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Ian Sweeney Profile and Player Statistics

Ian Sweeney

First name:	Ian
Last name:	Sweeney
Position:	Attacker
Nationality:

Football Career Transfers and Statistics

We are going to show you the list of football clubs and seasons in which Ian Sweeney has played. It includes the total number of appearance (caps), substitution details, goals, yellow and red cards stats.

Competition	Season	Football Club
First Division	2015	Athlone Town	3	3	0	1	0
Premier Division	2014	Athlone Town	33	25	1	3	0
First Division	2013	Athlone Town	18	9	6	6	1
First Division	2012	Athlone Town	8	6	1	0	1
First Division	2011	Athlone Town	9	7	2	0	0

Ian Sweeney has played in the following competitions and football tournaments.

Now showing: All Competitions

Date	Home	Score	Away	HT
15/05/2015	Athlone Town	2 - 3	Shelbourne	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	18' Mark Sandford
Aidan Collins 27'
R. Gaul 27'
Sam O'Connor 31'
Stephen Quigley 40'
			64' Gareth Coughlan
			64' Conor Earley
		0 - 2	65' Mark Sandford
Sam O'Connor 67'
Gary Burke 67'
M. Chindea 67'
Ian Sweeney 67'
G. Coughlan 84'		1 - 2
			86' Mark Sandford
			86' A. O'Sullivan
		1 - 3	89' D. McGlade
			90+2' D. McGlade
			90+2' Jake Donnelly
Ian Sweeney 90+3'		2 - 3
08/05/2015	Athlone Town	1 - 1	UCD	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	12' R. Swan
Gary Burke 46'
G. Coughlan 46'
Stephen Quigley 53'
			60' Chris Mulhall
			60' Samir Belhout
M. Chindea 62'
Ian Sweeney 62'
Brian Shortall 63'
			68' R. Swan
Stephen Quigley 68'
Daniel Purdy 68'
Eric Foley 79'
			81' R. Swan
			81' Eoin Kirwan
			85' Tomás Boyle
Philip Gorman 86'		1 - 1
			90' R. Benson
02/05/2015	Cobh Ramblers	1 - 0	Athlone Town	1-0	H2H	+
J. Creamer 26'		1 - 0
			37' Sam O'Connor
			59' Sam O'Connor
			59' Ian Sweeney
			64' Thomas Mulroney
			74' Gavin Boyne
			74' Eric Foley
			82' Michael Brown
Ryan Goldsmith 82'
Ryan Goldsmith 83'
Audie Dunlea 83'
J. Creamer 83'
Kynan Rocks 83'
Graham McCarthy 90+2'
24/10/2014	Athlone Town	1 - 1	Bray Wanderers	1-0	H2H	+
A. Byrne 14'
			19' Graham Kelly
			19' D. Webster
Philip Gorman 20'		1 - 0
			33' D. Zambra
A. Byrne 37'
Ian Sweeney 42'
Aidan Collins 42'
			54' Niall Cooney
		1 - 1	59' D. Zambra
Sean Brennan 66'
Graham Rusk 66'
D. Prendergast 68'
			76' David Cassidy
			76' P. Hughes
Philip Gorman 84'
Barry Clancy 84'
			87' Adam Hanlon
			87' R. Swan
James O'Brien 89'
17/10/2014	St Patrick's	0 - 2	Athlone Town	0-0	H2H	+
Christy Fagan 25'
Derek Foran 46'
			57' K. Knight
Ger O'Brien 61'
Ken Oman 61'
		0 - 1	62' Philip Gorman
			68' James O'Brien
		0 - 2	69' K. Dillon
L. Fitzgerald 72'
Rory Feely 72'
			75' Philip Gorman
