Introduction
Brian Lenihan (born 8 June 1994) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a right back or midfielder for Premier League club Hull City.
Club career
Born in Cork, Lenihan began his career with College Corinthians. He moved to Cork City in July 2012, making a total of 27 League of Ireland appearances for them.
After receiving interest from a number of English clubs, he signed for Hull City on 31 August 2014. The transfer fee was believed to be £200,000.
He signed a one-month loan deal with Blackpool in November 2014. He made his debut on 8 November 2014 in a 3–1 away defeat to Leeds United. He returned to Hull on 25 November after sustaining a knee injury.
He made his debut for Hull on 30 April 2016 in a 1–0 away defeat to Bolton Wanderers.
International career
Lenihan represented the Republic of Ireland under-19s.
Lenihan made his debut for the Republic of Ireland under-21s in May 2014. He was called up to the senior squad in November 2014. However, later that month he was sent back to the under-21s.
Career statistics
- As of 8 January 2017
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cork City | 2012 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Hull City | 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Blackpool (loan) | 2014–15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career total | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |