Sean Brennan, Central Midfield at Athlone Town

Central Midfield · Midfielder

#12 Sean Brennan

Athlone Town First Division · Ireland Republic

Date of birth / Age: 5 Jul 2001 (25)
Height · Weight: 1.80 m · 73 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Central Midfield
Citizenship: Ireland · born in Ireland Republic
Joined club: 28 Jul 2026
Contract until: 2026

Date of birth / Age: 5 Jul 2001 (25)
Height · Weight: 1.80 m · 73 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Central Midfield
Citizenship: Irelandborn in Ireland Republic
Joined club: 28 Jul 2026
Contract until: 2026

Season 2026

Appearances: 20
Starting eleven: 15
Goals: 1
Assists: –
Yellow cards: 5
Second yellows: –
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 1,398

Starting eleven75%

15 of 20 appearances

Minutes played1,398

70 per appearance

Goal involvement1

1 goals

Positions played

153 matches · since 2020

RWCFAMDMCM

Position	Apps	G	A
Central Midfield	64	0	1
Defensive Midfield	58	2	0
Attacking Midfield	27	3	5
Centre-Forward	2	0	0
Right Winger	2	0	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · defensive midfielders with 900+ minutes

World rank: #2684; defensive midfielder in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #741; among defensive midfielders aged 22–25
In his league: 55%; of First Division defensive midfielders rank below him
Finishing: −1.7; goals below expected · better than 22% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

3 Expected

4.7

63 shots. He scores fewer than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

1 Expected

4.9

Teammates converted fewer of his chances than expected.

Career stats

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Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026	First Division	Bray Wanderers	13	8	1	–	3	–	0	771
2026	First Division	Athlone Town	5	5	0	–	2	–	0	453
2025	Play-offs 1/2	Bray Wanderers	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	84
2026	FAI Cup	Athlone Town	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2025	First Division	UCD	18	16	1	–	3	–	0	1,283
2025	First Division	Bray Wanderers	12	8	0	–	2	–	0	779
2025	FAI Cup	Bray Wanderers	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	44
2024	First Division	UCD	26	22	1	1	5	0	0	1,909
2023	FAI Cup	UCD	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	180
2024	FAI Cup	UCD	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	116
2023	Premier Division	UCD	13	13	0	–	2	–	0	1,095
2023	Premier Division	Drogheda United	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2022	FAI Cup	UCD	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	246
2022	Play-offs 1/2	UCD	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	90
2022	Premier Division	UCD	28	23	0	1	7	0	0	1,858
2021	FAI Cup	UCD	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	85
2021	Play-offs 1/2	UCD	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2021	First Division	UCD	24	21	1	0	2	0	0	1,758
2020	First Division	Shamrock Rovers Res.	15	14	1	3	0	0	0	1,148
2019/20	Premier League 2	Southampton U23	4	0	0	–	0	–	0	78
2019/20	Premier League International Cup	Southampton U23	1	0	1	–	0	–	0	32
2018/19	U18 Premier League	Southampton U18	9	5	1	–	1	–	0	463
2017/18	U18 Premier League	Southampton U18	9	8	2	–	2	–	0	689
2018	UEFA U17 Championship	Republic of Ireland U17	3	2	1	–	0	–	0	220
2017	UEFA U17 Championship	Republic of Ireland U17	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	100

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			196	158	10	5^*	31	0^*	0	13,751

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
First Division	113	5	4
Premier Division	42	0	1
U18 Premier League	18	3	–
FAI Cup	10	0	–
Republic of Ireland U17	5	1	–
Premier League 2	4	0	–
Play-offs 1/2	3	0	–
Premier League International Cup	1	1	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Nov 2026 Nov 2026 · Back from Loan Athlone Town Bray Wanderers Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2026 Jul 2026 · Loan Bray Wanderers Athlone Town Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2025 Jul 2025 · Transfer UCD Bray Wanderers Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2023 Jul 2023 · Free Transfer Drogheda United UCD Free Transfer
Jan 2023 Jan 2023 · Transfer UCD Drogheda United Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Feb 2021 Feb 2021 · Transfer Southampton FC Under 23 UCD Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Oct 2020 Oct 2020 · Back from Loan Shamrock Rovers Res. Southampton FC Under 23 Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Feb 2020 Feb 2020 · Loan Southampton FC Under 23 Shamrock Rovers Res. Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2016 Jan 2016 · Transfer Erith and Belvedere FC Southampton FC Under 23 Transfer Fee in TSH subscription

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