Noel Mooney

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Noel Mooney
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-12-12) 12 December 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth London, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Cappamore Celtic F.C.
St Michaels F.C.
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–1996 Limerick (0)
1996–2003 Cork City 103 (0)
2004 Shamrock Rovers 29 (0)
2005–2006 Limerick 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Noel Mooney (born 12 December 1976) is an Irish sports official and former footballer who is the CEO of the Football Association of Wales.

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Career

Mooney started his career at Limerick, before moving to Cork City F.C., where he helped City capture the FAI Cup in 1998, defeating Shelbourne after a replay. During his time at Turner's Cross Mooney kept 2 clean sheets in seven European appearances.

He went on to play with Shamrock Rovers, and was instrumental in keeping the Dubliners in the Premier Division in the 2004 season.

Following retirement at Limerick F.C. in June 2007 he was appointed as the new Commercial Director [1]

Mooney then began working for the Football Association of Ireland, UEFA, and the Football Association of Wales. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29]

Personal

In 2001 Mooney was involved in a car accident in which a young woman died. He was convicted of careless driving and fined a little over €400 [30]

Mooney invested in a hair transplant in 2003 [31]

Honours

Cork City
Limerick

Sources

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  2. ↑ "'We are not just a Football Association – we are a movement'". nation.cymru.
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  4. ↑ "'We are going to make sure Qatar doesn't become our Saipan'". the42.ie.
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