John O'Shea (darts player)

John O'Shea
Personal information
Nickname	The Joker
Born	(1975-07-24) 24 July 1975 (age 46) Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Home town	Cork
Darts information
Playing darts since	1995
Darts	24g Unicorn
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Let Me Entertain You" by Robbie Williams
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	2009–2010, 2015–2017, 2018–2020
PDC	2010–2014, 2018
WDF	2018–
Current world ranking	(WDF) 66 25 (23 September 2021)[1]
BDO majors – best performances
World Ch'ship	Last 40: 2020
World Masters	Winner (1): 2019
PDC premier events – best performances
UK Open	Last 96: 2011
Other tournament wins
Ireland Players Championship 2011, 2014 Ireland Players Championship Grand Final 2010 Tramore Autumn Festival 2010

John O'Shea (born 24 July 1975) is a professional Irish darts player, who currently plays in the World Darts Federation events. His most notable achievement is winning the 2019 World Masters.

Career[]

O' Shea had his biggest career win to date at the controversial 2019 World Masters, one of three Irish players winning titles at the tournament. Unseeded in the draw, he defeated Neil Duff, Mario Vandenbogaerde and Scott Waites in the final stages. In doing so, he became the first Irish player in the modern era to win a major tournament.

In October 2019, he qualified for the 2020 BDO World Darts Championship after his win at the 2019 World Masters.^[2] He lost 3–2 to Andreas Harrysson in the Preliminary Round.

World Championship results[]

BDO[]

• 2020: Preliminary round (lost to Andreas Harrysson 2–3)

References[]

External links[]

• Player profile on John O'Shea from Dartsdatabase

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