Personal information | |||
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Full name | Emily Whelan | ||
Date of birth | 22 August 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Glasgow City | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
2017–2018 | Shelbourne Youths | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2021 | Shelbourne | (5) | |
2021–2022 | Birmingham City | 19 | (0) |
2022– | Glasgow City | 55 | (21) |
International career‡ | |||
2016–2018 | Republic of Ireland U-17 | 17 | (7) |
2019 | Republic of Ireland U-19 | 3 | (0) |
2019– | Republic of Ireland | 7 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:31, 11 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 September 2021 (UTC) |
Emily Whelan (born 22 August 2002) is an Irish footballer who plays for Scottish Women's Premier League club Glasgow City and the Republic of Ireland women's national football team. She is a former Gaelic footballer. [1] [2]
While attending Ardgillan Community College in Balbriggan, [3] Whelan began her career in the Shelbourne Academy [4] and made her debut in the Shelbourne Ladies first-team in August 2018. [5] On 10 November 2018, when she was 16 years old, she was named the best player in the U-17 league and thus the first Continental Tires Women's Under 17 National League Player of the Year. [6]
Whelan signed a one-year professional contract with Women's Super League club Birmingham City in September 2021. [7] She made her league debut against Tottenham Hotspur on 4 September 2021. [8]
After playing 19 times for Birmingham, who were relegated from the Women's Super League, Whelan transferred to Glasgow City of the Scottish Women's Premier League in July 2022. [9] She made her league debut against Motherwell on 14 August 2022. [10] Whelan scored her first goals against Dundee United on 24 August 2022, scoring in the 9th and 20th minute. [11] She won the 2022-23 Scottish Women's Premier League. [12] Whelan signed a contract extension on 10 May 2024. [13]
After playing five games for the Irish U-17's team, [14] at 16 years of age, Whelan was called-up to play for the Irish senior team against Poland. [15] On 9 October 2018, she made her senior debut as a substitute, in the 86th minute, coming on for Ruesha Littlejohn. [16] On 20 January 2019, she made her second international appearance, after a 76th-minute substitution for Emily Kraft, in a 1–0 defeat by Belgium at the Podoactiva Pinatar Arena Football Centre at San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia, Spain. [17]
National team | Year | Apps |
---|---|---|
Republic of Ireland | 2018 | 1 |
2019 | 3 | |
2021 | 3 | |
Total | 7 |
In her youth until 2017, alongside association football, Whelan played Gaelic Football, for the O'Dwyers GAA, [2] and the Dublin Ladies U-16's. [18] [19]
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