Brendan Moloney
Personal information
Full name	Brendan Anthony Moloney
Date of birth	January 18, 1989 (1989-01-18) (age 20)
Place of birth	Beaufort, Republic of Ireland
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Notts County (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
Number	2
Youth career
	Killarney Athletic A.F.C Belvedere FC
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006– 2008 2008 2009–	Nottingham Forest → Chesterfield (loan) → Rushden and Diamonds (loan) → Notts County (loan)	15 (0) 09 (1) 04 (0) 16 (1)
National team
2009–	Republic of Ireland U21	06 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Brendan Moloney (born 18 January 1989 in Beaufort, Killarney, County Kerry) is an Irish football player currently playing on loan for Notts County from Nottingham Forest. His preferred position is right-back in defence, but has also appeared on the right of midfield.

[edit] Career

A graduate of the Nottingham Forest Youth Academy, he captained the Nottingham Forest reserve team that just missed out on the title in 2006-07.

In an interview at the tail-end of the 2006-07 season, Forest boss Colin Calderwood picked out Moloney out of his Youth Team as having "fantastic potential". He made his début in March 2007, coming on as substitute against Gillingham wearing the number 35 shirt.^[1]. He made his first start for Forest in their opening game of the 2007-08 campaign, against Bournemouth.

On January 10, 2008, Moloney completed a loan move to Chesterfield on a month-long loan. He made his debut for them on January 12, 2008, against Brentford. The youngster impressed for Chesterfield on loan, and netted his first professional goal for the Spireites in his third game for the club, with a 25 yard shot in their 4-0 victory over Hereford United.^{[citation needed]} He played a total of nine games for Chesterfield, before returning to Forest's team in the summer of 2008.

With The Reds gaining promotion, manager Colin Calderwood has commented that he will be given the chance to impress next season after Forest's promotion to the Football League Championship in the upcoming 2008-09 campaign.^[2] He was loaned out to Rushden & Diamonds at the beginning of the season, where he appeared six times.

Moloney went out on a six-month loan to city rivals Notts County on July 1, 2009 after turning down offers from Bradford City and non league Ilkeston Town. Moloney scored his first goal for Notts County in the 5-0 win over Bradford City.

[edit] References

1. ^ "Nottm Forest 1 - 0 Gillingham". soccerbase.com. http://www.soccerbase.com/results3.sd?gameid=512916. Retrieved June 20, 2007. 
2. ^ CC's Pledge To Youngsters | Nottingham Forest | News | Latest News | Latest News

[edit] External links

• Brendan Moloney career stats at Soccerbase
• Nottingham Forest profile

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