John O'Flynn (born 11 July 1982) is a retired Irish professional

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who played as a striker. He previously played with

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and

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Playing career

Club

Peterborough United

O'Flynn began his career as a trainee with

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, where he has loan spells with Cambridge City and Bedford Town

Cork City

O'Flynn spent six years with

, winning the

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and

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Barnet

In 2008, O'Flynn returned to England to play for

. O'Flynn endeared himself to Barnet fans and was likened to club legend

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by former manager

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for his goalscoring ability. He was voted Barnet FC Player of the Season in 2008-9 by the clubs' supporters. On 1 February 2010, transfer deadline day, he rejected a £100,000 move to

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. On 1 July 2010, he joined

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on trial, after turning down a new contract offer from Barnet. On 20 July 2010, O'Flynn left Ashton Gate after not being offered a permanent contract.

Exeter City

On 23 July 2010, O'Flynn signed a two-year contract with

. After two seasons in League One, he signed his second contract with Exeter in July 2012. O'Flynn was released by the club on 8 May 2014 after scoring 25 goals in 133 appearances over four seasons at

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Return to Cork City

On 1 July 2014 O'Flynn signed back for his former club until the end of the season.

Limerick

At the end of the 2015 season, O'Flynn joined Cork City's Munster rivals

in the SSE Airtricity First Division, and scored some key goals in their promotion-winning campaign. After two seasons at the club, O'Flynn left Limerick at the end of the 2017 season.

Finn Harps

O'Flynn was announced as signed for recently relegated

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club

Finn Harps F.C. Finn Harps Football Club is an Irish football club that play in the League of Ireland First Division, First Division of the League of Ireland, as of 2023. The club was founded in 1954 and elected to the league in 1969. They hail from Ballybofey, ...

on 26 January 2018 on a one-year deal. He left the club again at the end of 2018.Ollie Horgan says Derry City friendly will make picture 'clearer' for Finn Harps
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Honours

;Cork City *

**Champions:

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

**Winners:

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

;Limerick *

**Champions:

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

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Ireland stats
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