Stephen O'Brien (born 27 February 1991) is an Irish sportsperson.
He plays Gaelic football with his local club Kenmare Shamrocks and has been a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team since 2014.He is the son of Noel, who died at home in 2014 from an illness.
Mary, O'Brien's mother, runs a bed and breakfast in Kenmare.
He used play as a back in his younger days.He made his debut for Kerry in the 2014 Munster Senior Football Championship semi-final against Clare and scored two points.
An injury while out racing on his quad caused him to miss the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final win over Mayo.
However, he started the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final at right half forward.
He was brought off at half-time.Retirements brought new opportunities for O'Brien in 2019.
He scored Kerry's first goal against Dublin in five games during a 2019 National Football League fixture in Tralee.
In the 56th minute of the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final against Tyrone, O'Brien scored his fifth championship goal after intercepting a pass from Kieran McGeary, distributing the ball and running the length of the field.