Grace Moloney
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 March 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Slough, England[1] | ||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Reading | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Slough Juniors | |||
| Reading | |||
| QPR | |||
| Reading | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009– | Reading | ||
| 2016 | → Aston Villa (loan) | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010–2011 | Ireland U17[3] | 8 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Ireland U19[3] | 6 | (0) |
| 2012– | Ireland | 1 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and 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 dad Bill is her said to be her number 1 fan, travelling to all her international games to support his daughter.[7]
Honours
Association football
- 2011: FAI International Football Awards Under-19 Women's International Player of the Year [12][13]
References
- ↑ "Meet the Reading FC Ladies". The Tilehurst End. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ↑ "Republic of Ireland Squad List". FIFA. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- 1 2 "Republic of Ireland - G. Moloney - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ "Ireland women beaten by Austria in Cyprus Cup". The Irish Times. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ↑ "Reading women: Grace Moloney and Becky Jane sign pro deals". BBC Sport. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ↑ Leadbeater, Chloe (23 June 2016). "Reading loan out Moloney and Estcourt". Vavel. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ "TRANSFER NEWS: Royals agree short-term loan moves for Estcourt & Moloney". reading.fawsl.com. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ "Hunt on London Bees and new additions". ladies.avfc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ "FA WSL 1 Summer transfer window 2016". mywomensfootball.wordpress.com. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ↑ "Interview with Grace Moloney - Reading WFC". thefootysite.com. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Supporting Reading FC Women - Infosec Cloud". Infosec Cloud. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
External links
- Official Twitter page
- Grace Moloney – FIFA competition record (archive)
- Grace Moloney – UEFA competition record
- Grace Moloney at Soccerway
- Grace Moloney at Football Association of Ireland (FAI)
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