Ciara Fowler

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Ciara Fowler
Personal information
Full name Ciara Fowler
Date of birth (2001-07-16) 16 July 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Saints FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2020 Adelaide United 8 (0)
International career
2018 Ireland U-17 1 (1)
2019– Ireland U-19 2 (0)
2019– Australia U-20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ciara Fowler (born 16 July 2001) is an Australian former football player, who last played for Adelaide United in the Australian W-League in from 2019 to 2020. [1]

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Club career

Fowler made her debut for Adelaide United on 14 November 2019 during a match against Western Sydney Wanderers. [2]

International career

Fowler represented Ireland on youth national teams in 2018–19. [3] In 2019, she was named to the Australia under-20 national team squad for the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship in Thailand, the qualifier tournament for the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [4] She made her debut for the Young Matildas during a 5–1 loss against North Korea. [5] [6]

Personal life

Fowler's father is Irish and her mother is from Papua New Guinea. She was raised in a family of talented soccer players, with her brother, Caoimhin (Quivi) and sister, Mary both having played for the Irish youth team. [3]

Her sister Mary began her professional career together with Ciara, when they were both signed for Adelaide United in the same year. [7] [8] They made their respective debuts for the squad during the same match. [2]

References

  1. "Changing perceptions: Adelaide United's W-League ambitions". InDaily. 30 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 "#MilestoneMonday: Sky blue duo notch double centuries, Evans nets first W-League goal". Professional Footballers Australia. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Australia and Ireland in race to secure talented Fowler family". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 19 July 2018. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  4. "THE NEXT W-LEAGUE LEGENDS: 24 YOUNG MATILDAS NAMED FOR AFC CHAMPIONSHIPS". The Women's Game. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  5. Roots, Dale (28 October 2019). "AFC U-19 Women's Championship: DPR Korea vs Young Matildas Match Report". Beyond 90. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  6. "Analysis of Thailand U19 vs U19 Women Australia ratio". bongdanet.vn. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  7. "W-League: Sisters Mary and Ciara Fowler join Adelaide". Adelaide Now. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  8. "Signing news: Adelaide United secure Mary and Ciara Fowler". Matildas. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.