Andrew Moran

Andrew Moran (born 15 October 2003) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the academy of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.

Andrew Moran
Personal information
Full name Andrew Moran
Date of birth (2003-10-15) 15 October 2003
Place of birth Knocklyon, Dublin, Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 49
Youth career
Knocklyon United
St Joseph's Boys
Bray Wanderers
2020– Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Bray Wanderers 3 (1)
2021– Brighton & Hove Albion 1 (0)
International career‡
Republic of Ireland U15
Republic of Ireland U16
Republic of Ireland U17
2021–2022 Republic of Ireland U19 5 (1)
2021– Republic of Ireland U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:53, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:12, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Bray Wanderers

Raised in the Dublin suburb of Knocklyon, Moran started out at his local club Knocklyon United.[1] He later moved to top schoolboy club St Joseph's Boys, before moving onto the academy of League of Ireland club Bray Wanderers, for whom St Joseph's are a feeder club.[2] He made his first team debut for the club in a victory over Drogheda United in August 2019 aged just 15 years 307 days old, making him the youngest player in the club's history.[3] On 28 February 2020, he became the club's youngest ever goalscorer at 16 years 135 days old when he scored in a 2–0 win over Wexford at the Carlisle Grounds.[4] Moran made a total of three senior appearances during his time with the club.[5]

Brighton & Hove Albion

In July 2020, he signed for the academy of Brighton & Hove Albion, alongside Bray Wanderers teammate Leigh Kavanagh.[6] April 2021 saw Moran linked with a move to fellow Premier League sides Manchester United and Chelsea.[7][8] After a year at the club, he signed his first professional contract with the club in July 2021.[2] On 24 August 2021, he made his first team debut, coming off the bench in the 67th minute of a 2–0 win away to Cardiff City in the EFL Cup.[9][10]

Moran signed a three year contract extension with the club in August 2022.[11] He made his first Premier League appearance on 3 January 2023, coming on as a 79th minute substitute replacing Solly March in a 4–1 away win over Everton.[12]

International career

Moran has captained the Republic of Ireland under-15s and has also represented his country at under-16, under-17, under-19 and under-21 level.[1] On 27 August 2021, he was called up alongside Brighton & Hove Albion teammate Evan Ferguson to the Republic of Ireland U21 for the first time, for their 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifiers against Bosnia and Herzegovina & Luxembourg.[13] He made his Ireland under-21 debut in a 1–1 draw with Luxembourg at the Stade Jos Nosbaum in Dudelange on 7 September 2021.[14] Moran's first international goal came on 29 March 2022 in the Republic of Ireland U19's 4–0 win over Armenia U19 in the 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying Elite round.[15]

Career statistics
As of 3 January 2023[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bray Wanderers 2019 League of Ireland First Division 2000000[lower-alpha 3]020
2020 League of Ireland First Division 11———11
Total 3100000031
Brighton & Hove Albion 2021–22 Premier League 000010—10
2022–23 Premier League 100010—20
Total 1000200030
Brighton & Hove Albion U23 2021–22 ———2[lower-alpha 4]020
2022–23 ———2[lower-alpha 4]141
Total ———4141
Career total 41002041102
  1. Includes FAI Cup & FA Cup
  2. Includes League of Ireland Cup & EFL Cup
  3. Appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup
  4. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Knocklyon United earn FAI Club Mark | Football Association of Ireland". www.fai.ie.
  2. Dempsey, Andrew. "Hugely-Talented Irish Teenagers Sign First Professional Contracts With Brighton". Balls.ie.
  3. "Too much too young: Are League of Ireland clubs risking the careers of their talented mid-teens?". independent.
  4. "League Report: Bray Wanderers 2 - 0 Wexford". ExtraTime.com.
  5. "Republic of Ireland - A. Moran - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  6. "No Bray farewell for promising teen duo as Brighton deals confirmed". independent.
  7. "Man United and Chelsea 'monitoring' Irish wonderkid Andrew Moran". 28 April 2021.
  8. Nair, Pranav (27 April 2021). "Man United to square off against Chelsea for 17-year-old Brighton wonderkid".
  9. Donnelly, Dave (24 August 2021). "Evan Ferguson and Andrew Moran handed senior debuts for Brighton and Hove Albion". DublinLive.
  10. O'Toole, Fintan. "Teenage Irish duo make Brighton first-team debuts and O'Brien scores Sunderland hat-trick". The42.
  11. "Ireland U-21 international Andrew Moran 'delighted to commit future' to Brighton after sealing three-year extension". independent.
  12. "Awesome Albion hit four to start the year in style". Brighton & Hove Albion. 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  13. "U21 | Jim Crawford names squad for Bosnia and Luxembourg qualifiers | Football Association of Ireland". www.fai.ie.
  14. "Ireland Under-21s pegged back at the death by Luxembourg". The Irish Times.
  15. "REPORT | Ireland MU19 4-0 Armenia MU19 | Football Association of Ireland". www.fai.ie.
  16. "A.Moran". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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