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Emily Whelan
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-08-22) 22 August 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) forward
Team information
Current team
 Shelbourne
Youth career
-2018 Shelbourne Youths
2018– Shelbourne
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Republic of Ireland U-17 8 (4)
2019 – Republic of Ireland 3

Emily Whelan (born 22 August 2002) is an Irish footballer and former Gaelic footballer.[1][2]

Career

Football

Club

While attending Ardgillan Community College in Balbriggan,[3] Whelan began her career in the Shelbourne Academy[4] and made her debut in the Shelbourne Ladies first-team in August 2018.[5] On 10 November 2018, she the 16-year-old was named the best player in the U-17 league and thus the first Continental Tires Women's Under 17 National League Player of the Year.[6]

National team

After playing five games for the Irish U-17's team[7], at 16 years of age, Whelan was called-up to play for the Irish senior team against Poland.[8] On 9 October 2018, she made her senior debut as a substitute, in the 86th minute, coming on for Ruesha Littlejohn.[9] On 20 January 2019, she made her second international appearance, after a 76-minute substitution for Emily Kraft, in a 1–0 defeat to Belgium at the Podoactiva Pinatar Arena Football Centre at San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia, Spain.[10]

Gaelic Football career

In her youth until 2017, alongside association football, Whelan played Gaelic Football, for the O'Dwyers GAA,[2] and the Dublin Ladies U-16's.[11][12]

Awards

Women’s National League Awards

References

  1. ^ "Stars honoured at WNL awards night". League of Ireland. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b We Are Dublin GAA (1 June 2016). "Dublin Player Of The Weekend". Facebook. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  3. ^ Collier, Conall (7 April 2017). "Four Meath girls set for Bob Docherty Cup". Meath Chronicle. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Representative – Shelbourne LFC". Shelbourne Ladies FC. 12 September 2001. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Profile- Emily Whelan". Extratime.ie. 12 September 2001. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Shelbourne's Emily Whelan named the first under-17 Women's National League Player of the Year". ExtraTime.ie. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Emily Whelan". UEFA. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Ireland WNT: Bell names 18-player squad for Poland". FAI.ie. Retrieved 17 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Ireland WNT: Four second-half goals ensure Poland defeat". FAI.ie. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Ireland WNT: Young side succumb to Belgian defeat". FAI.ie. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  11. ^ Dublin LGFA (7 April 2008). "Goals from Laura Quinn and Emily Whelan had helped the Sky Blues to develop a slender". Facebook. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  12. ^ Nigel McCarthy (7 April 2008). "2017 DUBLIN U16 LADIES FOOTBALL SQUAD ANNOUNCED". WeAreDublin.com. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  13. ^ "Irish sport stars attend Women's National League Awards 2018". Evoke. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  14. ^ Malone, Emmet (17 March 2019). "Shane Duffy named Republic of Ireland Player of the Year". The Irish Times. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  15. ^ "2018 Continental Tyres Women's National League Awards". FAI Women’s National League. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
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