John Egan (footballer, born 1992)

John Egan
Personal information
Full name John Egan[1]
Date of birth (1992-10-20) 20 October 1992
Place of birth Cork, Republic of Ireland
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
 Brentford
Number 14
Youth career
2000-2009 Greenwood FC
2009–2011 Sunderland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Sunderland 0 (0)
2012 → Crystal Palace (loan) 1 (0)
2012 → Sheffield United (loan) 1 (0)
2012 → Bradford City (loan) 4 (0)
2014 → Southend United (loan) 13 (1)
2014–2016 Gillingham 81 (10)
2016- Brentford 8 (3)
National team
Republic of Ireland U17 2 (0)
2010–2011 Republic of Ireland U19 10 (0)
2012–2014 Republic of Ireland U21 6 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:20, 20 September 2016 (UTC).


John Egan (born 20 October 1992) is a Cork born Irish footballer who plays for Brentford as a defender. He has had loan spells with Crystal Palace, Sheffield United, Bradford City and Southend United, and has represented Ireland at under-17, under-19 and under-21 level. He was released by Sunderland at the end of the 2013–14 season, and signed a 2-year deal with Gillingham in July 2014.

Early and personal life

Born in Cork, Egan started his career with Greenwood FC in Togher and is the son of former Kerry Gaelic footballer, John Egan.[2] However, it is often said he gets his soccer talents from his mother Mary Egan, who was known as a no nonsense defender in her day. She also has a League of Ireland medal under her belt.[3]

Career

Egan was loaned by Sunderland to Crystal Palace in January 2012.[4] Egan made his Professional debut for Palace in the F.A. Cup 3rd round playing the full 90 minutes in their 1-0 loss to Derby County. In March 2012, Egan joined Football League One side Sheffield United on a month's loan to ease a defensive crisis,[5] making his début for the Blades that evening in a defeat at Walsall.[6]

In July 2012 Egan was called up by Martin O'Neill for Sunderland's pre season tour to South Korea to take part in the Peace Cup. He came on as a substitute for the injured Wes Brown in the 3rd place play off against F.C. Groningen of Holland playing 50 minutes of the 3-2 victory. After a solid pre season he was praised by Martin O'Neill and handed the number forty-two jersey for the season. At the start of November 2012 after being around the first team Egan signed a three-month loan deal with Bradford City to get games under his belt.[7] He made his début for Bradford on 6 November in a 0–0 draw at home to Chesterfield.[8] His loan was cut short two weeks later after suffering a broken leg,[9] returning having played four games for the Bantams. This injury ruled him out for a year but during his rehab Egan agreed a one-year contract extension with Sunderland in March 2013.[10]

On 27 February 2014, Egan joined League Two side Southend United on an emergency loan.[11] His first goal came on 11 March 2014, in a 2–2 draw against Scunthorpe United, where he scored a "spectacular long-distance effort".[12] He later went on to win Southend's 'Goal of the Season' award and the strike was a sensation on YouTube gaining over 35,000 views. On 28 March 2014, Egan extended his loan stay with the Blues until the end of the 2013–14 season.[13]

Gillingham

On 3 July 2014 amid interest from several clubs from League One and the Championship, Egan signed a two-year deal with Gillingham following his release from Sunderland.[14] Egan enjoyed a fantastic debut season with Gillingham playing 52 times and scoring 5 goals. He also won the main Player of the Year and Away Player of the Year awards for the club to cap off a good year after finishing 12th in League One.[15] In April 2016, Egan was named in the PFA League One Team of the year for his performances over the 2015/16 season.[16]

Egan rejected the offer a new contract by Gillingham at the conclusion of the 2015-16 season.[17]

Brentford

On 1 July 2016, Egan signed a three-year contract with Championship club Brentford.[18] He scored his first goals for Brentford when he scored twice in a 2-0 win over Ipswich Town on 16 August 2016.[19]

Career statistics

As of 19 June 2016.[20]
Club Season Division League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sunderland 2011–12 Premier League 00000000 00
Crystal Palace (loan) 2011–12 Championship 10100000 20
Sheffield United (loan) 2011–12 League One 10000000 10
Bradford City (loan) 2012–13 League Two 40000000 40
Southend United (loan) 2013–14 League Two 131000020 151
Gillingham 2014–15 League One 454000071 525
Gillingham 2015–16 League One 36 6 1 0 2 0 1 0 40 6

References

  1. ↑ "John Egan". Sunderland Association Football Club. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Irwin shows a touch of class on U-19 debut". Independent.ie. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Sons and their fathers". irishexaminer.com. 18 September 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Crystal Palace sign Egan & Dumbuya ; extend Martin stay". BBC Sport. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Blades secure loan double". Sheffield United Official Web Site. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  6. ↑ "Blades cut down again to offer hope to rivals". Yorkshire Post. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "Bradford City sign Egan". Telegraph & Argus. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  8. ↑ "Bradford 0–0 Chesterfield". BBC Sport. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  9. ↑ "Egan returns to Sunderland". Sunderland Association Football Club. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  10. ↑ "John Egan has put pen to paper on a one-year contract extension". Sunderland Association Football Club. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  11. ↑ "News: John Egan joins from Sunderland". Southend United FC. 27 February 2014.
  12. ↑ "News: Scunthorpe 2 – 2 Southend". bbc. 11 March 2014.
  13. ↑ "News: Egan extends Southend United loan". Southend United FC. 28 March 2014.
  14. ↑ "News: Gillingham FC clinch the signature of former Sunderland defender John Egan on a two year contract". Gillingham FC. 3 July 2014.
  15. ↑ "John Egan scoops Gillingham FC's Player of the Year Award". www.gillinghamfootballclub.com. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
  16. ↑ http://sitecoreadmin.thepfa.com/thepfa/pfaawards/league-one-team-of-the-year
  17. ↑ "John Egan to leave Gillingham after rejecting contract offer". Kent Online. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
  18. ↑ FC, Brentford. "Brentford sign John Egan on three-year deal". Retrieved 2016-07-02.
  19. ↑ "Brentford 2-0 Ipswich". BBC Sport. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  20. ↑ John Egan career statistics at Soccerbase
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