughnessy joined

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in January 1992. In 88 League appearances for the Quakers, Steve became team captain before being released at the end of the 1993–94 season, with his final

appearance coming on 7 May 1994 against

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. After this, Steve went to a roundabout of clubs, including

Stalybridge Celtic Stalybridge Celtic Football Club is an English football club based in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. They are currently members of the and play at Bower Fold. The team traditionally plays in a blue and white strip. In 1921 Stalybridge Celtic ...

and

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in Hong Kong, before returning to play in the

League of Wales The Cymru Premier, known as the JD Cymru Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the national football league of Wales. It has both professional and semi-professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. Prior to 200 ...

. In 153 League of Wales appearances, O'Shaughnessy played for

Inter Cardiff Cardiff Metropolitan University Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Prifysgol Met Caerdydd), commonly known as Cardiff Met F.C., are a Welsh football club, of the Athletic Union of Cardiff Metropolitan University, based in Cyncoed, Cardiff that ...

, Barry Town,

Holywell Town Holywell Town Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Treffynnon) is a Welsh football club from Holywell, Flintshire. They are nicknamed 'The Wellmen', and play their home games at the Achieve More Training Stadium (commonly known as 'Halkyn Road ...

Rhyl Rhyl (; cy, Y Rhyl, ) is a seaside town and community (Wales), community in Denbighshire, Wales. The town lies within the Historic counties of Wales, historic boundaries of Flintshire (historic), Flintshire, on the north-east coast of Wales at ...

Caernarfon Town Caernarfon Town Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl Droed Tref Caernarfon) is a semi-professional Welsh football club based in Caernarfon, Gwynedd. The club is nicknamed "the Canaries" because of its yellow and green strip, a nickname that dates from ...

, T.N.S. Llansantfraid,

Bangor City Bangor City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Bangor) are an inactive Welsh football club from the City of Bangor, Gwynedd. They started the 2021–22 season in the Cymru North the second level of the Welsh football league system, but ...

, Oswestry Town and NEWI Cefn Druids. In 1999, O'Shaughnessy was appointed player-manager of Oswestry Town. On 27 September 2006, O'Shaughnessy was named as the new manager of

. In June 2008, O'Shaughnessy left Caernarfon Town and joined Connah's Quay Nomads as manager, but left the club after one season in charge. After serving as assistant, he was appointed as manager of Airbus UK Broughton in November 2016. On 24th September 2022, Steve O Shaughnessy, left Airbus UK Broughton.

References

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