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• Position: Defender
• Number: 2
• Age: 31 (15th March, 1994)

St Patrick's Athletic welcomed Sean Hoare back to the club on a multi-year contract in January 2024.

Having initially joined our U19s in 2012, he spent five seasons at Richmond Park, the 30-year-old defender returns after successful spells at Dundalk and Shamrock Rovers.

Sean made 98 appearances during his first spell in Inchicore, of the current St Patrick's Athletic squad, only Chris Forrester, Jamie Lennon, Jay McClelland, Anto Breslin and Joe Redmond have made more appearances for the club.

He played his first senior game for St Pat's in 2013, before making his league debut the following season (2014) as The Saints won the 2014 FAI Cup, as well as EA Sports League Cups in 2015 and 2016.

During his time in Inchicore, Hoare completed with a degree in Business and Accounting at Maynooth University via the St Patrick's Athletic / Maynooth University Scholarship Programme.

Sean departed for Stephen Kenny's Dundalk at the end of the 2016 campaign, and went on to win two League of Ireland Premier Division titles (2018 and 2019), two League Cups (2017 and 2019) and two FAI Cups in a successful four year term at Oriel Park, scoring in both of their 2018 and 2020 FAI Cup final wins at Aviva Stadium.

The former Ireland U21 international was named in the PFAI Premier Division Team of the Season in 2018 and 2019.

It was Tallaght Stadium next for the Castleknock native, Sean signed for Shamrock Rovers ahead of the 2021 season, winning three league titles in a row during his four seasons there.

He'll wear the number 2 shirt at Richmond Park.

Previous Clubs: St Patrick's Athletic under 19, *NUI Maynooth (2012 - ), Dundalk, Shamrock Rovers