Rory Feely

Rory Feely (born 3 January 1997) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for League of Ireland Premier Division club, Bohemians. He joined after two spells at St Patrick's Athletic where he started his professional career, having also previously spent 2 seasons at Waterford.

Club Career

Early career

Feely started playing football with Tramore AFC. He then played for Athy Town, where he represented the Kildare & District Underage League at the Kennedy Cup. His performances at the Kennedy Cup earned him a move to League of Ireland Champions St Patrick's Athletic in 2014, where he started playing with the Under 19 side. His first season was a success with Pat's winning the Under 19 SSE Airtricity League with a 3–2 win over Derry City under 19's in the final at Maginn Park, with Feely getting himself on the scoresheet. The team included several players that broke through to the Pat's first team and beyond in the League of Ireland and English Football Leagues, including Jamie McGrath, Darragh Markey, Jack Bayly, Fuad Sule, Paul Rooney and JJ Lunney.

St Patrick's Athletic

2014–2015

Feely's first involvement with the first team at St Patrick's Athletic came on 9 September 2014 when he came off the bench for the last 5 minutes of the 2014 Leinster Senior Cup Final, which saw his side win 2–1 to claim the trophy and Feely's first medal at senior level. His first senior league appearance came on 17 October 2014 when he replaced Killian Brennan in the 72nd minute of a 2–0 defeat to Athlone Town at Richmond Park. He did not feature in the first team in 2015 due to his heavy involvement with the clubs Under 19's side and also Kildare GAA Minors.

2016 season

His next involvement with the first team came in pre-season 2016, when manager Liam Buckley decided that he would convert Feely from a Right Winger to a Centre Back and his next appearance came in February 2016, com