Zara Foley

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Zara Foley
Personal information
Full name Zara Foley
Date of birth (2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 22) [1]
Place of birth Ireland
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Lakewood AFC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018−2023 Cork City 22+ (1)
International career‡
2018 Republic of Ireland U17 4 (0)
2019−2023 Republic of Ireland U19 2 (0)
2018−2023 Republic of Ireland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:42, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

Zara Foley (born 11 April 2002) is an Irish former professional footballer who played for Women's National League team Cork City, and the Republic of Ireland women's national football team, as a defender. [2]

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Club career

Foley joined Cork City from Lakewood Athletic in July 2018. [3] She made her debut for Cork City in a 3−1 defeat against Wexford Youths. In the 2019 season she scored her first goal in a 7−1 win against Kilkenny United, scoring in the third minute. In the 2020 season she played a pivotal role in guiding Cork to 4th place. They also reached the 2020 FAI Women's Cup Final, where they were defeated 6−0 by Peamount United.

On 14th of September 2023 her club announced that Foley would be retiring from football due to an injury that would make it impossible for her to reach full capacity again. [4]

International career

Foley was called up to the Irish senior women's squad for two friendlies against Portugal in January 2018. She was an unused substitute in a 1−0 loss. [5]

She was again called up to the senior squad in June of that year, and was again an unused substitute in a 1−0 loss to Norway, in their 2019 World Cup qualification match. [6] She would go on to make her debut against Poland in October, coming on as a 90th minute substitute for Ruesha Littlejohn. [7] [8] In 2018 Foley was called up for four Under-17 European Championship qualification matches for the Ireland U17 team. [9] In 2019 she played for the U19 team in a 2020 Under-19 European Championship qualification match against Netherlands, she played all 90 minutes in a 6−0 loss. [10]

Personal life

Foley is from Ballincollig. [11] Her older brother Dylan played soccer for Cork City and Cobh Ramblers. [12]

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References

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  4. ↑ Howey, Aaron. "Zara Foley steps away from football". CorkCityFC.
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  8. ↑ "Long-range screamer lights up disappointing night as Ireland humbled by Poland". The 42. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
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