Daniel O'Shaughnessy

Daniel Michael O'Shaughnessy (born 14 September 1994) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays for HJK and the Finland national team as a defender. He began his career in the youth systems at Honka, HJK and Metz and also played in England for Braintree Town and Cheltenham Town.

Club Career

Youth years

A central defender, O'Shaughnessy began his career in Finland alongside his brother Patrick at Honka and was part of the youth team which made an impressive showing at the 2008 Nike Premier Cup. Both brothers joined Veikkausliiga club HJK in early 2009. O'Shaughnessy broke into the club's reserve team the following year, making 23 appearances and scoring two goals during the 2011 Kakkonen season, missing out on promotion to the Ykkonen after a playoff semi-final defeat to BK-46. After trials at Premier League clubs Liverpool, Manchester United, Sunderland and Scottish Premier League club Celtic, O'Shaughnessy moved to French Ligue 2 club Metz on a two-and-a-half-year contract in early January 2012. He made 40 appearances and scored one goal for the club's reserve team and helped the team to the 2013–14 Championnat de France amateur 2 Group C title. O'Shaughnessy departed Metz at the end of the 2013–14 season, having failed to receive a call into the first team squad.

Brentford

O'Shaughnessy joined newly-promoted Championship club Brentford on trial in July 2014 and made a 30-minute cameo in a 4–0 pre-season friendly defeat to Osasuna on 29 July. On 1 August, it was announced that O'Shaughnessy had signed a two-year professional contract. He was an unused substitute during Brentford's two League Cup ties in August 2014, but instead spent the 2014–15 season in the Development Squad, in which he made 23 appearances and scoring one goal. O'Shaughnessy began the 2015–16 season in the Development Squad and made 13 appearances and scored one goal before leaving on loan for the rest of the season in late January 2016.

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