Patrick Hickey has had an unconventional route to Premier Division football.
For John Caulfield’s men, at this stage of the season, to be one point off reigning champions Shamrock Rovers with a game in hand is a genuine underdog story.
Hickey worked in inside sales defined as “the practice of selling remotely from within an office-based environment, rather than relying on in-person sales”. He sold medical-grade dietary supplements. Around 16, he decided to focus primarily on football, which he was “clearly the best at,” although he still loves playing five-on-five basketball with “random people” during sporadic visits back home.“Having to use different muscles, play different sports that require different abilities, it’s helped my body adapt if that makes sense,” he says.
There would be occasional trips to Ireland as a child while Irish-based relatives will often come to his matches these days. “I wanted someone else to tell me I wasn’t good enough. And I didn’t want it to be myself,” he explains. Hickey then had 18 months with Athlone Town, recently graduating with a Business Studies master’s degree at TUS .
“Maybe they just thought that I had the technical ability to do it because of what I’d learned in Spain, as well as the ability to get around the pitch, but it seems to suit me and suited the team very well.” “ I had only played 12 games for Athlone and felt like we were just starting something. So I didn’t think it was the right time to make the jump.”
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