Kieran Paul Sadlier (born 14 September 1994) is an English-born Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championship club Rotherham United. Sadlier previously won both the League of Ireland Premier Division and FAI Cup in his first season with Cork City.
Club Career
West Ham United
A youth team player with Cambridge United, Sadlier joined West Ham United in 2005. After finishing top goal scorer for the U18s in their 2012–13 season, Sadlier went on to feature regularly for the U21s, he requested to be released from his contract early in January 2015 in order to sign for St Mirren until the end of the 2014–15 season.
St Mirren
Sadlier made his debut on 28 February in a 1–0 home win against Hamilton Academical coming on as a half-time substitute for Viktor Genev. He made his full home debut against Celtic on 3 April 2015 in a Good Friday evening televised game that Celtic went on to win 0–2.v Sadlier scored his only goal for St Mirren in a 4–1 home victory against Kilmarnock on 25 April 2015.
Sadlier decided that he wanted to be playing back in England to be nearer to his family and left the club at the end of his contract, despite the St Mirren manager Ian Murray inviting him back for pre-season training.
Peterborough United
On 20 July 2015 Sadlier signed a contract with Peterborough United after a successful trial period. He was an unused substitute against Burton Albion and started against Charlton Athletic in the second round of the Capital One League Cup.
FC Halifax Town
On 9 October 2015 Sadlier joined FC Halifax Town, on loan from Peterborough United for three months.
Sligo Rovers
On 11 January 2016, Sadlier signed for League of Ireland Premier League side Sligo Rovers until the summer where he linked up with former manager Dave Robertson at the club, for whom he played under at Peterborough United. After 6 weeks the club wanted to retai