			75' Graham Rusk
Jamie McGrath 83'
Peter Durrad 83'
			85' Sean Brennan
			85' Barry Clancy
			90+3' Derek Doyle
			90+3' Ian Sweeney
10/10/2014	Athlone Town	0 - 3	Dundalk	0-0	H2H	+
Kevin Knight 6'
			16' Chris Shields
Kealan Dillon 18'
Brian Shortall 38'
Brian Shortall 38'
		0 - 1	46' Pat Hoban
		0 - 2	55' Pat Hoban
Kevin Knight 62'
Graham Rusk 62'
			70' Daryl Horgan
			70' Donald McDermott
Philip Gorman 78'
Barry Clancy 78'
			81' Kurtis Byrne
			81' Mark Griffin
James O'Brien 86'
Aidan Collins 86'
			86' Pat Hoban
			86' Stephen O'Donnell
		0 - 3	90' Richie Towell
03/10/2014	Limerick	4 - 2	Athlone Town	1-1	H2H	+
R. Gaffney 6'		1 - 0
			22' James O'Brien
		1 - 1	40' Derek Doyle
			53' Sean Brennan
Kieran Djilali 56'		2 - 1
			64' Dylan Hayes
			64' Eric Foley
Kieran Djilali 67'		3 - 1
			69' James O'Brien
			69' Ian Sweeney
Prince Agyemang 76'
Joseph Ndo 76'
			80' Sean Brennan
			80' Philip Gorman
			86' D. Prendergast
		3 - 2	89' A. Byrne
R. Gaffney 90+1'		4 - 2
26/09/2014	Derry City	1 - 1	Athlone Town	0-0	H2H	+
		0 - 1	10' Derek Doyle
Ryan McBride 17'
			24' K. Knight
Rory Patterson 30'		1 - 1
			50' Brian Shortall
			50' Ian Sweeney
M. Timlin 60'
			62' A. Byrne
			65' Eric Foley
			65' James O'Brien
			70' Mark Hughes
Stephen Dooley 76'
J. Daniels 76'
Barry Molloy 76'
B. McNamee 76'
			77' Derek Doyle
			77' Philip Gorman
			82' Sean Brennan
19/09/2014	Athlone Town	0 - 0	Bohemians	0-0	H2H	+
			29' Craig Walsh
			29' Keith Buckley
K. Knight 37'
D. Prendergast 40'
Eric Foley 54'
			62' Kevin Devaney
			62' Jake Hyland
A. Byrne 63'
			71' Jake Hyland
			75' Jake Hyland
			87' D. Corcoran
			87' J. Byrne
Brian Shortall 87'
Dylan Hayes 87'
Eric Foley 90+1'
Sam O'Connor 90+1'
			90+1' David Mulcahy
05/09/2014	Drogheda United	1 - 1	Athlone Town	1-0	H2H	+
Gavan Holohan 28'		1 - 0
			32' Mark Hughes
Peter McGlynn 44'
			53' John Mulroy
			53' James O'Brien
Gary O'Neill 65'
Declan O'Brien 65'
			66' Mark Hughes
			66' Eric Foley
M. Daly 71'
G. Brady 73'
			82' K. Dillon
			82' D. Ebbe
G. Brady 83'
Paul Crowley 83'
Peter McGlynn 86'
Stephen Maher 86'
		1 - 1	90+3' Ian Sweeney
			90+4' Sean Brennan
29/08/2014	Athlone Town	2 - 2	Cork City	1-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	19' Billy Dennehy
			23' Colin Healy
Sean Brennan 35'
			35' Darren Dennehy
John Mulroy 41'		1 - 1
			58' John O'Flynn
			58' Liam Kearney
			58' Ross Gaynor
			58' Danny Morrissey
		1 - 2	72' Mark O'Sullivan
			73' Billy Dennehy
Sean Brennan 75'
James O'Brien 75'
James O'Brien 76'		2 - 2
			79' Garry Buckley
Kevin Knight 90+2'
James O'Brien 90+2'
18/08/2014	UCD	1 - 1	Athlone Town	0-0	H2H	+
Conor Cannon 9'		1 - 0
T. Molloy 46'
Colm Crowe 46'
		1 - 1	63' John Mulroy
