Kevin O'Hara (footballer)

Kevin O'Hara (born 11 August 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who played most recently as a striker for Dunfermline Athletic. O'Hara has previously played for Falkirk, East Fife, Stenhousemuir and Alloa Athletic.

Kevin O'Hara
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-08-11) 11 August 1998
Place of birth Stirling, Scotland[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
–2015 Falkirk
2013–2014 → Forth Valley Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Falkirk 34 (0)
2016–2017 → East Fife (loan) 16 (3)
2018–2019 → Stenhousemuir (loan) 15 (0)
2019–2020 Alloa Athletic 27 (10)
2020–2023 Dunfermline Athletic 76 (17)
International career
2013–2014 Scotland U16 3 (1)
2016 Scotland U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:18, 8 October 2021 (UTC)

Career

O'Hara was raised in the village of Fallin and attended Wallace High School in Stirling.[3] Having spent time training with the Forth Valley Football Academy, he began his professional career with Falkirk, making his senior debut in a league game on 12 April 2015.[4] After strong performances for the club's Development League team, he was in contention for a place in the squad for the 2015 Scottish Cup Final, although in the end he was not selected.[5]

He spent a loan spell with East Fife between July 2016 and January 2017,[6] scoring 3 goals in 19 appearances in all competitions.[7]

In November 2017 he received an 8-match 'excessive misconduct' ban for abusing Dean Shiels about his disability during a game against Dunfermline Athletic.[8]

On 13 August 2018, O'Hara joined League One club Stenhousemuir on a six-month loan deal.[9] He was recalled on 3 January 2019.[10]

O'Hara was released by Falkirk at the end of the 2018–19 season, following the club's relegation to League One.[11]

In July 2019, O'Hara signed for Scottish Championship club Alloa Athletic.[12] After an impressive year with Alloa during which he scored 14 goals in 35 matches, O'Hara signed a three-year contract with Dunfermline Athletic on 10 July 2020.[13] Following relegation in his second season with the club, O'Hara was part of the Dunfermline team who won the League One title in the 2022-23 season. Following the end of his contract, O'Hara was released by Dunfermline.[14]

International

O'Hara has been involved with Scotland at various youth age group levels. In October 2013, he became the first Forth Valley Academy player to be selected for a national squad.[3][15][16]

Career statistics
As of 8 May 2023
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Falkirk 2014–15[4] Scottish Championship 1000000010
2015–16[17] 14010001[lower-alpha 1]0160
2016–17[7] 0000000000
2017–18[18] 18000301[lower-alpha 2]0220
2018–19[19] 1000300040
Total 340106020430
East Fife (loan) 2016–17[7] Scottish League One 16300201[lower-alpha 2]0193
Stenhousemuir (loan) 2018–19[19] Scottish League One 15000001[lower-alpha 2]0160
Alloa Athletic 2019–20[20] Scottish Championship 271023412[lower-alpha 2]03514
Dunfermline Athletic 2020–21[21] Scottish Championship 24810632[lower-alpha 3]03311
2021-22[22] 346105300409
2022-23[23] Scottish League One 183204000243
Total 761740153209723
Career total 16830732778021040
  1. Appearance in the Scottish Premiership play-offs
  2. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  3. Appearances in the Scottish Premiership Playoffs

Honours

Dunfermline Athletic

References
  1. "Player profile: Kevin O'Hara". Falkirk F.C. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  2. Kevin O'Hara at Soccerway
  3. "Fallin boy Kevin O'Hara makes debut for Scotland Under-16s". Daily Record / Stirling Observer. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  4. "Games played by Kevin O'Hara in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  5. "Falkirk youngster Kevin O'Hara hopes to KO Inverness Caledonian Thistle for a second time". Falkirk Herald. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  6. "O'Hara joins East Fife on loan". SPFL. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  7. "Games played by Kevin O'Hara in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  8. "Falkirk: Kevin O'Hara banned for abusing Dean Shiels about having one eye". BBC Sport. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  9. Clark, Jonny (13 August 2018). "Kevin O'Hara joins Stenhousemuir on loan". The Falkirk Herald. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  10. @FalkirkFC (3 January 2019). "✍️ @_kevinohara has been recalled early from his loan at Stenhousemuir FC and returns to our first team squad for S…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. "PLAYER UPDATE". Falkirk F.C. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  12. "Grant delighted with O'Hara capture". Alloa & Hillfoots Advertiser. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  13. "Kevin O'Hara joins Dunfermline". Dunfermline Athletic. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  14. "Squad Update | Dunfermline Athletic Football Club". dafc.co.uk.
  15. "Fruits of the Academy". Falkirk Herald. 10 November 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  16. "Kevin O'Hara and Tony Gallacher receive another international call". Falkirk F.C. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  17. "Games played by Kevin O'Hara in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  18. "Games played by Kevin O'Hara in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  19. "Games played by Kevin O'Hara in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  20. "Games played by Kevin O'Hara in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  21. "Games played by Kevin O'Hara in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  22. "Games played by Kevin O'Hara in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  23. "Games played by Kevin O'Hara in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  24. "Dunfermline Athletic win cinch League 1 | SPFL". spfl.co.uk.
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