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| fullname       = Craitman O'Neale
| yearofbirth    = 1979
| cityofbirth    = [[Osĵätoņ]]
| countryofbirth = [[Craitland]]
| position       = [[wikipedia:Defender (association football)|Centre-back]]
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| years1         = 2003–13
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| nationalyears1 = 2012–13
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| nationalcaps1 = 8
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a [[Craitland|Craitish]] former-[[wikipedia:association football|footballer]] who last played for [[Osĵätoņ Aztecs FC]], with whom he spent his entire professional career. A [[wikipedia:Defender (association football)|centre-back]] by trade, O'Neale gained eight caps as somewhat of an international late bloomer.

==Career==
===Club===
At the age of 23, O'Neale joined his hometown club Osĵätoņ Feyenoord FC&mdash;as [[Osĵätoņ Aztecs FC]] were then known&mdash;as a professional ahead of the [[2003 CrFA League 1|inaugural]] [[CrFA League 1]] season, and was given the number 5 jersey. Dependant on the formation utilised by the club's management, O'Neale was either used as a starter in a back four or as an able deputy to [[Paulio Demhivo]] during the majority of his early career with the Aztecs. While O'Neale's contributions were limited in the team's earlier successes, being primarily a substitute in their [[2005 CrFA League 1|2005]] and [[2006 CrFA League 1|2006]] league title wins, he saw more game time in cup competitions and played his part in the [[2004 King's Cup|2004]] and [[2007 King's Cup|2007]] [[King's Cup]]  final triumphs. An injury to Demhivo in the [[2008 CrFA League 1|2008 season]] gave O'Neale more opportunities to start, but also saw further competition from new arrival [[Jyrki Paatelainen]] in central defence.

With an increase in the number of games in the domestic season from [[2011 CrFA League 1|2011]] onward, O'Neale played more frequently as the squad rotated and was involved in the side's run to the [[2011 EMUFA Champions' League]] final. This in turn led to qualifying for the [[2012 FMF Champions' League]], which the team won as part of a season with multiple success as a [[2013 CrFA League 1|fourth league title]] was also added to O'Neale's honours. Despite making a number of appearances through the season, now aged 34, O'Neale announced his retirement from football that summer after eleven seasons with the Aztecs.

===International===
O'Neale was overlooked for [[Craitland national football team|Craitland]] for a number of years due to a lack of starting line-up consistency domestically, although he received call-ups in 2007, for an exhibition match, and 2009, for the summer's training squad, but wasn't capped either time. Later in his career, O'Neale was an unexpected addition to the Craitish squad for [[2012 EMU Championships|EMU 2012]], and made his début in a pre-tournament friendly versus [[New Vaduz national football team|New Vaduz]], before the team's third-placed finish. O'Neale missed-out on a place in [[2012 FMF World Cup|that year's World Cup]] team, but continued to be involved in the international setup into 2013, playing in qualifiers and making the [[2013 EMU Championships|EMU 2013]] roster. However, Craitland were eliminated in the group stage for the first time and, having announced his desire to retire, O'Neale was handed a final cap in a 2&ndash;1 friendly win over [[Valencia national football team|Valencia]] following the tournament. Although O'Neale only began playing for the national team relatively late; aged 32, he gained a total of eight caps before calling time on his playing career in 2013.

==Honours==
;[[Osĵätoņ Aztecs FC]]
*[[CrFA League 1]] (4): [[2005 CrFA League 1|2005]], [[2006 CrFA League 1|2006]], [[2009 CrFA League 1|2009]], [[2013 CrFA League 1|2013]]
*[[King's Cup]] (2): [[2004 King's Cup|2004]], [[2007 King's Cup|2007]]
*[[FMF Champions' League]] (1): [[2012 FMF Champions' League|2012]]

==Personal life==
O'Neale was born in [[Osĵätoņ]] to a family with [[Treesia]]n ancestry. Eight years his junior, O'Neale's brother is fellow football player [[Ĵulian O'Neale|Ĵulian]], who plays as a [[wikipedia:Forward (association football)|forward]].

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