			63' James O'Brien
			63' Eric Foley
			63' Sean Brennan
			63' Ian Sweeney
			71' Eric Foley
A. Mohamed 82'
Chris Mulhall 82'
Conor Cannon 84'
Tom O'Halloran 84'
			85' John Mulroy
			90+1' K. Dillon
			90+1' D. Ebbe
			90+3' Dylan Hayes
15/08/2014	Athlone Town	1 - 1	Shamrock Rovers	0-0	H2H	+
Eric Foley 16'
			34' G. McCabe
			46' Ryan Brennan
			46' Sean O'Connor
		0 - 1	58' Karl Sheppard
Eric Foley 68'
John Mulroy 68'
Sean Brennan 68'
			71' R. Finn
			71' Dean Kelly
Derek Doyle 71'
Ian Sweeney 71'
Ian Sweeney 78'		1 - 1
			84' Robert Bayly
			84' Patrick Cregg
09/08/2014	Sligo Rovers	3 - 1	Athlone Town	0-0	H2H	+
Iarfhlaith Davoren 13'
D. Ledwith 13'
			24' Dylan Hayes
John Russell 47'		1 - 0
			56' A. Byrne
			61' John Mulroy
			61' James O'Brien
D. Kavanagh 71'
R. Keating 71'
			79' Mark Hughes
			79' Sam O'Connor
Evan McMillan 83'		2 - 0
			84' A. Byrne
			84' Stephen Dunne
Evan McMillan 85'		3 - 0
Éamon Zayed 87'
R. Donelon 87'
		3 - 1	88' Sam O'Connor
			90' Philip Gorman
01/08/2014	Bray Wanderers	1 - 1	Athlone Town	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	7' A. Byrne
David Scully 54'
			60' Eric Foley
David Scully 63'
P. Hughes 63'
Jake Kelly 65'
David Cassidy 65'
			65' John Mulroy
			65' Derek Doyle
			72' James O'Brien
Adam Hanlon 75'
Robert Maloney 75'
			83' James O'Brien
			83' Mark Hughes
J. Gorman 85'
			87' Graham Rusk
			87' Sean Brennan
M. Barker 90+2'		1 - 1
David Cassidy 90+4'
26/07/2014	Athlone Town	0 - 2	St Patrick's	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	7' C. Forrester
James O'Brien 37'
Sean Brennan 37'
			44' I. Bermingham
Sean Brennan 45+1'
John Mulroy 63'
Ian Sweeney 63'
Barry Clancy 71'
		0 - 2	72' S. Hoare
			72' Christy Fagan
			72' D. Kavanagh
			72' S. Hoare
			74' Conan Byrne
			78' G. Bolger
			78' L. Lynch
			78' C. Forrester
Eric Foley 80'
Thomas Mulroney 80'
			84' I. Bermingham
			84' L. Fitzgerald
			90+4' Derek Foran
20/07/2014	Dundalk	2 - 0	Athlone Town	2-0	H2H	+
P. Hoban 22'		1 - 0
B. Gartland 31'		2 - 0
			41' James O'Brien
			71' Sean Brennan
			71' D. Ebbe
			71' John Mulroy
			71' Ian Sweeney
Darren Meenan 73'
Donald McDermott 73'
K. Byrne 78'
R. Higgins 78'
Donald McDermott 80'
			80' Stephen Quigley
			80' Thomas Mulroney
Daryl Horgan 87'
Mark Griffin 87'
11/07/2014	Athlone Town	3 - 0	Limerick	3-0	H2H	+
Philip Gorman 4'		1 - 0
K. Dillon 19'		2 - 0
Philip Gorman 43'		3 - 0
			46' Colm Murphy
			46' G. Coughlan
Paul Skinner 46'
Ryan Coulter 46'
			58' Prince Agyemang
			58' Tom McManus
Graham Rusk 67'
Ian Sweeney 67'
			78' R. Gaffney
Sean Brennan 83'
			83' J. Hughes
			89' Shane Duggan
			89' Tom McManus
06/07/2014	Athlone Town	0 - 1	Derry City	0-1	H2H	+
