| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Aodhán Mac Fearchair | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Born | 6 April 1992 | ||
| Occupation | Teacher [1] | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Sean MacDermott's GAC, Maghery | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Armagh titles | 2 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2012– | Armagh | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
Aidan Forker (born 6 April 1992) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Sean McDermott's, Maghery, and the Armagh county team. [2]
Forker captained Armagh to the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, with Galway defeated in the final.
Forker made his inter-county debut against Down in the 2012 Dr McKenna Cup. [3]
He made his championship debut in the 2012 Ulster SFC quarter-final loss to Tyrone.[ contradictory ] [4]
Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney appointed Forker as team captain in 2024. [5] Thus, Forker was captain when Armagh won the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, with a 1–11 to 0–13 win over Galway in the final. [6] He won an All Star at the end of the 2024 season. [7]
At the time Armagh won the 2024 All-Ireland SFC, Forker was vice-principal of Our Lady's Primary School, Tullsaran, and he brougth the Sam Maguire Cup there to show the children who were under his care. [8]
Live on television, [9] in the 2025 National League meeting of Armagh and Donegal at MacCumhaill Park, Forker headbutted Michael Murphy in the 44th minute. [10] This was within moments of Murphy's reintroduction (as a substitute) to inter-county football, and referee Sean Hurson sent Forker off. [11] [12] [13] Forker's headbutt of Michael Murphy was widely compared to Zinedine Zidane's headbutt during the 2006 FIFA World Cup final, though — unlike Zidane's opponent — Murphy stood firm and did not even move. [14] [15] [16]