Conor Sinnott
{{Short description|Irish footballer}}
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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Conor Sinnott
| image =
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| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1986|1|19}}
| birth_place = Wexford, Ireland
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| position = Centre midfield
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = All Blacks FC
| years1 = 2005 | clubs1 = Bray Wanderers | caps1 = 3 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2005 | clubs2 = Reading | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2006 | clubs3 = → Limerick (loan) | caps3 = 17 | goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2007–2009 | clubs4 = Wexford Youths | caps4 = 91 | goals4 = 11
| years5 = 2010 | clubs5 = St Patrick's Athletic | caps5 = 7 | goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2010 | clubs6 = Drogheda United | caps6 = 8 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2011 | clubs7 = Waterford United | caps7 = 22 | goals7 = 5
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Conor Sinnott (born 19 January 1986) is an Irish former footballer.
Career
Conor started his schoolboy career with Rosslare Rangers, in Wexford, before moving on to the All Blacks where he came to the notice of the Wexford Schoolboy League representative sides and was capped by the Irish under 14 team. After captaining the, Mick Wallace managed, Wexford League under 18 team to All Ireland inter league success in 2005 Conor signed for Bray Wanderers and made a number of appearances before the end of the season.
The midfielder left his job as a green-keeper at Rosslare Golf Club and joined Reading in January 2006 after impressing in trials from October 2005 onwards. Sinnott was on non-contract terms with Reading and he joined Limerick on loan from July 2006 until the end of the 2006 League of Ireland in November. He was released by Reading and then signed for his home town club Wexford Youths for the 2007 season.
Sinnott achieved a notable milestone in his career by scoring Wexford Youths FC's first ever competitive goal. He scored from a freekick as Wexford Youths came from 2–0 down to draw 2–2 with Monaghan United."[http://www.eleven-a-side.com/blogs/viewblog.asp?bid=7 Team of the Week - Week 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805170619/http://www.eleven-a-side.com/blogs/viewblog.asp?bid=7 |date=2016-08-05 }}", eleven-a-side.com (16 April 2007). He finished the 2007 season as Wexford Youths top scorer with eight goals."[http://walkthechalk.com/team.php?id=90 Wexford Youths Squad Stats]", walkthechalk.com (12 November 2007). He was also named in the PFAI First Division team of the year 2007."[http://www.a2zsoccer.com/index.cfm/loc/2-1/articleId/345D06DD-9003-2783-0AC490630FD51049.htm PFAI & FORD ANNOUNCE NOMINEES FOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2007]", a2zsoccer.com (12 November 2007).
In 2008 Sinnott was once again named in the PFAI First Division team of the year and was one of three players nominated for the PFAI First Division player of the year."[http://pfai.ie/index.php?mod=one&id=16804&PHPSESSID=5f84022b64d6a2dff67966c068134813 PFAI AWARDS 2008 - NOMINEES ANNOUNCED]", pfai.ie (11 November 2008).
Conor signed for St Patrick's Athletic in January 2010,{{cite web|url=https://www.stpatsfc.com/news.php?id=3404|title=Club News : Pete Mahon Signs Four Players|website=www.stpatsfc.com|date=4 January 2010|publisher=St Patrick's Athletic|accessdate=9 February 2020}} and was then released by mutual consent in July of that year.{{cite web|url=http://www.stpatsfc.com/news.php?id=3794|title=Club News : Midfielder, Conor Sinnott To Leave St Pat's|website=www.stpatsfc.com}}
He then joined Drogheda United during the July transfer window making his debut in a home defeat to Shamrock Rovers.{{cite web|url=http://www.droghedaunited.ie/reports/august/report_039.html|title=Drogheda United Football Club - Welcome|website=www.droghedaunited.ie|access-date=16 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928111519/http://www.droghedaunited.ie/reports/august/report_039.html|archive-date=28 September 2011|url-status=dead}} Sinnott has moved on to Waterford United for the 2011 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/4724/ |title=Waterford United sign Sinnott - Extratime.ie - League of Ireland |accessdate=2011-01-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401104626/http://www.extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/4724/ |archivedate=2012-04-01 }}
References
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External links
- {{Soccerbase|name=David Rohan}}
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Category:Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
Category:Bray Wanderers F.C. players
Category:Limerick F.C. players
Category:St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players
Category:Drogheda United F.C. players
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:League of Ireland players