D. Prendergast 19'
		0 - 1	20' Patrick McEleney
			46' Ryan McBride
			46' D. Jarvis
			75' Patrick McEleney
			75' Nathan Boyle
Graham Rusk 81'
John Mulroy 81'
Sean Brennan 81'
Ian Sweeney 81'
			86' P. Lowry
			86' R. Curran
27/06/2014	Bohemians	2 - 2	Athlone Town	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	26' James O'Brien
			37' James O'Brien
			45+1' S. Byrne
		0 - 2	47' James O'Brien
Keith Buckley 54'
Kevin Devaney 54'
Kevin Devaney 54'		1 - 2
Anthony Murphy 60'
			68' Barry Clancy
			68' Neil Harney
			69' A. Byrne
D. Corcoran 76'		2 - 2
Patrick Kavanagh 83'
K. Moore 83'
			84' James O'Brien
			84' Ian Sweeney
			87' S. Byrne
			87' Neil Harney
			87' Sean Brennan
88'
			90+2' D. Prendergast
13/06/2014	Athlone Town	6 - 0	Drogheda United	2-0	H2H	+
Derek Doyle 19'
			38' M. Daly
			38' Sean O'Connor
Philip Gorman 39'		1 - 0
D. Prendergast 42'		2 - 0
James O'Brien 55'		3 - 0
			64' Ciarán McGuigan
			64' Gavan Holohan
Philip Gorman 69'		4 - 0
S. Byrne 73'
D. Brennan 73'
Derek Doyle 73'
Ian Sweeney 73'
Philip Gorman 80'
Thomas Mulroney 80'
			87' Alan McNally
Sean Brennan 89'		5 - 0
Ian Sweeney 90+1'		6 - 0
30/05/2014	Cork City	1 - 0	Athlone Town	0-0	H2H	+
Darren Dennehy 25'
Liam Kearney 46'
Robert Lehane 46'
Mark O'Sullivan 58'		1 - 0
			64' Mark Hughes
			64' Ian Sweeney
Colin Healy 73'
David O'Leary 73'
			81' A. Byrne
			83' A. Byrne
			84' Barry Clancy
			86' Graham Rusk
			86' Neil Harney
Iarfhlaith Davoren 90+4'
J. Kavanagh 90+4'
23/05/2014	Athlone Town	2 - 0	UCD	0-0	H2H	+
Stephen Quigley 41'
K. Dillon 51'		1 - 0
Sean Brennan 61'		2 - 0
Graham Rusk 69'
			71' Tom O'Halloran
			71' Dwayne Wilson
Stephen Quigley 72'
Neil Harney 72'
			73' Gary Burke
			73' B. McCabe
J. Marks 76'
Ian Sweeney 76'
Sean Brennan 87'
Philip Gorman 87'
20/05/2014	Athlone Town	0 - 2	Sligo Rovers	0-1	H2H	+
A. Byrne 28'
		0 - 1	31' D. Ledwith
James O'Brien 46'
Mark Hughes 46'
Philip Gorman 54'
Sean Brennan 54'
Barry Clancy 62'
Ian Sweeney 62'
			69' A. Greene
			69' Eric Odhiambo
		0 - 2	79' D. North
			82' John Russell
			82' Sean Maguire
			86' D. Cawley
17/05/2014	Shamrock Rovers	1 - 0	Athlone Town	0-0	H2H	+
Ryan Brennan 37'
			40' Philip Gorman
Ronan Finn 52'
			61' Graham Rusk
Kieran 'Marty' Waters 62'
Sean O'Connor 62'
Ryan Brennan 62'
Éamon Zayed 62'
Éamon Zayed 66'		1 - 0
			71' Declan Brennan
			71' Jason Marks
			83' Sean Brennan
			83' Conor McMahon
			83' Stephen Quigley
			83' Ian Sweeney
Simon Madden 90+2'
02/05/2014	Athlone Town	0 - 0	Bray Wanderers	0-0	H2H	+
			36' Adam Mitchell
Jason Marks 72'
Seán Byrne 72'
			72' Shane O'Neill
			72' Adam Hanlon
			83' Robert Maloney
84'
			85' Graham Kelly
			85' Shane Byrne
Declan Brennan 86'
Mark Hughes 86'
Sean Brennan 88'
Ian Sweeney 88'
25/04/2014	St Patrick's	4 - 0	Athlone Town	2-0	H2H	+
James Chambers 12'		1 - 0
			25' Barry Clancy
			32' D. Prendergast
Christy Fagan 41'		2 - 0
			54' Sean Brennan
			54' J. Marks
			65' James O'Brien
Keith Fahey 69'
G. Bolger 69'
			73' K. Dillon
			73' Ian Sweeney
L. Lynch 75'		3 - 0
Christy Fagan 77'		4 - 0
James Chambers 77'
K. Brennan 77'
Conan Byrne 80'
C. McCormack 80'
21/04/2014	Athlone Town	0 - 1	Dundalk	0-0	H2H	+
Barry Clancy 37'
			46' Daryl Horgan
			46' K. Byrne
			60' J. Mountney
			60' D. McMillan
James O'Brien 62'
Mark Hughes 74'
J. Marks 74'
			82' P. Hoban
			82' Mark Griffin
Stephen Quigley 86'
Ian Sweeney 86'
D. Brennan 87'
Sean Brennan 90+3'
		0 - 1	90+4' R. Towell
18/04/2014	Limerick	2 - 1	Athlone Town	1-1	H2H	+
Robbie Williams 21'		1 - 0
Craig Carl Curran 39'
Tom McManus 39'
		1 - 1	41' K. Dillon
Tom McManus 52'		2 - 1
Robbie Williams 64'
Prince Agyemang 66'
R. Mann 66'
			77' Paul Skinner
			78' Barry Clancy
			78' Sean Brennan
			85' K. Dillon
			87' K. Dillon
			87' J. Marks
R. Gaffney 89'
			89' Graham Rusk
			89' Ian Sweeney
11/04/2014	Derry City	3 - 2	Athlone Town	2-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	15' James O'Brien
Enda Curran 23'		1 - 1
Rory Patterson 30'		2 - 1
			60' James O'Brien
			60' Barry Clancy
Michael Duffy 60'		3 - 1
			64' Sean Brennan
			64' Jason Marks
			64' Kealan Dillon
			64' Ian Sweeney
Jon-Paul McGovern 68'
Mark Stewart 68'
Shane McEleney 74'
		3 - 2	74' Jason Marks
			78' Alan Byrne
Danny Ventre 82'
			90+1' Mark Hughes
07/04/2014	Athlone Town	1 - 3	Bohemians	0-1	H2H	+
		0 - 1	43' D. Byrne
Aidan Collins 45'
J. Marks 45'
D. Prendergast 56'
Graham Rusk 57'		1 - 1
Sean Brennan 59'
Conor McMahon 59'
		1 - 2	61' K. Moore
			64' Patrick Kavanagh
			64' Steven Beattie
			70' Craig Walsh
			70' D. Corcoran
		1 - 3	84' J. Byrne
			85' Kevin Devaney
			85' K. Moore
04/04/2014	Drogheda United	3 - 2	Athlone Town	1-0	H2H	+
Declan O'Brien 9'		1 - 0
			46' Sean Brennan
Declan O'Brien 51'		2 - 0
			54' J. Marks
			54' Ian Sweeney
Eric Foley 62'
Stephen Maher 62'
Declan O'Brien 70'		3 - 0
Carl Walshe 73'
M. Daly 73'
			73' Aidan Collins
			73' Conor McMahon
			73' K. Dillon
			73' Stephen Quigley
		3 - 1	76' Philip Gorman
		3 - 2	80' Philip Gorman
			87' Stephen Quigley
28/03/2014	Athlone Town	0 - 3	Cork City	0-1	H2H	+
S. Byrne 18'
		0 - 1	41' Billy Dennehy
		0 - 2	41' Mark O'Sullivan
			46' J. Kavanagh
			46' Liam Kearney
S. Byrne 53'
Ian Sweeney 53'
A. Byrne 58'
			66' G. Buckley
			66' David O'Leary
		0 - 3	75' Liam Kearney
			80' Mark O'Sullivan
			80' Ian Turner
Graham Rusk 81'
D. Brennan 81'
J. Marks 81'
Mark Hughes 81'
			85' Colin Healy
