Michael Drennan
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michael Joseph Drennan[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 2 February 1994||
Place of birth | Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
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Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Shamrock Rovers | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
Evergreen | |||
2010–2011 | Aston Villa | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2015 | Aston Villa | 0 | (0) |
2014 | → Carlisle United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2014 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 14 | (3) |
2015– | Shamrock Rovers | 18 | (11) |
International career‡ | |||
2010 | Republic of Ireland U17 | 3 | (1) |
2012 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 3 | (4) |
2014– | Republic of Ireland U21 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:07, 11 June 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:07, 11 June 2015 (UTC) |
Michael Joseph 'Mikey' Drennan (born 2 February 1994) is an Irish professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Shamrock Rovers. Drennan represents the Republic of Ireland at youth level.
Career
Born in Kilkenny, Drennan began his career in hometown's Evergreen FC, playing for the youth side until before moving to Aston Villa in June 2010, after being tracked by Villa and Manchester City since January.[3] In his first season he impressed for the Academy side, scoring ten goals (also one with the Reserves), and signed a professional deal in March of the following year.[4]
Drennan appeared 13 times for the reserves in 2011–12 season, also appearing four times in the NextGen Series and scoring a brace against Rosenborg. In the 2012–13 season, he played a key part for the Reserves both in U21 Development League and in NextGen Series, also being the second top goalscorer for the NextGen, despite being injured for the latter stages of the tournament.[5] His foot injury (suffered in a NextGen game against Ajax), kept him sidelined for nine months.[6]
On 17 January 2014 Drennan joined Carlisle United on a one-month youth loan deal,[7] and made his debut as a substitute in a 2–4 home loss to Colchester United the following day.[8] He returned to Villa in February after appearing six times for Carlisle, starting in three matches.
On 21 February 2014, Drennan joined League Two side Portsmouth on a one-month loan.[9] Drennan scored on his league debut in a 5–1 defeat against Scunthorpe United on 22 February 2014.[10] On 24 March 2014, Drennan extended his loan stay with Pompey for the remainder of the 2013–14 season.[11]
On 30 January 2015, Drennan returned to his home country, signing for League of Ireland side, Shamrock Rovers on a two-year deal.[12]
Honours
Club
- Aston Villa Under-19s
- NextGen Series: 2012–13 (1)
- Aston Villa Reserves
Individual
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External links
- Michael Drennan career statistics at Soccerbase
- Michael Drennan at Soccerway
- EngvarB from August 2014
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- People from Kilkenny (city)
- Republic of Ireland association footballers
- Association football forwards
- Aston Villa F.C. players
- Carlisle United F.C. players
- Portsmouth F.C. players
- Shamrock Rovers F.C. players
- The Football League players
- League of Ireland players
- Republic of Ireland youth international footballers
- Republic of Ireland under-21 international footballers