17 Facts About Ger O'Brien

Gerard O'Brien was born on 2 July 1984 and is an Irish former professional footballer who played in the League of Ireland as a defender.

Ger O'Brien is the current Director of Football at St Patrick's Athletic, who he spent 5 seasons playing with.

Ger O'Brien was signed by Eric Hannigan before the start of the 2004 season from Athlone Town.

Ger O'Brien was the first player to represent the Republic of Ireland at any level while playing with Kildare County.

Ger O'Brien represented the Eircom League International squad in Aberdeen for the quadrangular tournament with England, Scotland and Wales in 2004.

Ger O'Brien left Kildare County for Shamrock Rovers to become one of the country's best full backs.

Ger O'Brien missed most of the pre-season campaign in his first year with Shamrock Rovers but once the season began he became a first team regular pretty quickly.

On 11 November 2007 Ger O'Brien was voted Shamrock Rovers Player of the Year for the 2007 season and on the 13th he represented his country in an Under 23 international against Slovakia in Dalymount Park.

Ger O'Brien signed for the club he supported as a boy, St Patrick's Athletic for the 2012 season.

Ger O'Brien is the club's vice captain and he skippered the side against Cliftonville in the Setanta Cup due to the absence of captain Conor Kenna.

Ger O'Brien started the season off well and after eight league games the Saints defence earned five clean sheets and only conceded three goals.

Ger O'Brien won his first cap against Slovakia on 13 November 2007 and then earned a second cap in May 2008 against Northern Ireland.

Ger O'Brien dipped his toe into coaching while still a player at St Patrick's Athletic.

In 2014, Ger O'Brien was appointed as Academy Director for the schoolboys section at St Francis.

In November 2016, O'Brien progressed to being appointed as Academy Director for the underage teams at St Patrick's Athletic, he would take up the role of assistant manager of the first team while continuing to play.

Ger O'Brien remained in this role until August 2019 when manager Harry Kenny left the club, with O'Brien remaining Director of Football as new manager Stephen O'Donnell bringing his former teammate Pat Cregg as assistant manager.

Over 25 players have been capped since Ger O'Brien took the role.