Naoisha McAloon

Irish association football player

Naoisha McAloon
Personal information
McAloon with Durham in 2023
Date of birth	(1999-03-17) March 17, 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Durham
Number	1
Youth career
	Castlenock Celtic
	Peamount United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2022	Peamount United
2022–	Durham	13	(0)
International career^‡
2022–	Ireland	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:07, 10 January 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:07, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Naoisha McAloon (born March 17, 1999) is an Irish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Championship club Durham^[1] and for the Republic of Ireland national team.

Club career

Early career

McAloon played for Castleknock Celtic at youth level and attended Matt Gregg's Just4Keepers coaching school in Blanchardstown.^[2]

Peamount United

McAloon played for Peamount United from 2016 to 2022. In 2017, her team won second place after a defeat by Shelbourne in the National League Cup. In 2018, her team won against Wexford Youths to win the WNL Cup title.

Peamount signed Niamh Reid Burke in 2018 and she shared the club's goalkeeping position with McAloon thereafter.^[3] The club were Women's National League Champions in 2019 and McAloon was named in the WNL Team of the Season,^[4] although Reid Burke played in the decisive 8–1 win over Cork City^[5] and the 2019 FAI Cup final defeat by Wexford Youths.^[6]

The duo continued to rotate the starting goalkeeping position as Peamount United secured a League and Cup "double" in their 2020 campaign. Reid Burke was preferred as Peamount beat Cork City 6–0 in the 2020 FAI Women's Cup Final^[7] and for November's UEFA Champions League fixture with Scottish Women's Premier League club Glasgow City, which was lost on penalties after a 0–0 draw.^[8]

In 2021, the goalkeeper rotation continued, with McAloon chosen to start the 5–2 UWCL defeat by ŽFK Spartak Subotica in August 2021.^[9]

Durham

In January 2022, McAloon switched to Durham.^[10] In October 2022, she made two saves as Durham upset Super League club Manchester United on a penalty shootout in the 2022–23 FA Women's League Cup.^[11]

International career

Junior

McAloon represented Ireland at youth level while she attended Ratoath College.^[12] She progressed to represent the Republic of Ireland national under-17 team^[13] and later the Republic of Ireland national under-19 team.^[14]

While enrolled at Technological University Dublin, McAloon was part of the Ireland Universities squad at the 2019 Summer Universiade.^[15]

Senior

She received her first call-up to the senior Irish national team in June 2022.^[16]

References

^ Donnelly, Mark (2022-01-04). "SIGNING: Naoisha McAloon Joins Durham Women". Durham Women FC. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
^ "Naoisha selected for Ireland Under 17s Training Camp". Just4Keepers. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^ Walsh, Daire (24 July 2020). "Competition for places is helping raise the standard of the game says Peamount keeper". The Echo (Dublin newspaper). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^ "Champions Peamount United lead way on Team of the Year". RTÉ Sport. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
^ "Peamount crush Cork to claim National League title". RTÉ Sport. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
^ Duffy, Emma (3 November 2019). "Kelly inspires Wexford Youths to FAI Cup title defence in five-goal thriller at the Aviva". The42.ie. TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^ Malone, Emmet (12 December 2020). "Stephanie Roche tees things up perfectly as Peamount wrap up double". The Irish Times. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
^ Malone, Emmet (4 November 2020). "Peamount United suffer shoot-out heartbreak in Glasgow". The Irish Times. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
^ Fallon, John (4 January 2022). "Naoisha McAloon confirms move to Championship contenders Durham". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^ Donnelly, David (2022-01-04). "Peamount lose safe pair of hands as keeper Naoisha McAloon joins Durham". DublinLive. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
^ "Durham Women 2 – 2 Manchester United Women". BBC Sport. 26 October 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^ "#1 Naoisha McAloon". FAI Schools. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^ "Women U17s lose to Republic of Ireland: 3–0". Turkish Football Federation. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^ "Ireland U19 women edge closer to Euros dream". RTÉ Sport. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^ "Match Report Irl v Bra 3:0" (PDF). 2019 Summer Universiade. 2 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
^ "Naoisha McAloon | Football Association of Ireland". www.fai.ie. Retrieved 2023-01-07.