Stefan O'Connor

Stefan O'Connor

O'Connor playing for Arsenal U19s in 2012
Personal information
Full name Stefan Ramone Sewell O’Connor[1]
Date of birth (1997-01-23) 23 January 1997[2]
Place of birth Croydon, England
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 MVV Maastricht
(on loan from Arsenal)
Number 4
Youth career
0000–2010 Crystal Palace
2010–2014 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Arsenal 0 (0)
2015–2016 → York City (loan) 4 (0)
2016– → MVV Maastricht (loan) 3 (0)
National team
2014 England U17 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:42, 18 November 2016 (UTC).


Stefan Ramone Sewell O'Connor (born 23 January 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Eerste Divisie club MVV Maastricht, on loan from Premier League club Arsenal. He had a loan spell with League Two club York City during the 2015–16 season.

Club career

O'Connor was born in Croydon, London.[2] He joined Arsenal's academy in 2010 having previously been at Crystal Palace,[3] and signed scholarship forms with the club in the summer of 2013.[4] After impressive performances for the Arsenal U21s and for the U19s in the UEFA Youth League, he signed his first professional contract for the club on 10 October 2014.[5] On 9 December 2014, O'Connor made his debut for Arsenal in a UEFA Champions League match against Galatasaray, replacing Mathieu Debuchy with 13 minutes to play[6] as Arsenal won 4–1 away to finish second in their group.[7]

On 26 November 2015, O'Connor joined York City of League Two on loan until 6 January 2016.[8] He made his debut two days later after starting York's 5–1 home defeat to Accrington Stanley, in which he conceded a penalty that was scored by Josh Windass.[9] He started at centre-back, but was moved to right-back later in the match due to an injury to Jordan Lussey,[10] and continued to play for York in this position.[11] He finished his loan at York with four appearances.[12]

On 5 July 2016, O'Connor joined Eerste Divisie club MVV Maastricht on loan until end of the season.[13]

International career

O'Connor was capped for the England national under-17 team, playing two matches for them.

Style of play

He plays predominantly at centre-back, but can also play at right-back.[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 November 2016
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Arsenal 2014–15[6] Premier League 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
2015–16[12] Premier League 0000000000
Total 0000001010
York City (loan) 2015–16[12] League Two 40———40
MVV Maastricht (loan) 2016–17[14] Eerste Divisie 3000——30
Career total 7000001080
  1. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Champions League

References

  1. ↑ "Barclays Premier League Squad Lists 2014/15 are revealed" (PDF). Premier League. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Stefan O'Connor". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Arsenal: Introducing Stefan O'Connor". YouTube. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "52. Stefan O'Connor". Arsenal Youth. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Transfer news: Arsenal starlet Stefan O'Connor agrees professional deal". Sky Sports. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Games played by Stefan O'Connor in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Galatasaray 1–4 Arsenal". BBC Sport. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Arsenal's O'Connor joins City". York City F.C. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  9. ↑ Flett, Dave (28 November 2015). "Jackie McNamara promises a "different" York City side after two-week break". The Press. York. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  10. ↑ Flett, Dave (10 December 2015). "York City to be bolstered by return of experienced trio at Bristol Rovers". The Press. York. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  11. 1 2 Flett, Dave (19 December 2015). "Switch from centre is all right for York City loan youngster O'Connor". The Press. York. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  12. 1 2 3 "Games played by Stefan O'Connor in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  13. ↑ "Stefan O'Connor op huurbasis van Arsenal naar MVV Maastricht" [Stefan O'Connor on loan from Arsenal to MVV Maastricht] (in Dutch). MVV Maastricht. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  14. ↑ "S. O'Connor". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
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