Nicky Joyce

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Nicky Joyce
Personal information
Irish name Nicholás Seoige
Sport Gaelic Football
Position Left Corner Forward
Born (1983-12-25) 25 December 1983 (age 37)
Galway, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
Killererin
Club titles
Galway titles 4
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2003–2012
Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 3

Nicky Joyce is an inter-county Gaelic football player for Galway. He plays his club football with Killererin and was a member of the Galway senior team from 2003 to 2010 but returned in 2012.

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Playing career

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Joyce began playing for senior in early 2003 after being called up by former manager John O'Mahony to play alongside his cousin Pádraic Joyce. He has won the Connacht Senior Football Championship on three occasions in 2003, 2005 and 2008.[ citation needed ]


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