page_title: Joey O'Brien
section_title: West Ham United
hierarchical_section_title: Joey O'Brien / Career / West Ham United
caption_attribution_description: Joey O'brien of West Ham walks out before the game against Birkirkara.
context_page_description: Joseph Martin "Joey" O'Brien is an Irish footballer who plays as a full-back for Shamrock Rovers. Prior to Shamrock Rovers, O'Brien has played for clubs such as Bolton Wanderers, West Ham United and Sheffield Wednesday. He has also been called up by Ireland for international matches. In the year 2016, O'Brien was among thirteen people to be named as a victim of fraud and he testified in court for the trial.
context_section_description: In July 2011, O'Brien was handed a trial by West Ham United. He featured in pre-season friendlies against BSC Young Boys and Basel before being signed on 30 July on a free transfer, after penning a two-year contract.
  He made his competitive debut on 7 August 2011 in 1–0 home defeat to Cardiff City and scored his first goal for West Ham in a 4–0 away win against Watford on 16 August 2011; his first goal since January 2005. O'Brien was sent off, for the first time in his career, in the away match against Reading on 10 December 2011. Despite suffering from injuries during the season, O'Brien, nevertheless, went on to make thirty-three appearance in all competition and the club was promoted back to the Premier League.
  In the 2012-13 season, O'Brien started well in the left-back position at the start of the season until he suffered a hamstring injury. O'Brien set up the only goal for Kevin Nolan in the game two weeks after making his return, in a 1-0 win over Newcastle United, which was followed by scoring his first-ever Premier League goal on 19 November 2012, which also earned his team a point against Stoke. He then scored the winning goal in the New Year's Day fixture against Norwich City. However, O'Brien suffered a hamstring injury and while on the sidelined, O'Brien signed a new contract with West Ham United on 13 January 2013, keeping him until 2013. Soon after signing a contract, O'Brien made his first appearance since returning from injury on 19 January 2013, in a 1-1 draw against Queens Park Rangers. O'Brien went on to finish the 2012-13 season, making thirty-four appearance in all competitions.
  In the 2013-14 season, O'Brien's appearance was restricted to seventeen appearance, due to substitute bench and injuries. After missing out two matches between 11 January 2014 and 18 January 2014, due to injury, O'Brien made his return on 29 January 2014, making his first start and played the whole game, in a 0-0 draw against Chelsea. However, despite playing 90 minutes, O'Brien suffered a dislocated shoulder after he "fell awkwardly following an off-the-ball push from Chelsea defender Gary Cahill" and was sidelined for three months. Although he returned from an injury in late-April, O'Brien made his return in the last game of the season, playing as a right-back, in a 2-0 loss against Manchester City.
  In the 2014-15 season, O'Brien appeared in the first three matches to the start of the season until he suffered a knee injury during an international break. After making his return from injury as an unused substitute against Burnley on 18 October 2014, O'Brien struggled to regain back his first team place and spent most of the season on the substitute bench, due to good performance from Carl Jenkinson.
  Ahead of the 2015-16 season, O'Brien was expected to fight for his first team place under the new management of Slaven Bilić following the departure of Allardyce. Though he appeared five times in the Europa League matches for West Ham United campaign, O'Brien, however, suffered a calf injury at the start of the season. After returning from injury in late-October, it wasn't until on 30 January 2016, O'Brien made his first appearance in the fourth round of the FA Cup, in a 0–0 against Liverpool. O'Brien then made another appearance in the fourth round of the FA Cup replay against Liverpool, which saw West Ham United win 2-1. However, following a game with a win over Liverpool, O'Brien, once again, suffered a hamstring injury that kept him for weeks and even after making his return, O'Brien never made an appearance throughout the 2015-16 season.
  He was released by West Ham at the end of his contract in June 2016.
  In August 2017, he was back in Bolton, training with Bolton Wanderers fitness coach Nick Allamby in order to keep fit.
caption: O'Brien walks out on the pitch before the game against Birkirkara in a Europa League.
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