John-Joe O'Toole
Personal information
Full name	John Joseph O'Toole
Date of birth	30 September 1988 (1988-09-30) (age 21)
Place of birth	Harrow, England
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Colchester United (on loan from Watford)
Number	8
Youth career
2005–2007	Watford
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2007– 2007 2009 2009–	Watford → Wealdstone (loan) → Sheffield United (loan) → Colchester United (loan)	057 (10) 009 0(4) 009 0(1) 007 0(1)
National team2
2007–	Republic of Ireland U-21s	005 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:28, 29 September 2009 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 09:21, 28 March 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

John Joseph "John-Joe" O'Toole (born 30 September 1988 in Harrow, England) is an Irish footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Colchester United FC in the Football League One.

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 Watford 1.1.1 Loan spell at Sheffield United 1.1.2 Loan spell at Colchester United 2 International career 3 Personal Life 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Playing career

[edit] Watford

O'Toole spent the end of the 2006–07 season on loan at Wealdstone in the Southern Football League Premier Division where he made nine appearances and scored three goals.^[1][2] His Watford debut was against Southend United in the League Cup as a 71st minute substitute on 28 August 2007. He made his League debut four days later as an 88th minute substitute against Ipswich Town. In September 2007 he signed his first professional contract, a one-year deal.^[3]

O'Toole scored his first goal for Watford at home against Bristol City on 1 December 2007. Coming on as substitute in the 82nd minute, he headed a goal three minutes later to make the score 1-1, although Watford went on to lose 1-2.^[4] In the next game he started in place of captain Gavin Mahon and scored again, another header, in a 2-3 win away at Colchester United.^[5] His third goal for the club came on 26 January 2008 in a 4-1 home defeat against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Cup 4th round. His performance the next weekend, once again at home to Wolves, won him a place in the Football League team of the week.^[6] O'Toole was sent off for the first time against Leicester City on 12 February 2008, although his red card was subsequently rescinded following an appeal.

[edit] Loan spell at Sheffield United

O'Toole signed a three-month loan deal for Sheffield United in February 2009^[7] making his debut a couple of weeks later in a 2-1 away victory over Coventry.^[8] O'Toole went on to make nine appearances for The Blades that season, scoring one goal in a local derby against Barnsley at the start of April.^[9]. He unfortunately picked up a training-ground injury in the final week of the season and so was unable to appear with Sheffield United in the play-off final at Wembley.^[10] With The Blades failing to win promotion, O'Toole returned to Watford at the end of his loan period.^[11]

[edit] Loan spell at Colchester United

O'Toole agreed a loan deal at Colchester United from 1 September 2009 from until January 2010. He made his debut in a 0-0 Draw away at Southampton, and his first goal was the equaliser in 1-1 draw against Tranmere Rovers.

[edit] International career

O'Toole qualifies for the Republic of Ireland through his grandparents, who were born in Mayo.^[12] He made his under-21 debut in a 1-0 away loss to Montenegro on 23 November 2007. Four days later he came on as an 83rd minute substitute against Bulgaria and scored with a header in the 93rd minute, securing a 1-0 win.^[13] His third appearance came against England on 5 February 2008, a 3-0 defeat in which he played the entire game.^[14]

[edit] Personal Life

His brother Callum is currently captain of Arsenal and Republic of Ireland under-18s.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• John-Joe O'Toole career stats at Soccerbase

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Persondata
NAME	O'Toole, John-Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	O'Toole, John
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH	September 30, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH	Harrow, Greater London, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH