Ross O'Donoghue (born 9 February 1983) is a Scottish former

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. O'Donoghue started his career with

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side

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, before spending four years in the juniors. He returned to the

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in 2007 with Elgin City. Championship Manager Legend ....

Career

O'Donoghue started his career as a youth player with

, before playing with

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sides

Cumbernauld United Cumbernauld United Football Club are a football club based in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. They play at Guy's Meadow in the Cumbernauld Village area of the town. Formed in 1964, they currently compete in the , having previously pla ...

and

Pollok Pollok (, ) is a large housing estate on the south-western side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The estate was built either side of World War II to house families from the overcrowded inner city. Housing 30,000 at its peak, its population ha ...

. He moved back into the senior game with Elgin City in 2007, where he became

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, before moving for a

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Dumbarton Dumbarton (; , or ; or , meaning 'fort of the Britons (historical), Britons') is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven, Dunbartonshire, River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. ...

. He returned to Elgin in the summer of 2010. In the summer of 2013, O'Donoghue signed for

East Stirlingshire East Stirlingshire Football Club is a Scotland, Scottish association football club based in the town of Falkirk. The club was founded in 1881 and competes in the , the fifth tier of the Scottish football league system. The club's origins can b ...

after being released by Elgin.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Odonoghue, Ross 1983 births Living people Footballers from Glasgow Scottish men's footballers Aberdeen F.C. players Cumbernauld United F.C. players Dumbarton F.C. players Elgin City F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Premier League players Scottish Junior Football Association players Men's association football midfielders Scottish Professional Football League players Pollok F.C. players East Stirlingshire F.C. players 21st-century Scottish sportsmen