# Aidan O'Shea (Mayo Gaelic footballer)

Aidan O'Shea (born 29 June 1990) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Breaffy and the Mayo county team. He is captain of the Breaffy's senior team.

## Playing career

O'Shea played for the Mayo minor team during the 2000s.
He made his senior inter-county debut against New York in 2009 and, since then, has won All Stars and played in numerous All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) finals.
O'Shea played in midfield in two All-Ireland SFC finals, the 2012 decider, which Mayo lost by 0–13 to 2–11 against Donegal and the 2013 decider, which Mayo lost by 1–14 to 2–12 against Dublin. In 2013, his man-of-the-match display drove Mayo to victory in a rematch against 2012 conquerors Donegal at the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final stage. He was afterwards refused entry at one of Dublin's biggest nightclubs. He was awarded the GAA's Player of the Month for August 2013. O'Shea won an All-Star in 2013.
He is suspected of being concussed up to seven times. In 2016, Mayo were denied another All-Ireland SFC title by just one point to Dublin after the 2016 All-Ireland SFC final replay on 1 October. Coincidentally, the following year, Mayo lost again against Dublin in the 2017 All-Ireland SFC final by another one-point margin. O'Shea has lost a lot of All-Ireland SFC finals, along with Lee Keegan, in 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2020 and 2021.
O'Shea played in the first Test for Ireland against Australia in the 2013 International Rules Series, but club commitments ruled him out of the second Test.

## Personal life

O'Shea has family connections in County Kerry. His father Jim O'Shea has managed Breaffy.
O'Shea had a relationship with Sarah Rowe, the Mayo ladies' Gaelic footballer. In the summer of 2023, he got engaged to Kristin McKenzie Vass, and the couple married in Kerry on 9 August 2024.

## Career statistics

    As of match played 2 July 2023.
| Team | Year | National League | National League | National League | Connacht | Connacht | All-Ireland | All-Ireland | Total | Total |
| Team | Year | Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score |
| Mayo | 2009 | Division 1 | 6 | 2-03 | 3 | 2-04 | 1 | 1-01 | 10 | 5-08 |
| Mayo | 2010 | Division 1 | 8 | 2-04 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 10 | 2-04 |
| Mayo | 2011 | Division 1 | 5 | 0-03 | 3 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 10 | 0-03 |
| Mayo | 2012 | Division 1 | 5 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-01 | 3 | 0-01 | 9 | 0-03 |
| Mayo | 2013 | Division 1 | 8 | 0-04 | 3 | 0-01 | 3 | 0-01 | 14 | 0-06 |
| Mayo | 2014 | Division 1 | 7 | 0-05 | 3 | 0-02 | 3 | 1-00 | 13 | 1-07 |
| Mayo | 2015 | Division 1 | 7 | 1-08 | 2 | 3-05 | 3 | 1-01 | 12 | 5-14 |
| Mayo | 2016 | Division 1 | 7 | 0-04 | 2 | 0-01 | 6 | 1-03 | 15 | 1-08 |
| Mayo | 2017 | Division 1 | 2 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | 8 | 0-07 | 12 | 0-07 |
| Mayo | 2018 | Division 1 | 7 | 1-01 | 1 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-03 | 11 | 1-04 |
| Mayo | 2019 | Division 1 | 8 | 0-02 | 2 | 0-00 | 7 | 0-01 | 17 | 0-03 |
| Mayo | 2020 | Division 1 | 7 | 0-05 | 3 | 0-03 | 2 | 0-01 | 12 | 0-09 |
| Mayo | 2021 | Division 2 | 2 | 0-01 | 3 | 2-03 | 2 | 0-00 | 7 | 2-04 |
| Mayo | 2022 | Division 1 | 8 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-01 | 12 | 0-01 |
| Mayo | 2023 | Division 1 | 8 | 1-06 | 1 | 0-01 | 5 | 0-08 | 14 | 1-15 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 95 | 7-47 | 31 | 7-21 | 52 | 4-28 | 178 | 18-96 |

## Honours
### Dublin Institute of Technology

* Sigerson Cup: 2013

### Mayo

* Connacht Senior Football Championship: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020 (c), 2021 (c)
* National Football League: (2) 2019, 2023
* Connacht Under-21 Football Championship: 2009
* Connacht Minor Football Championship: 2009
* FBD League: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2023

### Ireland

* International Rules Series: 2013, 2015