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Gavin Cooney ANDREW MORAN WAS a late physical developer but was always a major talent, and any doubts about that were ended when Damien Duff rocked up to the family house in Knocklyn in 2016.
Moran stuck with Joey’s and moved onto Bray Wanderers, with whom Joey’s are affiliated. In 2019, Moran played against Drogheda to become Bray’s youngest first-team player aged 15 years and 307 days, and the following year became their youngest goalscorer with a goal against Wexford.“Obviously I’m not the tallest fella on the pitch but I can hold my own”, says Moran. “I’m not really small anymore. Growing up I had to deal with it more but I think it’s helped me in the long run.
“I needed to get game time at this age, I need to get games”, says Moran. “It was the right decision to head out on loan and luckily I am playing regularly for Stoke now.” “There were loads of players that I looked up to. I was an Arsenal fan growing up so I loved watching Fabregas. He was one who could really see a pass and I really liked watching him playing. I wouldn’t say I really modelled myself on someone and said ‘I need to play exactly like that’ but there were loads of players – David Silva was another one – that I loved watching.”“The manager has been really good with me”, says Moran of his club boss, Narcís Pelach.
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