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Grace Moloney
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Slough, England[1]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Reading
Number 1
Youth career
Slough Juniors
Reading
QPR
Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009– Reading 150 (0)
2016 → Aston Villa (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2010–2011 Ireland U17[3] 8 (0)
2011–2012 Ireland U19[3] 6 (0)
2012– Ireland 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:39, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:02, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

Grace Moloney (born 1 March 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Republic of Ireland national team[4] and FA WSL club Reading.[5][6]

In 2010 aged 15, she was called up to the Republic of Ireland women's national football team under 15's, later playing for the under 17s and under 19's squads.[7]

In June 2016 she joined Aston Villa on a temporary loan.[8][9][10]

Personal life

She is a life-long fan of Queens Park Rangers (her family team), a team she moved to from Reading during her youth career, later moving back due to the facilities available to allow her to pursue her sport at an international level.[11] Her father Bill normally travels with her.[7]

In April 2019 Moloney signed a new contract with Reading. She had established herself as the first choice goalkeeper and helped the club reach the FA Women's Cup semi-final, which they lost to West Ham United on a penalty shootout.[12]

Honours

Association football

References

  1. ^ "Meet the Reading FC Ladies". The Tilehurst End. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Republic of Ireland Squad List". FIFA. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Republic of Ireland - G. Moloney - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Ireland women beaten by Austria in Cyprus Cup". The Irish Times. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Reading women: Grace Moloney and Becky Jane sign pro deals". BBC Sport. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  6. ^ Leadbeater, Chloe (23 June 2016). "Reading loan out Moloney and Estcourt". Vavel. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  7. ^ a b AVFC Official (30 July 2016). "The Big Interview: Ladies keeper Moloney on Villa, support and Ireland hopes". Aston Villa Football Club. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  8. ^ "TRANSFER NEWS: Royals agree short-term loan moves for Estcourt & Moloney". reading.fawsl.com. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Hunt on London Bees and new additions". ladies.avfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  10. ^ "FA WSL 1 Summer transfer window 2016". mywomensfootball.wordpress.com. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Interview with Grace Moloney - Reading WFC". thefootysite.com. 4 January 2016. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  12. ^ "Grace Moloney: Reading FC Women goalkeeper extends contract". BBC Sport. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  13. ^ "2012 Three FAI International Award Winners Announced | Football Association of Ireland". Football Association of Ireland. 26 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  14. ^ "Supporting Reading FC Women - Infosec Cloud". Infosec Cloud. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2017.

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