Aoibheann Clancy

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Aoibheann Clancy
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-10-31) 31 October 2003 (age 19)
Place of birth Limerick, Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Wexford Youths
Number 17
Youth career
Kilburn Celtic
Tipperary Town
2018–2019 Limerick WFC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020– Wexford Youths
International career‡
2022– Republic of Ireland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:28, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:28, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Aoibheann Clancy (born 31 October 2003) is an Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Wexford Youths of the Women's National League (WNL) and the Republic of Ireland women's national team.

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Club career

Clancy is from Kilbehenny in County Limerick. At youth level, she played ladies' Gaelic football for Galtee Gaels, and Camogie for St. Fanahan's. [1] In youth soccer, she was active in the Tipperary Schoolboys/girls Southern & District League (TSSDL) for both Kilburn Celtic and Tipperary Town, before she joined the youth system of local Women's National League club Limerick WFC. [2]

Wexford Youths

Ahead of the delayed 2020 Women's National League season, Clancy joined Wexford Youths. In September 2020 she made her first start for her new club as Wexford inflicted a first defeat of the season on champions Peamount United. Impressed Wexford coach Tom Elmes declared Clancy "one of the stand-out performances". [3]

Clancy's strong form continued into the 2021 Women's National League season. She was "instrumental" in the 2021 FAI Women's Cup Final, as Wexford Youths defeated Shelbourne 3–1. [4] At the 2021 WNL Awards, she was named in the Team of the Season and beat fellow nominees Ellen Molloy and Jessie Stapleton to the Young Player of the Year. [5]

International career

Youth

Clancy represented Ireland at schoolgirl level while she attended Presentation School, Thurles. [6] She was named Player of the Match as Ireland beat England in the final of the 2017 John Read Cup. [7] She was also vice-captain in the team which retained the trophy the following year. [8]

She progressed to the Republic of Ireland women's national under-17 football team, [9] and by 2021 was playing for Dave Connell's Republic of Ireland women's national under-19 football team. She made a single appearance during the calendar year. [10]

Senior

Clancy's first senior call-up was for a friendly game against Australia on 21 September 2021 at Tallaght Stadium. [11] The national team coach Vera Pauw had been impressed by her good form with her club and in home-based training sessions. [12] Clancy won her first senior cap on 14 November 2022, as a 62nd-minute substitute for Denise O'Sullivan in a 4–0 friendly win over Morocco staged in Marbella, Spain. [13]

International appearances

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearApps
Republic of Ireland 20221
Total1

Playing style

Clancy is a versatile box-to-box midfielder, whose "quick feet and awareness allow her to operate superbly between the lines". [14] [15]

Personal life

In 2022 Clancy began studying biomedical sciences at University College Dublin. [16]

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References

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  12. ↑ "Trio called up to WNT squad for Australia". Football Association of Ireland. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
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