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Roy O'Donovan

Roy O'Donovan

Attack - Centre-Forward  at Newcastle Olympic FC
Age40
CitizenshipIreland Australia
Height1.79 m
Footright
BornAugust 10, 1985
at Newcastle Olympic FC 625 days · joined 2024-09-06
👕200+ Apps 100+ Goals Veteran
Market value
Centre-Forward Attack

Career snapshot

15
clubs played for
05/06
debut season
0.4
goals / match
Cork City FC
top club · 95 apps

Career highs

€800k
peak value · 2008
€500k
top transfer fee · 07/08
23
best season · 13/14
9 / 2
int'l caps / goals
470Appearances
186Goals
43Assists
72Yellow cards
5Red cards
88Full matches (90′)
Full nameRoy O'Donovan
Name in home countryRoy Simon O'Donovan
Date of birth1985-08-10 (40 yrs)
Place of birthCork, Ireland
CitizenshipIreland Australia
PositionAttack - Centre-Forward (main: Attack)
Footright
Height179.00 m
Current clubNewcastle Olympic FC
Joined2024-09-06
Contract expires
AgentRepublic Sports Mgt
OutfitterNike
Sep 2024
Transfer: Without Club → Newcastle Oly.
24/25 · Transfer
Aug 2024
Transfer: Sydney Olympic → Without Club
24/25 · Transfer
Jul 2024
2024 — Sydney Olympic FC
28 matches · 20 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2023
2023 — Sydney Olympic FC
28 matches · 18 G · 5 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2022
2022 — Sydney Olympic FC
4 matches · 4 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Oct 2021
Transfer: Without Club → Sydney Olympic
21/22 · Transfer
Jul 2021
2021 — Sydney Olympic FC
1 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2021
Transfer: Newcastle → Without Club
21/22 · Transfer
Jul 2020
20/21 — Newcastle United Jets
25 matches · 7 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jan 2020
Transfer: Brisbane Roar → Newcastle
19/20 · Transfer
Jul 2019
19/20 — Newcastle United Jets, Brisbane Roar
23 matches · 10 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2019
2019 — Brisbane Roar
2 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2019
Transfer: Newcastle → Brisbane Roar
19/20 · Transfer
Jul 2018
18/19 — Newcastle United Jets
21 matches · 11 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Dec 2017
Injury: unknown
12 games missed
Jul 2017
17/18 — Newcastle United Jets
16 matches · 9 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2017
Transfer: Central Coast → Newcastle
17/18 · Transfer
Jul 2016
16/17 — Central Coast Mariners
26 matches · 11 G · 1 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2015
15/16 — Central Coast Mariners
19 matches · 8 G · 2 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2015
Transfer: Mitra Kukar → Central Coast
15/16 · Transfer
Feb 2015
Transfer: DPMM FC → Mitra Kukar
14/15 · Transfer
Jul 2014
2014 — Brunei DPMM FC
9 matches · 5 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Feb 2014
Transfer: Northampton → DPMM FC
13/14 · Transfer
Jul 2013
13/14 — Northampton Town, Brunei DPMM FC
42 matches · 23 G · 14 A · across 4 competitions
Jan 2013
Transfer: Coventry → Northampton
12/13 · Transfer
Jul 2012
12/13 — Coventry City, Northampton Town
26 matches · 6 G · 2 A · across 6 competitions
May 2012
Transfer: Hibernian FC → Coventry
11/12 · Return from loan
Jan 2012
Transfer: Coventry → Hibernian FC
11/12 · Loan
Jul 2011
11/12 — Coventry City, Hibernian FC
29 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2010
10/11 — Coventry City
4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2010
Transfer: Sunderland → Coventry
10/11 · Transfer
May 2010
Transfer: Hartlepool → Sunderland
09/10 · Return from loan
Feb 2010
Transfer: Sunderland → Hartlepool
09/10 · Loan
Oct 2009
Transfer: Southend United → Sunderland
09/10 · Return from loan
Sep 2009
Transfer: Sunderland → Southend United
09/10 · Loan
Jul 2009
09/10 — Southend United, Sunderland AFC, Hartlepool United, Sunderland AFC Reserves
28 matches · 14 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
May 2009
Transfer: Blackpool → Sunderland
08/09 · Return from loan
Jan 2009
Transfer: Sunderland → Blackpool
08/09 · Loan
Dec 2008
Transfer: Dundee United → Sunderland
08/09 · Return from loan
Aug 2008
Transfer: Sunderland → Dundee United
08/09 · Loan
Jul 2008
08/09 — Blackpool FC, Dundee United FC
25 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2007
07/08 — Sunderland AFC, Cork City FC
23 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2007
2007 — Cork City FC
19 matches · 15 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2007
Transfer: Cork City → Sunderland
07/08 · Transfer · €500k
Jul 2006
06/07 — Cork City FC
4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2006
2006 — Cork City FC
29 matches · 11 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2005
05/06 — Cork City FC
6 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2005
2005 — Cork City FC
33 matches · 7 G · 5 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2005
Transfer: Coventry U18 → Cork City
05/06 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €800k
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 347 other Attack - Centre-Forwards with ≥500 minutes in 2024. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals20 total · 15.13/90
100
Assists1 total · 0.76/90
94
G+A21 total · 15.88/90
100
Yellow cards7 total · 5.29/90
0
7,946 min
Minutes played by club
Sydney Olympic FC 4.3%
Brisbane Roar 4.4%
Brunei DPMM FC 8.6%
Cork City FC 23.5%
Newcastle United Jets 9.7%
Central Coast Mariners 5.2%
Northampton Town 20.7%
Coventry City 1.1%
Hibernian FC 8.4%
Sunderland AFC 0.0%
Hartlepool United 1.8%
Southend United 2.8%
Sunderland AFC Reserves 2.2%
Blackpool FC 0.0%
Dundee United FC 7.1%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Sydney Olympic FC 4 2021 2024 61 42 6 343
Brisbane Roar 2 19/20 2019 14 7 0 352
Brunei DPMM FC 2 13/14 2014 35 26 14 682
Cork City FC 6 05/06 2007 95 35 6 1,869
Newcastle United Jets 4 17/18 20/21 73 31 7 773
Central Coast Mariners 2 15/16 16/17 45 19 3 414
Northampton Town 2 12/13 13/14 35 8 2 1,648
Coventry City 3 10/11 12/13 24 1 2 90
Hibernian FC 1 11/12 11/12 16 2 0 664
Sunderland AFC 2 07/08 09/10 19 0 0 0
Hartlepool United 1 09/10 09/10 15 9 1 146
Southend United 1 09/10 09/10 5 1 0 224
Sunderland AFC Reserves 1 09/10 09/10 8 4 0 176
Blackpool FC 1 08/09 08/09 12 0 2 0
Dundee United FC 1 08/09 08/09 13 1 0 565

