Michael Fitzsimons

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Michael Fitzsimons
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Corner Back, Full Back
Born (1988-04-09) 9 April 1988 (age 36)
Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Occupation Doctor
Club(s)
YearsClub
2007–
Cuala
Club titles
Dublin titles 1
Leinster titles 1
All-Ireland Titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
2010–
Dublin 22 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 14
All-Irelands 9
NFL 5
All Stars 4

Michael Fitzsimons (born 9 April 1989) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Cuala in Dalkey as well as for the Dublin county team. He is the most decorated male intercounty gaelic footballer of all time, alongside Stephen Cluxton and James McCarthy, having won nine All Ireland Football Championships.

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Dublin Senior

Cuala is a traditional hurling stronghold in Dublin and he was only the second player from Cuala to play inter-county football along with Mick Holden. [1] He was notably not selected for Dublin underage teams and was also on the “B” Minor (under 18 team) at Cuala.

He plays fullback for Dublin and made his senior championship debut in 2010 against Wexford. He won an All-Ireland Junior Football Championship and Leinster Junior Football Championship medal with Dublin in 2008. Michael won the Leinster Senior Football Championship with Dublin in July 2011 at Croke Park against Wexford. He won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship with Dublin in September 2011 against Kerry at Croke Park. [2] He won his second and third All Ireland titles in 2013 and 2015 with Dublin respectively. Michael won his fourth all-Ireland medal with Dublin in a replay against Mayo at Croke. He was awarded man of the match for his contribution during the game. [3]

Personal life

He was educated at Johnstown Boys Primary, Killiney and C.B.C. Monkstown which is a rugby school. [4] He holds a degree in physiotherapy from UCD. After working as a physiotherapist for several years, he returned to UCD to study medicine and now is a doctor. [5]

Honours

Dublin
Cuala
Individual

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References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 June 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "News". www.dublingaa.ie.
  3. Mooney, Francis (1 October 2016). "Dublin seal back-to-back titles with dramatic win" via www.rte.ie.
  4. "My Club: Michael Fitzsimons - Cuala". GAA . 24 March 2016.
  5. "Dubs star Michael Fitzsimons says working as doctor during pandemic brings out best in people". extra.ie. 8 May 2020.
Awards
Preceded by
John Small
(Dublin)
(Drawn Game)
All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Man of the Match

2016 (Replay)
Succeeded by