Joseph Delpesh O'Cearuill (born 9 February 1987) is a retired

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who played as a defender. His previous clubs have included

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and

St. Patrick's Athletic St Patrick's Athletic Football Club, commonly known as Pat's or The Athletic, is a professional Irish association football club based in Inchicore, Dublin, that plays in the League of Ireland Premier Division. Founded in May 1929, they played ...

, and he has been capped by the

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Career

Born in

Edmonton, London Edmonton is a town in north London, England within the London Borough of Enfield, a Districts of England, local government district of Greater London. The northern part of the town is known as Lower Edmonton or Edmonton Green, and the southern ...

, O'Cearuill started his career at

Leyton Orient Leyton Orient Football Club, commonly referred to as Orient, is a professional association football club based in Leyton, Waltham Forest, London, England. The team compete in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. ...

, playing 27

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games in the 2004–05 season, before being released in August 2005. He joined

Watford Watford () is a town and non-metropolitan district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Hertfordshire, England, northwest of Central London, on the banks of the River Colne, Hertfordshire, River Colne. Initially a smal ...

as a youth player for the 2005–06 season, but was released in the summer of 2006. He was signed by

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team

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in July on a professional contract, having impressed after playing in their reserve team towards the end of the season. He was an unused substitute for the Arsenal first team on 24 October 2006; a League Cup third round match against

West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Football Club (), commonly known as West Brom or The Albion, is a professional association football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the Englis ...

. He moved to

in August 2007 and made a total of 18 senior appearances for them. In January 2008 O'Cearuill joined

St Patrick's Athletic St Patrick's Athletic Football Club, commonly known as Pat's or The Athletic, is a professional List of association football clubs in the Republic of Ireland, Irish association football club based in Inchicore, Dublin, that plays in the League ...

. He made his competitive debut for St Patrick's on 7 March 2008, in a

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match against

Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers Football Club is an Irish professional association football, football club playing in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The club is based in Sligo in the west of Ireland. The club was founded in 1928 and have been in ...

. O'Cearuill made a total of 3

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appearances with St. Pats. He left the club in January 2009. He signed for Harlow Town on 17 September 2009, before signing for

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on 27 October. He signed for

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team

Forest Green Rovers Forest Green Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system. Formed in October 188 ...

on 6 November.
In September 2010, Joe signed for

Bishop's Stortford Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district, in the county of Hertfordshire, England. It is in the London metropolitan area, London commuter belt, near the border with Essex, just west of the ...

. In November 2011 he was playing for Tooting and Mitcham United. In August 2012 he signed for Haringey Borough, before joining

Isthmian League Premier Division The Isthmian League () is a regional football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs. Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 88 teams in fo ...

side

Enfield Town Enfield is a large town in north London, England, north of Charing Cross. It had a population of 333,587 in 2021. It includes the areas of Botany Bay, Brimsdown, Bulls Cross, Bullsmoor, Bush Hill Park, Clay Hill, Crews Hill, Enfield Hig ...

in January 2013.

International career

O'Cearuill was born in England to a Trinidadian father and Irish mother. He was called up the

senior squad for the first time in May 2007 for an end of season tour to the United States, making his senior debut as a substitute against

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on 22 May 2007 at

Giants Stadium Giants Stadium (sometimes referred to as Giants Stadium at the Meadowlands) was a stadium located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in the Meadowlands Sports Complex. The venue was open from 1976 to 2010, and primarily hosted sporting events and ...

. O'Cearuill then started the subsequent tour game against

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at the

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Personal life

O'Cearuill's son JJ Gabriel currently plays football at the Manchester United Academy.

Club career statistics

''This table is incomplete''.

Notes

: Cup statistics relate to the

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for English teams and for the

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for St Patrick's : European stats listed under 2008 St Patrick's season relate to

2008–09 UEFA Cup The 2008–09 UEFA Cup was the 38th season of the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup association football, football tournament. The 2009 UEFA Cup Final, final was played at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, home ground of Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), F ...

: The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the

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unless stated. For his time at St Patrick's it relates to the

2008 Setanta Sports Cup The 2008 Setanta Sports Cup was the 4th staging of the Setanta Sports Cup, a cross-border cup competition featuring football clubs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The final was played on November 1, 2008, at Turners Cross in Co ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ocearuill, Joe 1987 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Enfield People from Edmonton, London Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Republic of Ireland men's under-21 international footballers Republic of Ireland men's B international footballers Republic of Ireland men's international footballers Black Irish sportspeople English men's footballers Irish people of Trinidad and Tobago descent English people of Irish descent English people of Trinidad and Tobago descent Men's association football defenders Leyton Orient F.C. players Watford F.C. players Arsenal F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Barnet F.C. players St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players Harlow Town F.C. players Boreham Wood F.C. players Forest Green Rovers F.C. players Bishop's Stortford F.C. players Tooting & Mitcham United F.C. players Haringey Borough F.C. players Enfield Town F.C. players Heybridge Swifts F.C. players Dover Athletic F.C. players Staines Town F.C. players League of Ireland players English Football League players 21st-century Irish sportsmen