Oscar Dorley

{{short description|Liberian footballer (born 1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Oscar Dorley |birth_name = Murphy Dorley<ref>{{cite web |title=Nejmenuji se Oscar! Dorley překvapil fanoušky Slavie a prozradil, jak přišel k přezdívce, kterou dodnes používá|url=https://www.ruik.cz/nejmenuji-se-oscar-dorley-prekvapil-fanousky-slavie-a-prozradil-jak-prisel-k-prezdivce-kterou-dodnes-pouziva/|website=ruik.cz|language=cs|date=21 February 2024|access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref> |image = |full_name = Oscar Murphy Dorley<ref name="NFT"/> |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|7|19|df=y}} |birth_place = Monrovia, Liberia |height = 1.74 m<ref name="NFT"/> |position = Defensive midfielder |currentclub = Slavia Prague |clubnumber = 19 |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = 2013–2016 |clubs1 = Monrovia Club Breweries |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 2016–2019 |clubs2 = Trakai |caps2 = 43 |goals2 = 11 |years3 = 2018 |clubs3 = → Slovan Liberec (loan) |caps3 = 23 |goals3 = 1 |years4 = 2019 |clubs4 = Slovan Liberec |caps4 = 18 |goals4 = 1 |years5 = 2019– |clubs5 = Slavia Prague |caps5 = 162 |goals5 = 9 |years6 = 2019 |clubs6 = → Slovan Liberec (loan) |caps6 = 11 |goals6 = 1 |nationalyears1 = 2015– |nationalteam1 = Liberia |nationalcaps1 = 53 |nationalgoals1 = 4 |pcupdate = 24 May 2026 |ntupdate = 31 March 2026 }}

'''Oscar Murphy Dorley''' (born 19 July 1998) is a Liberian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Czech First League club Slavia Prague and the Liberia national team.

==Life== Dorley was born in Monrovia. He was born Murphy Dorley, but one of his coaches started calling him Oscar because his physique and playing style reminded him of Brazilian footballer Oscar. The name Oscar then became known throughout his native country and became part of his name.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nejmenuji se Oscar! Dorley překvapil fanoušky Slavie a prozradil, jak přišel k přezdívce, kterou dodnes používá|url=https://www.ruik.cz/nejmenuji-se-oscar-dorley-prekvapil-fanousky-slavie-a-prozradil-jak-prisel-k-prezdivce-kterou-dodnes-pouziva/|website=ruik.cz|language=cs|date=21 February 2024|access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>

==Club career== Dorley spent his early career with Monrovia Club Breweries and Trakai.<ref name="NFT">{{NFT|59788|access-date=11 October 2025}}</ref><ref name=so>{{Soccerway|oscar-dorley/424653}}</ref> In February 2018, he joined Czech team Slovan Liberec on loan for the remainder of the 2017–18 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liberianobserver.com/sports/murphy-oscar-dorley-moves-to-czech-republic-on-loan/|title=Murphy Oscar Dorley Moves to Czech Republic on Loan|author=Anthony Kokoi|date=7 February 2018|access-date=11 February 2018|publisher=Liberian Observer|archive-date=2 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202110351/https://www.liberianobserver.com/sports/murphy-oscar-dorley-moves-to-czech-republic-on-loan/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2019, he made the deal permanent, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/FCSlovanLiberec/status/1075723412344107009|title=Oscar stays in Liberec!|author=FC Slovan Liberec|date=24 December 2018|access-date=4 January 2019|publisher=Twitter}}</ref>

On 11 August 2019, Dorley signed for Slavia Prague on a four-year contract from Slovan Liberec, with the midfielder staying on loan at Slovan Liberec until the end of 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Slavia získala talentovaného Oscara |url=https://www.slavia.cz/clanek.asp?id=Slavia-ziskala-talentovaneho-Oscara-16796 |website=slavia.cz |publisher=SK Slavia Prague |access-date=12 August 2019 |language=cs |date=11 August 2019}}</ref>

==International career== Dorley made his international debut for Liberia on 5 July 2015 in a 1–1 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying draw against Guinea.<ref name="NFT"/>