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

9€200K19€400K28€600K37€800K05/06 — 1 goals (Cork City FC)105/0607/08 — 1 goals (Cork City FC)107/0808/09 — 1 goals (Dundee United FC)08/09 — 2 assists308/0909/10 — 14 goals (Southend United)09/10 — 1 assists1509/1010/1111/12 — 3 goals (Hibernian FC)11/12 — 1 assists411/1212/13 — 6 goals (Northampton Town)12/13 — 2 assists812/1313/14 — 23 goals (Northampton Town)13/14 — 14 assists3713/1415/16 — 8 goals (Central Coast Mariners)15/16 — 2 assists1015/1616/17 — 11 goals (Central Coast Mariners)16/17 — 1 assists1216/1717/18 — 9 goals (Newcastle United Jets)17/18 — 2 assists1117/1818/19 — 11 goals (Newcastle United Jets)18/19 — 3 assists1418/1919/20 — 10 goals (Newcastle United Jets)19/20 — 1 assists1119/2020/21 — 7 goals (Newcastle United Jets)20/21 — 1 assists820/212005 — 7 goals (Cork City FC)2005 — 5 assists1220052006 — 11 goals (Cork City FC)2006 — 1 assists1220062007 — 15 goals (Cork City FC)1520072014 — 5 goals (Brunei DPMM FC)2014 — 1 assists620142019 — 1 goals (Brisbane Roar)120192022 — 4 goals (Sydney Olympic FC)420222023 — 18 goals (Sydney Olympic FC)2023 — 5 assists2320232024 — 20 goals (Sydney Olympic FC)2024 — 1 assists21202407/08 — €700K08/09 — €800K10/11 — €750K12/13 — €300K17/18 — €400K18/19 — €500K19/20 — €500K20/21 — €400KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

05/06: 1105/0606/07: 0006/0707/08: 1107/0808/09: 1108/0909/10: 141409/1010/11: 0010/1111/12: 3311/1212/13: 6612/1313/14: 232313/1415/16: 8815/1616/17: 111116/1717/18: 9917/1818/19: 111118/1919/20: 101019/2020/21: 7720/212005: 7720052006: 111120062007: 151520072014: 5520142019: 1120192021: 0020212022: 4420222023: 181820232024: 20202024

Assists by season

05/06: 0005/0606/07: 0006/0707/08: 0007/0808/09: 2208/0909/10: 1109/1010/11: 0010/1111/12: 1111/1212/13: 2212/1313/14: 141413/1415/16: 2215/1616/17: 1116/1717/18: 2217/1818/19: 3318/1919/20: 1119/2020/21: 1120/212005: 5520052006: 1120062007: 0020072014: 1120142019: 0020192021: 0020212022: 0020222023: 5520232024: 112024
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
2024 NPL New South Wales Sydney Olympic FC 28 20 1 7 0 119
2023 NPL New South Wales Sydney Olympic FC 28 18 5 5 0 136
2022 NPL New South Wales Sydney Olympic FC 4 4 0 1 0 88
2021 FFA Cup Sydney Olympic FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
2019 FFA Cup Brisbane Roar 2 1 0 0 0 210
2014 S.League Final 1 Brunei DPMM FC 4 1 1 0 0 360
2014 Singapore League Cup Brunei DPMM FC 5 4 0 1 0 120
2007 FAI Cup Cork City FC 1 1 0 0 0 90
2007 Premier Division Cork City FC 18 14 0 0 0 109
2006 FAI Cup Cork City FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
2006 Premier Division Cork City FC 28 11 1 0 1 226
2005 FAI Cup Cork City FC 6 1 3 0 0 463
2005 League of Ireland Cup Cork City FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
2005 Premier Division Cork City FC 26 6 2 0 0 322
20/21 A-League Newcastle United Jets 25 7 1 6 0 298
19/20 A-League Newcastle United Jets 11 4 1 0 0 207
19/20 A-League Brisbane Roar 12 6 0 3 0 142
18/19 A-League Newcastle United Jets 19 11 2 1 0 147
18/19 AFC CL-Qualification Newcastle United Jets 2 0 1 1 0 0
17/18 A-League Newcastle United Jets 14 9 2 4 1 121
17/18 A-League Finals Newcastle United Jets 2 0 0 0 1 0
16/17 A-League Central Coast Mariners 26 11 1 5 1 205
15/16 A-League Central Coast Mariners 19 8 2 5 0 209
13/14 League Cup Northampton Town 1 1 0 1 0 90
13/14 League Two Northampton Town 15 1 1 2 0 1,011
13/14 S.League Brunei DPMM FC 20 14 10 7 0 125
13/14 Singapore Cup Brunei DPMM FC 6 7 3 1 0 77
12/13 EFL Trophy Coventry City 0 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 FA Cup Coventry City 2 0 1 1 0 0
12/13 League Cup Coventry City 1 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 League One Coventry City 4 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 League Two Northampton Town 16 5 1 1 0 277
12/13 League Two Play-Offs Northampton Town 3 1 0 1 0 270
11/12 Championship Coventry City 11 0 1 1 0 0
11/12 FA Cup Coventry City 1 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 League Cup Coventry City 1 1 0 0 0 90
11/12 Premiership Hibernian FC 14 1 0 1 0 555
11/12 SFA Cup Hibernian FC 2 1 0 0 0 109
10/11 Championship Coventry City 2 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 FA Cup Coventry City 1 0 0 1 0 0