21/03/2014	UCD	2 - 1	Athlone Town	1-0	H2H	+
R. Benson 26'
Robbie Creevy 34'		1 - 0
			34' Conor McMahon
A. Mohamed 49'		2 - 0
			52' J. Marks
			59' J. Marks
			59' James O'Brien
		2 - 1	69' Philip Gorman
A. Mohamed 72'
Cillian Morrison 76'
James Kavanagh 76'
			76' Graham Rusk
			76' Ian Sweeney
Mark Langtry 84'
			86' A. Byrne
			88' Conor McMahon
			88' D. Brennan
D. Clarke 89'
H. Douglas 89'
			90+2' D. Prendergast
14/03/2014	Athlone Town	1 - 4	Shamrock Rovers	0-2	H2H	+
		0 - 1	16' Ciaran Kilduff
		0 - 2	26' G. McCabe
		0 - 3	49' Ciaran Kilduff
S. Byrne 65'
Barry Clancy 65'
J. Marks 65'
Graham Rusk 65'
Mark Hughes 65'
Ian Sweeney 65'
			68' Sean O'Connor
			68' Karl Sheppard
			76' G. McCabe
			76' Dean Kelly
			76' Ciaran Kilduff
			76' Éamon Zayed
A. Byrne 90'		1 - 3
		1 - 4	90' Éamon Zayed
08/03/2014	Sligo Rovers	2 - 1	Athlone Town	0-0	H2H	+
			50' A. Byrne
J. Henderson 51'
		0 - 1	53' Philip Gorman
			55' K. Dillon
A. Greene 63'
Raffaele Cretaro 63'
John Russell 63'		1 - 1
D. Cawley 70'
Paul O'Conor 70'
			71' Sean Brennan
			71' Graham Rusk
Sean Maguire 76'
Evan McMillan 76'
			76' J. Marks
			82' J. Marks
			82' Neil Harney
Evan McMillan 87'		2 - 1
			89' Conor McMahon
			89' Ian Sweeney
12/10/2013	Athlone Town	1 - 2	Longford Town	1-2	H2H	+
E. Curran 9'		1 - 0
		1 - 1	24' Gary Shaw
Philip Gorman 37'
		1 - 2	44' R. Connolly
Philip Gorman 51'
Ian Sweeney 51'
			57' Derek O'Brien
			57' D. Ebbe
Robbie Clarke 60'
G. Coughlan 60'
			69' Gary Shaw
			69' Gavin Doyle
			83' Daniel Purdy
			90+3' Gavin Doyle
27/09/2013	Athlone Town	1 - 0	Waterford United	1-0	H2H	+
Philip Gorman 26'		1 - 0
			29' Peter White
Graham Kelly 36'
Ian Sweeney 36'
Robbie Clarke 52'
S. Byrne 52'
Aidan Collins 56'
			58' K. O'Connor
			58' C. Meade
James O'Brien 61'
Garvan Broughall 61'
			64' Philip Drohan
			64' Ben Ryan
			64' Robert McLarney
Mark Hughes 71'
			72' Paul Quilty
			72' M. Chindea
			73' P. Barrett
07/09/2013	Cobh Ramblers	0 - 1	Athlone Town	0-1	H2H	+
Graham McCarthy 36'
Robert Waters 41'
		0 - 1	42' Neil Harney
			60' Graham Kelly
			60' Garvan Broughall
R. Stanton 63'
Jonathan Spillane 63'
			68' Conor McMahon
E. Hastings 72'
Kynan Rocks 75'
Daniel Santry 75'
			80' G. Coughlan
			80' Ian Sweeney
			84' James O'Brien
			85' James O'Brien
			85' Niall Lanigan
			88' Philip Gorman
30/08/2013	Athlone Town	1 - 0	Wexford Youths	1-0	H2H	+
			19' Gary Delaney
			19' Paul Malone
Philip Gorman 26'		1 - 0
			34' Daragh Walshe
			34' Shane Clarke
			35' Thomas Croke
James O'Brien 37'
			46' Joey Mulcahy
			46' Daryll Power
Mark Hughes 57'
Ian Sweeney 57'
Philip Gorman 67'
G. Coughlan 67'
			81' Robert Maloney

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