Seán O'Shea

{{Infobox Gaelic Athletic Association player

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| sport = Gaelic football

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| name = Seán O'Shea

| irish = Seán Ó Sé

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| occupation = Secondary school teacher

| nickname = Seánie

| feet = 5

| inches = 11

| county = Kerry

| province = Munster

| club = Kenmare Shamrocks

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| colleges = University College Cork

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| counties = Kerry

| icposition = Centre-forward

| icyears = 2018–

| icapps(points) = 37 (6–200)

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| icallireland = 1

| nfl = 2

| allstars = 3

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| icupdate = match played 30 June 2024

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|7|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland

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Seán O'Shea (Irish: Seán Ó Sé) (born 17 July 1998) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Kerry SFC club Kenmare Shamrocks and at inter-county level with the Kerry senior football team. He usually lines out as a forward.

Career

O'Shea played Gaelic football at juvenile and underage levels with the Kenmare Shamrocks club.{{fact|date=February 2022}} He eventually progressed onto the club's intermediate team and scored 1-05 when the club won the Munster Club Championship title in 2016.{{cite news|url=https://www.the42.ie/kenmare-shamrock-munster-ihc-3105756-Nov2016/|title=Kerry's minor-winning captain stars as Kenmare claim Munster Intermediate glory|date=27 November 2016|publisher=The 42|accessdate=12 December 2021|first=|last=}} O'Shea first appeared on the inter-county scene during a two year-stint with the Kerry minor football team. He won consecutive All-Ireland Minor Championships during this time, including one as captain of the team in 2016.{{cite web|url = http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/forward-class-helps-kerry-to-first-minor-title-in-20-years-30603388.html|title=Forward class helps Kerry to first minor title in 20 years |date=21 September 2014|work=Irish Independent|accessdate=23 September 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.the42.ie/kerry-tipperary-minor-3-2342090-Sep2015/|title=Dominant Kerry storm past Tipperary to retain All-Ireland minor football crown|date=21 September 2015|work=The 42|accessdate=21 September 2015}} He subsequently progressed onto the under-21 team and also won a Sigerson Cup title with University College Cork in 2019.{{cite news|url=https://www.the42.ie/st-marys-ucc-sigerson-cup-final-report-4504624-Feb2019/|title=Sean O'Shea's haul of 0-7 helps UCC deliver first Sigerson Cup title since 2014|date=20 February 2019|publisher=The 42|accessdate=12 December 2021|first=|last=}} O'Shea made his debut with the Kerry senior football team during the 2018 National League. His immediately established himself on the team and was named Young Footballer of the Year in 2019.{{cite news|url=https://hoganstand.com/article/index/305463|title=O'Shea is Young Footballer of the Year|date=1 November 2019|publisher=The 42|accessdate=12 December 2021|first=|last=}} O'Shea's other honours include three Munster Championships and two National League titles.

On 10 July 2022, in the All-Ireland semi-final against Dublin, O'Shea scored a 53m free with the last kick of the game to win the game for Kerry, 1-14 to 1-13 and qualify for the 2022 All-Ireland Final.{{cite web|url= https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2022/0710/1309418-oshea-the-hero-as-kerry-topple-dubs-in-dramatic-semi/|title= O'Shea the hero as Kerry edge Dubs in dramatic semi|date=10 July 2022|work=RTE Sport|accessdate=12 July 2022}}{{cite web|url= https://www.the42.ie/sean-oshea-greatest-free-takers-5813718-Jul2022/|title= Marc Ó Sé: Sean O'Shea is one of the great free-takers of the modern era|date=10 July 2022|work=The 42|accessdate=12 July 2022}}{{cite web|url= https://www.balls.ie/gaa/listen-all-the-brilliant-commentaries-sean-osheas-iconic-free-516394|title= Listen: All The Brilliantly Manic Commentaries Of Seán O'Shea's Iconic Free|date=10 July 2022|work=Balls.ie|accessdate=12 July 2022}}

He captained Kerry in the 2022 All-Ireland season and lifted the Sam Maguire Cup, following the county's victory over Galway in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2022/0724/1311949-kerry-dig-deep-to-edge-galway-in-entertaining-final/|title=Kerry dig deep to edge Galway in entertaining final|publisher=RTÉ News and Current Affairs|first=Conor|last=Neville|date=24 July 2022|accessdate=24 July 2022}}

Personal life

O'Shea is dating Molly O'Brien, the sister of Kenmare and Kerry teammate Stephen O'Brien.{{cite news|url=https://evoke.ie/2022/07/24/news/sport/girlfriend-kerry-gaa-star-sean-oshea|title=Girlfriend of Kerry GAA star Seán O'Shea, Molly O'Brien, has been here before with her well-known brother|date=24 July 2022}}

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|Year !colspan="3"\|National League !colspan="2"\|Munster !colspan="2"\|All-Ireland !colspan="2"\|Total
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Division	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score	Apps	Score
rowspan="7" \|Kerry \|2018 \| rowspan="7" \|Division 1	5	0-21	2	0-11	3	0-13	10	0-45
2019	8	1-55	2	0-13	6	1-40	16	2-108
2020	6	2-27	1	0-02	colspan=2\|—	7	2-29
2021	4	0-07	3	2-21	1	0-08	8	2-36
2022	4	1-17	2	0-16	3	1-10	9	2-43
2023 \|5 \|1-12 \|2 \|0-09 \|6 \|2-30 \|13 \|3-51
2024 \| \| \|2 \|0-15 \|4 \|0-12 \|6 \|0-27
colspan="3" \|Career total !32	5-139	14	2-87	23	4-113	69	11-339