Conor O'Shea
| Full name | Conor Michael Patrick O'Shea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 October 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Limerick, Republic of Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (16 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Terenure College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University College Dublin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Head Coach | ||
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| Current team | Italy | ||
| Amateur team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1992-1995 | Lansdowne | () | |
| Senior career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1993-1995 1995-2000 |
Leinster London Irish |
127 |
(412) |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1993-2000 | Ireland | 35 | (44) |
| Teams coached | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2001-2005 2010–2016 2016– |
London Irish Harlequins Italy |
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Conor O'Shea (Irish: Conchúir Ó Sé) (born 21 October 1970) is an Irish rugby union coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the Italian national team. He played as a full back and occasionally at out-half and centre for Ireland, Lansdowne and London Irish. He has also coached London Irish and Harlequins, and held management positions with the English Rugby Football Union and the English Institute of Sport.
O'Shea was born in County Limerick. He went to Terenure College in Dublin, which is one of the main rugby nurseries in Ireland. He was coached by the respected John McClean. He attended University College Dublin where he completed a Bachelor of Commerce Degree and began his representative career. O'Shea then completed a Diploma in Legal Studies at the Dublin Institute of Technology and a Master's of Sports Science degree in Sports Management in 1996 from the United States Sports Academy, known around the world as America's Sports University.
His father, Jerome, was a famous Gaelic football player in the 1950s and won All-Ireland Championship medals with Kerry in 1953, 1955 and 1959.
O'Shea started his rugby playing career at Terenure College, where he won the Leinster Schools Rugby Senior Cup in 1991. He briefly represented his university UCD before leaving in 1992. Upon leaving, he joined Lansdowne, and soon became a regular starter at fullback in the 1st XV. He was selected for provincial side Leinster in 1993, where in 1994 he helped Leinster secure their first Irish Interprovincial Rugby Championship title since 1984, despite the title being shared. He scored Leinster's first ever try in a professional European tournament, scoring against Italian side Milan in the inaugural Heineken Cup. Leinster topped their pool with a win over Pontypridd, but failed to progress past the semi-finals where they were defeated by Cardiff 23–14.
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