==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 24 May 2026}}<ref name="NFT"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes Czech Cup}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|Trakai |2016 |A Lyga |13||3||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||13||3 |- |2017 |A Lyga |30||8||0||0||6{{efn|name=UEL|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League}}||0||1{{efn|Appearance(s) in Lithuanian Supercup}}||0||37||8 |- !colspan="2"|Total !43!!11!!0!!0!!6!!0!!1!!0!!50!!11 |- |rowspan="3"|Slovan Liberec (loan) |2017–18 |Czech First League |12||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||13||1 |- |2018–19 |Czech First League |11||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||13||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !23!!1!!3!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!26!!1 |- |Slovan Liberec |2018–19 |Czech First League |10||1||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||13||1 |- |rowspan="8"|Slavia Prague |2019–20 |Czech First League |6||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||6||0 |- |2020–21 |Czech First League |26||2||5||0||10{{efn|name=UEL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||41||2 |- |2021–22 |Czech First League |23||1||2||0||13{{efn|Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League, ten appearances in UEFA Conference League}}||1||colspan="2"|—||38||2 |- |2022–23 |Czech First League |25||0||4||0||10{{efn|Appearance(s) in UEFA Conference League}}||0||colspan="2"|—||39||0 |- |2023–24 |Czech First League |31||1||2||0||11{{efn|name=UEL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||44||1 |- |2024–25 |Czech First League |29||4||1||0||12{{efn|Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League}}||1||colspan="2"|—||42||5 |- |2025–26 |Czech First League |22||1||1||0||5{{efn|name=UCL|Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League}}||0||colspan="2"|—||28||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !161!!9!!15!!0!!62!!1!!0!!0!!247!!11 |- |Slovan Liberec (loan) |2019–20 |Czech First League |15||1||2||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||17||2 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !264!!23!!23!!1!!67!!2!!1!!0!!357!!26 |} {{notelist}}

===International=== {{updated|match played 31 March 2026}}<ref name="NFT"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="11"|Liberia |2015||4||0 |- |2016||2||0 |- |2017||1||0 |- |2018||5||0 |- |2019||6||0 |- |2021||8||1 |- |2022||3||0 |- |2023||7||1 |- |2024||9||1 |- |2025||6||0 |- |2026||2||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!53!!4 |}

:''Scores and results list Liberia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dorley goal.''<ref name="NFT"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Oscar Dorley !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- | align="center"|1 || 14 June 2021 || Chedly Zouiten Stadium, Tunis, Tunisia || {{fb|TUN}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center" |1–0 || rowspan="2"|Friendly |- | align="center"|2 || 14 October 2023 || Antoinette Tubman Stadium, Monrovia, Liberia || {{fb|LBY}} || align="center"|2–2 || align="center" |2–3 |- | align="center"|3 || 20 March 2024 || Marrakesh Stadium, Marrakesh, Morocco || {{fb|DJI}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center" |2–0 || 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |- | align="center"|4 || 31 March 2026 || Stade Larbi Zaouli, Casablanca, Morocco || {{fb|LBY}} || align="center"|1–2 || align="center" |2–2 || Friendly |}

==Honors== '''Slavia Prague''' *Czech First League: 2019–20,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.praguemorning.cz/slavia-prague-czech-league-title/ |title= Slavia Prague Clinches Second Consecutive Czech League Title |author= |year= 2020 |publisher= Prague Morning |access-date= 26 June 2020}}</ref> 2020–21,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://en.slavia.cz/zapas.asp?id=Win-against-Plze-328-as-Czech-champions-4031 |title= Win against Plzeň as Czech champions! |author= |year= 2021 |publisher= Slavia Prague |access-date= 2 May 2021}}</ref> 2024–25,<ref>{{cite web |title=Slavia Crowned Champions of the 2024/25 Chance Liga |url=https://en.slavia.cz/zapas.asp?id=Slavia-Crowned-Champions-of-the-2024-25-Chance-Liga-6266 |publisher=Slavia Prague |access-date=15 May 2026 |language=en |date=22 May 2025}}</ref> 2025–26<ref>{{cite web |title=Slavia rozdrtila v prázdném Edenu Jablonec a slaví mistrovský titul, Hradec také bral tři body |url=https://www.efotbal.cz/article/fotbal-chance-liga-slavia-rozdrtila-v-prazdnem-edenu-jablonec-a-slavi-mistrovsky-titul-hradec-take-bral-tri-body-176a8463-6c6e-485b-aa6e-2ae1b7aca21e |website=efotbal.cz |access-date=14 May 2026 |language=Czech |date=13 May 2026}}</ref> *Czech Cup: 2020–21,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/05/20/czech-republic/cup/fc-viktoria-plzen/sk-slavia-praha/3501682/ | title=Viktoria Plzen vs. Slavia Prague - 20 May 2021 - Soccerway }}</ref> 2022–23<ref>{{cite web |date=3 May 2023 |title=PRAHA JE NAŠE! Slávisté ovládli MOL Cup |trans-title=PRAGUE IS OURS! Slavs dominate the MOL Cup |url=https://www.slavia.cz/match/5172 |website=slavia.cz}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Fortunaliga.cz}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dorley, Oscar}} Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Liberian sportsmen Category:Liberian men's footballers Category:Footballers from Monrovia Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Liberia men's international footballers Category:A Lyga players Category:Czech First League players Category:Monrovia Club Breweries players Category:FK Riteriai players Category:FC Slovan Liberec players Category:SK Slavia Prague players Category:Liberian expatriate men's footballers Category:Liberian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania Category:Liberian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic