Jessica Hennessy

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Jessica Hennessy
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Personal information
Full name Jessica Hennessy
Date of birth (2001-10-01) 1 October 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Westmeath, Ireland
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) central defender, attacking midfielder [note 1]
Team information
Current team
 Shamrock Rovers
Number 5
Youth career
2015–2017 Lucan United
2017–2019 Shelbourne
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–present AIT
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2022 Athlone Town 38
2023–present

Shamrock Rovers

[note 2]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:42, 28th March 2023 (UTC)

Jessica Hennessy (born 1 October 2001) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Women's National League Club Shamrock Rovers. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [ excessive citations ]

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Club career

Jessica Hennessy is from Westmeath and began her soccer career with Mullingar Athletic in 2014 where she represented The Midlands in the Gaynor Cup. In 2015 Hennessy moved to Lucan United for 2 seasons. During Hennessy's time with Lucan United she played with the Dublin MGL Team and won the Gaynor Cup. [11] In 2017 Hennessy transferred to Shelbourne FC for 2 seasons. [12] While with Shelbourne Hennessy helped them secure the U17 All Ireland National League title where she lined out as an attacking midfielder. [13] While with Shelbourne Hennessy also won the FAI Women's U18 Inter-League Cup with the Dublin MGL team in 2018. Following her underage career Hennessy then signed for Womens National League club Athlone Town ahead of the 2020 season. [14] [15]

In 2022 Hennessy helped Athlone Town get to their first FAI Women's Cup Final where they lost 2–0 to her former side Shelbourne FC. [16] Hennessy's impressive 2022 season with Athlone Town earned her a spot on the Womens National League team of the year as well as a recent call-up to Ireland’s home-based training camp. [17]

Following her standout season with Athlone Town that seen them finish runners up in the League and Cup, Hennessy signed for newly-reformed Shamrock Rovers for the 2023 season. [18]

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References

  1. ↑ "Late starter Jess Hennessy cherishing the moment after making FAI Cup final with Athlone". irishmirror.ie.
  2. ↑ "'Whatever the men have, we have' - Shamrock Rovers ace loving life with the Hoops". irishmirror.ie.
  3. ↑ "Jessica Hennessy insists move to Shamrock Rovers was the 'right time to move forward in her career'". independent.ie.
  4. ↑ "Former Westmeath footballer Jessica Hennessy eyes cup win with Athlone Town". independent.ie.
  5. ↑ "Hennessy relishing cup final opportunity against old friend Shelbourne". irishexaminer.com.
  6. ↑ "Jessica Hennessy desperate to kick on with club & country". rte.ie.
  7. ↑ "Hennessy hoping to end the season on a high". westmeathexaminer.ie.
  8. ↑ "Jessica Hennessy is at the heart of Athlone Town's rapid rise". evoke.ie.
  9. ↑ "Women's Football in Ireland: Ready To Take The Next Leap Forward". hotpress.com.
  10. ↑ Rovers, Shamrock (2022-12-04). ".Jessica Hennessy signs! - Shamrock Rovers - Latest addition to our WNL squad". Shamrock Rovers. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
  11. ↑ "Galway and MGL cup success on Gaynor finals day | Football Association of Ireland". www.fai.ie. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
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  13. ↑ "2018 WNL U17 League Tables & Results & Stats | extratime.com - The Home of Irish Football - Extratime.com". www.extratime.com. Retrieved 2023-08-28.
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  16. ↑ Daire Walsh, Sun Nov 6 2022, https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/2022/11/06/fai-womens-cup-final-shelbourne-complete-double-with-victory-over-athlone/, Irish Times, Retrieved 1st April 2023
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  18. ↑ Donovan, Shane (2022-12-04). "Jessica Hennessy completes Shamrock Rovers move". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2023-08-28.

Notes

  1. ↑ The subject of how to denote positions in the infobox has been discussed in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football/Archive 130#Multiple playing positions in infobox
  2. ↑ The subject of reserve teams in the infobox has been discussed in this talk page discussion.
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