Garry O'Connor

Garry O'Connor
	O'Connor in pre-saison wi Birmingham City, 2009
Personal information
Fou name	Garry Lawrence John O'Connor
Date o birth	7 Mey 1983 (age 41)
Place o birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Hicht	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playin poseetion	Striker
Hauflin career
	Salvesen Boys Club
Senior career*
Naitional team‡
Teams manisht
2015–2016	Selkirk
	* Senior club appearances an goals coontit for the domestic league anerly an correct as o 30 Juin 2015; ‡ Naitional team caps an goals correct as o 16:39, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

Garry Lawrence John O'Connor^[1] (born 7 Mey 1983) is a Scots perfaisional fitbawer. He played fae Hibernian, Peterhead, Lokomotiv Moscow, Barnsley, Tom Tomsk, Birmingham City, Greenock Morton an representit Scotland.

Personal life

In August 2020, BBC Scotland made a documentary aboot him cawed "Playin the Game- Garry O'Connor". The programme charts O'connor's career an explores his troubles wi substance abuse, mental health issues an early retirement from football. Whilst bein interviewit fae the programme, O’Connor said he haed considerit suicide taewards the end o his playin career, citin the love ae his family an his responsibility taewards his bairns as motivation for seekin help throuch mental health counsellin ^[2].

In 2011 Garry wis arrested fae haeing coke on him ootside the Harp and Castle pub oan Leith Walk in Edinburgh^[3].

References

↑ "Statistics" (PDF). Premier League. Retrieved 3 August 2010.^{[deid airtin]}
↑ "Garry O'Connor: I feel I could have achieved a bit more". scotsman.com. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
↑ https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/ex-hibs-striker-garry-oconnor-arrested-cocaine-charge-after-derby-crunch-1598804

[Statistics-1] "Statistics" (PDF). Premier League. Retrieved 3 August 2010.^{[deid airtin]}

[2] "Garry O'Connor: I feel I could have achieved a bit more". scotsman.com. Retrieved 18 August 2020.

[3] ttps://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/ex-hibs-striker-garry-oconnor-arrested-cocaine-charge-after-derby-crunch-1598804

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Personal information
O'Connor in pre-saison wi Birmingham City, 2009
Fou name	Garry Lawrence John O'Connor
Date o birth	(1983-05-07) 7 Mey 1983 (age 41)
Place o birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Hicht	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playin poseetion	Striker
Hauflin career
	Salvesen Boys Club
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2006	Hibernian	138	(46)
2000	→ Peterhead (lend)	4	(1)
2006–2007	Lokomotiv Moscow	33	(7)
2007–2011	Birmingham City	52	(9)
2010	→ Barnsley (lend)	4	(1)
2010	→ Barnsley (lend)	5	(2)
2011	Barnsley	13	(1)
2011–2012	Hibernian	33	(12)
2012	Tom Tomsk	6	(1)
2014	Greenock Morton	11	(1)
2014–2016	Selkirk		(18)
Naitional team^‡
2004	Scotland U21	5	(2)
2002–2009	Scotland	16	(4)
Teams manisht
2015–2016	Selkirk
* Senior club appearances an goals coontit for the domestic league anerly an correct as o 30 Juin 2015 ‡ Naitional team caps an goals correct as o 16:39, 31 December 2013 (UTC)