10/11 League Cup Coventry City 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 EFL Trophy Southend United 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 FA Cup Sunderland AFC 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 League Cup Sunderland AFC 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 League One Hartlepool United 15 9 1 2 0 146
09/10 League One Southend United 4 1 0 0 0 224
09/10 Reserve League North Sunderland AFC Reserves 8 4 0 0 0 176
08/09 Championship Blackpool FC 12 0 2 5 0 0
08/09 Co-op. Ins. Cup Dundee United FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Premiership Dundee United FC 11 1 0 2 1 565
07/08 FA Cup Sunderland AFC 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 League Cup Sunderland AFC 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 Premier League Sunderland AFC 17 0 0 2 0 0
07/08 UI Cup Cork City FC 4 1 0 2 0 360
06/07 Champions League Qu. Cork City FC 4 0 0 1 0 0
05/06 UEFA Cup Cork City FC 2 0 0 1 0 0
05/06 UEFA-Cup Qualifikation Cork City FC 4 1 0 1 0 299
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
05/06 2005-07-01 Coventry U18 Cork City Transfer 0
07/08 2007-07-01 Cork City Sunderland Transfer 0 €500k
08/09 2008-08-01 Sunderland Dundee United Loan 800000
08/09 2008-12-01 Dundee United Sunderland Return from loan 800000
08/09 2009-01-01 Sunderland Blackpool Loan 800000
08/09 2009-05-01 Blackpool Sunderland Return from loan 800000
09/10 2009-09-01 Sunderland Southend United Loan 800000
09/10 2009-10-01 Southend United Sunderland Return from loan 800000
09/10 2010-02-01 Sunderland Hartlepool Loan 750000
09/10 2010-05-01 Hartlepool Sunderland Return from loan 750000
10/11 2010-07-01 Sunderland Coventry Transfer 750000
11/12 2012-01-01 Coventry Hibernian FC Loan 500000
11/12 2012-05-20 Hibernian FC Coventry Return from loan 300000
12/13 2013-01-31 Coventry Northampton Transfer 250000
13/14 2014-02-13 Northampton DPMM FC Transfer 250000
14/15 2015-02-15 DPMM FC Mitra Kukar Transfer 250000
15/16 2015-07-01 Mitra Kukar Central Coast Transfer 250000
17/18 2017-07-01 Central Coast Newcastle Transfer 250000
19/20 2019-07-01 Newcastle Brisbane Roar Transfer 500000
19/20 2020-01-31 Brisbane Roar Newcastle Transfer 500000
21/22 2021-07-01 Newcastle Without Club Transfer 350000
21/22 2021-10-21 Without Club Sydney Olympic Transfer 350000
24/25 2024-08-26 Sydney Olympic Without Club Transfer 0
24/25 2024-09-06 Without Club Newcastle Oly. Transfer 0
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
17/18 Groin injury 2017-12-12 2018-03-12 91 12
Current
Peak€800k
Low
Δ since start−€700k
€200k€400k€600k€800k197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #21103 9 2 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Nikolai Topor-Stanley 1 2 0
Fábio Ferreira 1 5 0
Steven Ugarkovic 2 2 0
Sam McIllhatton 1 1 0
Darcy Burgess 1 2 0
Oliver Puflett 1 4 0
Adam Parkhouse 1 11 0
Michael Neill 1 1 0
Ziggy Gordon 1 0 0
Jake McGing 1 0 0
Dimitri Petratos 2 4 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
2024 NPL New South Wales Sydney Olympic FC 20 28
2023 NPL New South Wales Sydney Olympic FC 18 28
2007 Premier Division Cork City FC 14 18

