Education
On 10 January 2008, Moloney completed a loan move to Chesterfield on a month-long loan.
On 10 January 2008, Moloney completed a loan move to Chesterfield on a month-long loan.
Born in Beaufort, Killarney, County Kerry, he was a graduate of the Nottingham Forest Youth Academy and captained the Nottingham Forest reserve team that just missed out on the title in 2006-2007. In an interview at the tail-end of the 2006-2007 season, Forest boss Colin Calderwood picked out Moloney out of his Youth Team as having "fantastic potential". He made his début in March 2007, coming on as substitute against Gillingham wearing the number 35 shirt.
He made his first start for Forest in their opening game of the 2007-2008 campaign, against Bournemouth.
He made his début for them on 12 January 2008, against Brentford. The youngster impressed for Chesterfield on loan, and netted his first professional goal for the Spireites in his third game for the club, with a 25-yard shot in their 4–0 victory over Hereford United.
He played a total of nine games for Chesterfield, before returning to Forest"s team in the summer of 2008. With The Reds gaining promotion, manager Colin Calderwood commented that he would given Moloney a chance to impress in the Football League Championship during the 2008-2009 campaign.
He was loaned out to Rushden & Diamonds at the beginning of the season, where he appeared six times.
Moloney went out on a six-month loan to city rivals N ottinghamshire County on 1 July 2009 after turning down offers from Bradford City and non-league Ilkeston Town. On 27 January 2010, Moloney joined English League Championship side Scunthorpe United on loan for the remainder of the 2009-2010 season. However, he returned after only 3 games after a challenge by Chris Brunt of West Bromwich Albion ended his season.
On 1 March 2011, Brendan Moloney came on as a substitute for the injured Joel Lynch against Middlesbrough.
Moloney also started Nottingham Forest"s play-off semi final home leg against Swansea City at The City Ground on 12 May 2011 and the away leg at the Liberty Stadium. Moloney joined Bristol City on a two-and-a-half-year contract on 25 January 2013.
Moloney cancelled his contract with Bristol City in July 2014, joining Yeovil Town on 8 July 2014 on a two-year deal after Luke Ayling went the other way. On 2 January 2015, Moloney moved on loan to League Two side Northampton Town until the end of the season.
After spending the whole of January on loan at Northampton, Moloney signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with the Cobblers, having been released from his Yeovil contract.