Aislinn Meaney
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-10-24) 24 October 1998
Place of birth Ennis, Republic of Ireland
Height 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team
 Treaty United
Youth career
?–c. 2014 Lifford Ladies
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 NUI Galway
2019–2021 Akron Zips 46[1] (4[1])
2022 IUP Crimson Hawks 17 (5)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
c. 2014–2017 Lifford Ladies
2017-2022 Galway
2022 Treaty United
2023– Galway United
International career‡
2015 Republic of Ireland U17 4+ (0+)
2018– Republic of Ireland 2+ (0+)
2019 Irish Universities
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:31, 21 August 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 08:51, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

Aislinn Meaney (born 24 October 1998) is an Irish association footballer, who plays for Galway United. She has previously played for multiple Irish league teams, and multiple college soccer teams in the United States. She has played for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team.

Personal life

Meaney is from Ennis.[2] As a youngster, she played Ladies' Gaelic football for Clare U14, with whom she won the 2012 All-Ireland title for her age group.[3] She studied arts at NUI Galway, and played for their varsity team[2] from 2017 until 2019.[4] In 2019, she transferred her studies to the University of Akron in the US.[5]

Club career

As a youngster, Meaney played for Lifford Ladies, making her senior debut at the age of 16. In 2017,[4] she joined Galway.[2] Meaney was the 2018 Women's National League Player of the Month for May 2018,[6] and was named in the league's Team of the Season.[7] She was on the shortlist for the Player of the Season award.[8]

In 2019, Meaney signed for American Akron Zips women's soccer team;[1][4] Meaney and Lucia Lobato were the first Irishwomen to play for the Zips.[9] She made 19 appearances in her first season at the club.[1] During the COVID-19 pandemic, she was unable to play in the US and returned to Ireland.[10] Ahead of the 2021 Women's National League, Meaney left Galway.[11] She played for Akron Zips in 2021,[1] and later returned to Galway in June 2021.[12]

In 2022, Meaney joined Treaty United.[13] That year, she also played for IUP Crimson Hawks women's college soccer team, where she played in all 17 matches.[14] In July 2023, Meaney signed for Galway United.[15]

International career

Meaney played for Republic of Ireland women's national under-17 football team, and was part of the Irish under-17 team that beat England 2–0 in a 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification match.[16] She made four appearances in that qualification tournament, and was also in the Republic of Ireland squad for the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in Iceland.[17]

Meaney made her debut for the senior side in a 2018 friendly match against Portugal.[18] She also played in a 2018 match against Poland.[4] As of 2019, she had made two appearances for the senior team.[5] She also played for the Irish Universities Team in the women's football tournament at the 2019 Summer Universiade; they finished fourth in the tournament.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2021 Akron Women's Soccer Roster". Akron Zips. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "First year student Aislinn Meaney making her mark in the Irish national squad". Student Independent News. 15 March 2018. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "U14C All-Ireland Final Match Report". Ladies' Gaelic Football. 30 June 2012. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Roll of Honour: Confirmed Ireland Women's National Team Players". Women's Soccer Archive. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "Galway striker Aislinn Meaney joins Lucia Lobato at University of Akron". ExtraTime.com. 25 August 2019. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Galway Women's Aislinn Meaney scoops POTM award". Continental Tyres Women's National League. 10 June 2018. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "Wexford Youths' Rianna Jarrett crowned Player of the Year". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 9 November 2018. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Wexford Youths without Jarrett for FAI Cup final". The Irish Times. 2 November 2018. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "AKRON VS EMU OCT. 24 , AKRON VS CMU OCT. 27" (PDF). Akron Zips. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "'At the end of the day, it's only trying to get a ball between two posts... but it's more than that'". The42. 15 August 2020. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  11. ↑ "New signings, rising stars, and players to watch - your team-by-team guide to the new WNL season". Irish Examiner. 25 March 2021. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  12. ↑ "Aislinn Meaney returns to GWFC". Galway W.F.C. 7 June 2021. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  13. ↑ "Aislinn Meaney: from Galway to Limerick, via Akron". Final Whistle. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  14. ↑ "Aislinn Meaney". IUP Crimson Hawks. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  15. ↑ "Aislinn Meaney Signs for Galway United". galwayunitedfc.ie. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  16. ↑ "Ireland under-17 women's team score famous victory over England at Turner's Cross". Irish Independent. 9 April 2015. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  17. ↑ "Iceland 2015: Official Programme" (PDF). UEFA. 2015. p. 17. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  18. ↑ "Ireland's women pay the penalty and suffer narrow loss in first of two games against Portugal". The42. 18 January 2018. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
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