Andrew Moran

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Andrew Moran
Personal information
Full name Andrew Moran
Date of birth (2003-10-15) 15 October 2003 (age 18)
Place of birth Knocklyon, Dublin, Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 59
Youth career
Knocklyon United
St Joseph's Boys
Bray Wanderers
2020– Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Bray Wanderers 3 (1)
2021– Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
National team‡
Republic of Ireland U15
Republic of Ireland U16
Republic of Ireland U17
2021– Republic of Ireland U19 3 (0)
2021– Republic of Ireland U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:50, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:50, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Andrew Moran is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the academy of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.

Club Career[]

Bray Wanderers[]

Raised in the Dublin suburb of Knocklyon, Moran started out at his local club Knocklyon United.[1] He later moved to top schoolboy club St Joseph's Boys, before moving onto the academy of League of Ireland club Bray Wanderers who St Joseph's are a feeder club of.[2] He made his first team debut for the club in a victory over Drogheda United in August 2019 aged just 15 years 307 days old, making him the youngest player in the club's history.[3] On 28 February 2020, he became the club's youngest ever goalscorer at 16 years 135 days old when he scored in a 2–0 win over Wexford at the Carlisle Grounds.[4] Moran made a total of 3 senior appearances during his time with the club.[5]

Brighton & Hove Albion[]

In July 2020, he signed for the academy of Brighton & Hove Albion, alongside Bray Wanderers teammate Leigh Kavanagh.[6] April 2021 saw Moran linked with a move to fellow Premier League sides Manchester United and Chelsea.[7][8] After a year at the club, he signed his first professional contract with the club in July 2021.[2] On 24 August 2021, he made his first team debut, coming off the bench in the 67th minute of a 2–0 win away to Cardiff City in the EFL Cup.[9][10]

International career[]

Moran has captained the Republic of Ireland under-15s and has also represented his country at under-16, under-17 and under-19 level.[1] On 27 August 2021, he was called up alongside Brighton & Hove Albion teammate Evan Ferguson to the Republic of Ireland U21 for the first time, for their the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifiers against Bosnia and Herzegovina & Luxembourg.[11] He made his Ireland under-21 debut in a 1–1 draw with Luxembourg at the Stade Jos Nosbaum in Dudelange on 7 September 2021.[12]

Career statistics[]

As of 2 November 2021[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bray Wanderers 2019 League of Ireland First Division 2 0 0 0 0 0 0[c] 0 2 0
2020 League of Ireland First Division 1 1 — — — 1 1
Total 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Brighton & Hove Albion 2021–22 Premier League 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
Brighton & Hove Albion U23 2021–22 — — — 2[d] 0 2 0
Career total 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 6 1
  1. ^ Includes FAI Cup & FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes League of Ireland Cup & EFL Cup
  3. ^ Appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup
  4. ^ Appearance in EFL Trophy

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Knocklyon United earn FAI Club Mark | Football Association of Ireland". www.fai.ie.
  2. ^ a b Dempsey, Andrew. "Hugely-Talented Irish Teenagers Sign First Professional Contracts With Brighton". Balls.ie.
  3. ^ "Too much too young: Are League of Ireland clubs risking the careers of their talented mid-teens?". independent.
  4. ^ "League Report: Bray Wanderers 2 - 0 Wexford". ExtraTime.com.
  5. ^ "Republic of Ireland - A. Moran - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  6. ^ "No Bray farewell for promising teen duo as Brighton deals confirmed". independent.
  7. ^ "Man United and Chelsea 'monitoring' Irish wonderkid Andrew Moran". 28 April 2021.
  8. ^ Nair, Pranav (27 April 2021). "Man United to square off against Chelsea for 17-year-old Brighton wonderkid".
  9. ^ Donnelly, Dave (24 August 2021). "Evan Ferguson and Andrew Moran handed senior debuts for Brighton and Hove Albion". DublinLive.
  10. ^ O'Toole, Fintan. "Teenage Irish duo make Brighton first-team debuts and O'Brien scores Sunderland hat-trick". The42.
  11. ^ "U21 | Jim Crawford names squad for Bosnia and Luxembourg qualifiers | Football Association of Ireland". www.fai.ie.
  12. ^ "Ireland Under-21s pegged back at the death by Luxembourg". The Irish Times.
  13. ^ "A.Moran". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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