Paul Joseph O'Shaughnessy (born 3 October 1981) in
Bury, England, is an English professional
footballer
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, who played as a
midfielder
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for
Bury. Moving to
Sydney
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, Australia he played for
North Sydney
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History
The Indigenous people on the s ...
and
Dunbar Rovers.
On 13 August 2019, O'Shaughnessy and his brothers Lee and Luke, witnessed and filmed a man wielding a knife who had just stabbed a woman in the 2019 Sydney stabbing attack.
Career
He played as a midfielder for Bury in
the Football League
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.
In 2009, O'Shaughnessy signed for Australian outfit North Sydney, before moving to play for
Dunbar Rovers.
Dunbar Rovers FC
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1981 births
Living people
Footballers from Bury, Greater Manchester
English men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Bury F.C. players
Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
Radcliffe F.C. players
English expatriate sportspeople in Australia
English Football League players
English expatriate men's footballers
21st-century English sportsmen