Donald Joseph O'Riordan was born on 14 May 1957 and is an Irish football coach and former professional player, who most recently was the manager of Women's National League club Treaty United.
21 Facts About Don O'Riordan
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Don O'Riordan played twice on loan to Doncaster Rovers in January 1978 and struggling to make an impact at Derby, moved to NASL side Tulsa Roughnecks where he played in every game in his first NASL season.
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Don O'Riordan was on the move again, joining Carlisle United managed by Bob Stokoe in August 1983 on a free transfer.
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Don O'Riordan had two seasons as a regular at Carlisle again being voted Player of the Year by the fans and in his second season finished joint top scorer with Malcolm Poskett eventually scoring 18 goals from 84 league appearances.
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Don O'Riordan had a spell on loan to Mansfield Town in September 1989, but went on to make over 100 appearances for County.
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In February 1993 Don O'Riordan joined Torquay United as Player Coach at a time when Torquay looked favourites to get relegated out of the Football League but he played a big role in their survival and that summer took over as manager.
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Don O'Riordan joined Scarborough as a player coach in December 1995, but played just once to bring down the curtain on his Football League playing career.
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Don O'Riordan had a season at Gloucester City as a player and as assistant to manager Leroy Rosenior which saw Gloucester just miss out on promotion and saw them lose the FA Trophy semi final.
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Don O'Riordan guided Gloucester's very young Reserve team to a Cup Final victory when he played in the win against local rivals Cheltenham Town.
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Don O'Riordan captained the Republic of Ireland at under 15 and youth levels and played for three consecutive years for Ireland at youth level playing in the 1973 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship and 1975 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship.
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Don O'Riordan was in the Republics senior squad four times but never managed to get onto the pitch and so failed to win a cap at senior level.
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Don O'Riordan was reported later in his playing days that this was the biggest disappointment of his long career but when he was appointed Manager of the Republic of Ireland semi professional National Team while managing in Ireland he admitted that the appointment had made up for his disappointment as a player of never having played at senior level for his country.
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Don O'Riordan took charge of his country for a four-team tournament involving England, Scotland, Wales and the Republic that took place in the UK.
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Don O'Riordan left Ireland and in 2004 and subsequently joined the Sheffield United coaching staff under then manager Neil Warnock, whom O'Riordan played for when Warnock was in charge of Notts County.
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Don O'Riordan found himself involved in the 2008 Beijing Olympics when he was asked to help with the preparation of the China women's national team.
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Don O'Riordan's input was publicly appreciated by the Women's Head Coach Shang when he spoke to the press after the tournament had finished.
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Don O'Riordan oversaw the club's under 15s, under 16s and under 20s who competed in the Super Y and Super 20 Leagues in the 2010 season.
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In January 2011 Don O'Riordan was appointed as Advisor to the Beijing Baxi FC professional women's team and helped them to finish 5th and reached the FA Cup Final losing to League Champions Shanghai.
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On 16 June 2014, it was announced that Don O'Riordan would take up the position of manager of Women's National League club Galway WFC.
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Don O'Riordan left in December 2016, to be replaced by Billy Clery his former charge at Galway United.
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Don O'Riordan made a return to the WNL when he was announced as Treaty United manager in December 2021.