Colin O'Neill

{{Short description|Northern Irish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}

{{similar names|Colm O'Neill (disambiguation)|Colin O'Neil|Colin O'Neil Browne}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Colin O'Neill

|caption =

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|06|14|df=y}}

|birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland

|height =

|position = Midfielder

|years1 = 1979–1983

|clubs1 = Ards

|caps1 =

|goals1 =

|years2 = 1983–1984

|clubs2 = Larne

|caps2 =

|goals2 =

|years3 = 1984–1987

|clubs3 = Ballymena United

|caps3 =

|goals3 =

|years4 = 1987–1988

|clubs4 = Portadown

|caps4 = 21

|goals4 = 0

|years5 = 1988–1992

|clubs5 = Motherwell

|caps5 = 64

|goals5 = 4

|years6 = 1997–1998

|clubs6 = Ards

|caps6 = 9

|goals6 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1986

| nationalyears2 = 1989–1991

| nationalteam1 = Irish League XI

| nationalteam2 = Northern Ireland

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalcaps2 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalgoals2 = 0

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Colin O'Neill (born 14 June 1963) is a Northern Irish former footballer who played for Ards, Larne, Ballymena, Portadown and Motherwell, as a midfielder.[https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/colin-oneill-george-best-helped-get-me-my-big-move-and-i-thrived-in-the-parkhead-and-ibrox-cauldrons-36782392.html Colin O'Neill: 'George Best helped get me my big move and I thrived in the Parkhead and Ibrox cauldrons'], Belfast Telegraph, 7 April 2018

O'Neill played in Motherwell's 1991 Scottish Cup Final winning side.{{cite web|title=Davie Cooper's final chance to shine in Motherwell's 1991 Scottish Cup triumph|url=http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/motherwell/250833-davie-coopers-final-chance-to-shine-in-motherwells-1991-scottish-cup-triumph/|publisher=STV Sport|accessdate=27 January 2015|date=20 May 2011}}