Conor O'Malley (born 1 August 1994)is an Irish former professional

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who played as a

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Career

O'Malley began his career with his local club Westport United in their youth team. He played for

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's under 19 side for the 2011–12 season, making 2 appearances for the first team in the

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. He played for Salthill Devon's under 19's for the 2012–13 season before returning to Mervue's first team, playing 8 games in the 2013 season. In January 2014 O'Malley joined Shamrock Rovers' B team, he played 15 times for them and also made the bench for the

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3 times. As a result, after another year he joined

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ahead of the 2015 season. He won the 2015 League of Ireland Cup for the club, by saving 2 penalties against

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in the final. He played in the 2016 League of Ireland Cup Final also, as Pat's won 4–1 against

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to retain the title. In his 48 games for them he gained a reputation attracting the likes of

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and

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. On 7 August 2017, O'Malley joined his old Pat's teammate Chris Forrester at League 1 side

for an undisclosed fee expected to be in the region of €100,000, and made his debut in a 2–0 victory against Southampton Under-21s in the

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. He had a contract option exercised by Peterborough at the end of the 2018–19 season and left the club at the end oh his contract on 30 June 2020 after playing 28 games for the Posh. In April 2020, he had announced that he would be retiring from football upon the conclusion of his contract in order to return home and begin working in the financial sector.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:OMalley, Conor 1994 births Living people Association footballers from County Mayo Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Peterborough United F.C. players English Football League players St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players League of Ireland players Republic of Ireland expatriate men's association footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England People from Westport, County Mayo Mervue United A.F.C. players Salthill Devon F.C. players 21st-century Irish sportsmen