Richard O'Donnell (footballer)
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O'Donnell in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Mark O'Donnell | ||
| Date of birth | 12 September 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Derby County | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2005 | Sheffield United | ||
| –2006 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2012 | Sheffield Wednesday | 15 | (0) |
| 2007 | → York City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Buxton (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Rotherham United (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Grimsby Town (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Alfreton Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Macclesfield Town (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Chesterfield | 14 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Stockport County (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Walsall | 90 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Wigan Athletic | 10 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Bristol City (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Bristol City | 25 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Rotherham United | 22 | (0) |
| 2018 | Northampton Town | 19 | (0) |
| 2018–2022 | Bradford City | 122 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Rochdale | 40 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Blackpool | 7 | (0) |
| 2025– | Derby County | 3 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Grimsby Town (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 07:39, 11 March 2026 (UTC) | |||
Richard Mark O'Donnell (born 12 September 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Derby County.
Having started his career with Sheffield Wednesday's youth system, O'Donnell progressed to the first team, for which he was largely used as an understudy goalkeeper. He played 20 times for Wednesday between 2006 and 2012, earning a significant amount of first-team appearances elsewhere as he spent time on loan with York City, Buxton, Rotherham United, Oldham Athletic, Grimsby Town, Alfreton Town and Macclesfield Town. He was released in the summer of 2012 and joined Chesterfield. In 2013, following limited first-team appearances, he signed a one-year contract at Walsall, where he would spend two years.
In 2015, he signed for Wigan Athletic and joined Bristol City on loan in January 2016, he would make this move permanment in February. In January 2017, he joined Rotherham United for an undisclosed fee where he would spend a year, joining Northampton Town in January 2018, spending six months at the club. In July 2018, he joined Bradford City, where he spent four years, before joining Rochdale in 2022, a year later he would sign for Blackpool where he would spend two years before leaving the club in June 2025. In July 2025, O'Donnell joined Derby County, he had a short-term emergency loan at Grimsby Town in November 2025.