Terry O'Donnell
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | England, United Kingdom | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Liverpool Nalgo | |||
| Newton FC | |||
| Hamilton AFC | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| Hamilton AFC (playing coach) | |||
| Shepherds United | |||
| Nasinu F.C. | |||
| Kiwi F.C. | |||
| 1987–1993 | Vanuatu national football team | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Terry O'Donnell is an English professional football player and manager.
Career
At the beginning of his career, he played for semi-pro football club Liverpool Nalgo and a couple of other teams. Then he decided to move to New Zealand with his family. The condition of his transfer to the football club in New Zealand was playing at a Newton FC in West Cheshire League. He played for them for about three quarters of a season and then he, on behalf of Hamilton AFC in Waikato, New Zealand, offered him a two-year contract. Terry O'Donnell stayed with Hamilton AFC for 12 years, won many league and cup championships, became the President of the club for six years. He retired from playing at the age of 37, when Barclay’s Merchant Bank in the Waikato offered him to a position heading up their international trust company in Vanuatu.
Winning the league and cup double with Shepards United in his first season in Vanuatu. He received an offer to lead Nasinu F.C. participating in the league Suva in Fiji. The next club in his career was Kiwi F.C. in Samoa. For the next two seasons a club was undefeated, won the Premier League and Cup double twice and for the first time also he coached the women’s Kiwi FC team. Since 1987 until 1993 he coached the Vanuatu national football team. In 1990 he won the Melanesia Cup with Vanuatu. This was first and only international sporting triumph so far for the nation and what a celebration! He was awarded the Vanuatu Medal of Honour and also appeared with the team on a series of postage stamps.[1][2]