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
13/14 S.League Brunei DPMM FC 10 20
2023 NPL New South Wales Sydney Olympic FC 5 28
13/14 Singapore Cup Brunei DPMM FC 3 6

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
11/12 2012-05-20 Hibernian FC Coventry Return from loan €300k
11/12 2012-01-01 Coventry Hibernian FC Loan €500k
09/10 2010-05-01 Hartlepool Sunderland Return from loan €750k
09/10 2010-02-01 Sunderland Hartlepool Loan €750k
09/10 2009-10-01 Southend United Sunderland Return from loan €800k
09/10 2009-09-01 Sunderland Southend United Loan €800k
08/09 2009-05-01 Blackpool Sunderland Return from loan €800k
08/09 2009-01-01 Sunderland Blackpool Loan €800k
08/09 2008-12-01 Dundee United Sunderland Return from loan €800k
08/09 2008-08-01 Sunderland Dundee United Loan €800k

Teams faced most often by Roy O'Donovan's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Bristol Rovers 56 14 18 24 58 86 -28 25%
Walsall FC 50 18 15 17 63 59 +4 36%
Gillingham FC 49 19 11 19 73 62 +11 39%
Scunthorpe United 48 13 12 23 61 76 -15 27%
Swindon Town 48 13 16 19 58 67 -9 27%
Oldham Athletic 47 19 13 15 67 52 +15 40%
Milton Keynes Dons 42 10 12 20 49 66 -17 24%
Doncaster Rovers 40 12 9 19 34 62 -28 30%
Port Vale FC 40 17 10 13 56 55 +1 43%
Cheltenham Town 40 12 12 16 59 58 +1 30%
Leyton Orient 40 19 11 10 60 40 +20 48%
Yeovil Town 40 15 11 14 49 47 +2 38%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
05/06 Senior debut season
05/06 First senior goal
15/16 Goal #50 (career)
20/21 Goal #100 (career)
2023 Goal #150 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
2024 28 119 7 0 0 5.29
2023 28 136 5 0 0 3.31
2022 4 88 1 0 0 1.02
2014 9 480 1 1 0 0.38
2006 29 226 0 0 1 0.4
2005 33 785 0 1 0 0.11
20/21 25 298 6 0 0 1.81
19/20 23 349 3 0 0 0.77
18/19 21 147 2 0 0 1.22
17/18 16 121 4 0 2 4.46
16/17 26 205 5 0 1 2.63
15/16 19 209 5 0 0 2.15
13/14 42 1,303 11 1 0 0.83
12/13 26 547 3 0 0 0.49
11/12 29 754 2 0 0 0.24
10/11 4 0 1 0 0 0
09/10 28 546 2 0 0 0.33
08/09 25 565 7 0 1 1.27
07/08 23 360 4 0 0 1
06/07 4 0 1 0 0 0
05/06 6 299 2 0 0 0.6

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

A-League
126 apps
56 G
9 A
NPL New South Wales
60 apps
42 G
6 A
Premier Division
72 apps
31 G
3 A
S.League
20 apps
14 G
10 A
League One
23 apps
10 G
1 A
Singapore Cup
6 apps
7 G
3 A
League Two
31 apps
6 G
2 A
Singapore League Cup
5 apps
4 G
0 A
Reserve League North
8 apps
4 G
0 A
FAI Cup
8 apps
2 G
3 A

Frequently asked about Roy O'Donovan

Who is Roy O'Donovan?

Roy O'Donovan is an Ireland professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Newcastle Olympic FC.

How old is Roy O'Donovan?

Roy O'Donovan is 40 years old. He was born on August 10, 1985 in Cork.

What position does Roy O'Donovan play?

Roy O'Donovan plays as a centre-forward (Attack - Centre-Forward).

What club does Roy O'Donovan play for?

Roy O'Donovan currently plays for Newcastle Olympic FC.

How many career goals has Roy O'Donovan scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Roy O'Donovan has scored 186 goals in 470 appearances.