- Niamh Fahey
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Niamh Fahey Personal information Date of birth 13 October 1987 Place of birth Killannin, Republic of Ireland Playing position Defender Club information Current club Arsenal Ladies Number 19 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† –2008 Salthill Devon 2008– Arsenal Ladies 13 (0) National team 2007– Republic of Ireland * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:29, 05 September 2011 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).Niamh Fahey (born 13 October 1987) is an Irish female international football defender. At club level she represents English FA WSL team Arsenal Ladies. She has also won national cups playing Gaelic football[1] with Galway Ladies Football. Niamh is the sister of 2001 all Ireland Gaelic Football winning captain Gary Fahey.
Club career
Fahey began her career with her hometown club, Salthill Devon. She progressed through the ranks alongside future international team mate Méabh De Búrca.[2] Both players helped Galway Ladies (a regional select team) win the FAI Senior Women's Cup in 2007. In the final against Raheny United, Fahey scored the winning penalty and also subdued the attacking threat of Raheny's Olivia O'Toole, in what RTÉ described as "a splendid individual display."[3]
She joined Arsenal Ladies in August 2008.[4] In her first season with the Gunners Fahey made 18 appearances, mostly at left full–back, as the club won a domestic treble.[2]
International career
Fahey has won over 25 caps for Republic of Ireland, having previously represented her country at Under–17 and Under–19 level.
In March 2007, Fahey made her senior debut for Ireland in a 1–1 draw with Portugal in the opening match of the Algarve Cup.[5] After becoming a regular in the team, Fahey was named FAI Women's Senior International Player of the Year in both 2008[6] and 2009.[7]
References
- ^ "Senior Women Player Profiles". Football Association of Ireland. http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63&Itemid=254. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
- ^ a b Kieran Beckles (2009-08-24). "Irish stars prepare for World Cup qualifying". The Sport Review. http://www.thesportreview.com/tsr/2009/08/irish-stars-preparing-for-world-cup-qualifying/. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
- ^ "Galway League 1-0 Raheny United". RTE. 2007-10-14. http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2007/1014/ladiesfaicup.html. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
- ^ "19. Niamh Fahey". Arsenal F.C.. http://www.arsenal.com/ladies/players/niamh-fahey. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
- ^ "Portugal 1-1 1 Ireland". Soccerscene.ie. http://www.soccerscene.ie/sswsenior/matchdetails.php?id=430. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
- ^ "19th eircom/FAI International Award winners announced". RTE.ie. 8 February 2009. http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3984. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ "FAI International Football Award winners announced". FAI.ie. 8 August. http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=101142:fai-international-football-award-winners-announced&catid=1:senior-men&Itemid=8. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
Arsenal L.F.C. – current squad Categories:- 1987 births
- Living people
- Republic of Ireland women's association footballers
- Arsenal L.F.C. players
- Republic of Ireland women's international footballers
- FA Women's Premier League players
- Expatriate footballers in England
- FA WSL players
- English women's football biography stubs
- Republic of Ireland football biography stubs
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