Tyler Toland

Irish footballer

Tyler Toland
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth St Johnston, Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Blackburn Rovers
Number 4
Youth career
Maiden City
Kildrum Tigers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Sion Swifts
2019–2021 Manchester City 1 (0)
2020–2021 → Glasgow City (loan)
2021–2022 Celtic
2022–2023 Levante 7 (0)
2023– Blackburn Rovers
International career‡
2016–2017 Republic of Ireland U17 15 (1)
2017– Republic of Ireland 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 April 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 July 2022

Tyler Toland (born 8 August 2001) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for English Women's Super League club Blackburn Rovers.[1] She previously played for Liga F club Levante UD, Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) clubs Glasgow City and Celtic, English Women's Super League club Manchester City, and Sion Swifts of the Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland).

Toland made her debut for the Republic of Ireland women's national team in 2017, but wasn't selected since November 2019 after falling into dispute with the coach Vera Pauw. In September 2023, she came back to the team.[1]

Club career

Early years

Tyler Toland was born on 8 August 2001 and was raised in St Johnston, a village in the Laggan district in the east of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland.[2][3] She is the daughter of former Finn Harps player Maurice Toland. She started playing football for Maiden City F.C. while attending Deele College in Raphoe.[4] In 2016, she was voted as Irish under-16 player of the year.[5] She participated in the Galway Cup for Kildrum Tigers in 2017. Despite being the only girl in the tournament, she was on the winning team that defeated Glentoran F.C. in the final.[5] Owing to her home club of Maiden City playing in future tournaments that did not allow for girls to participate, Toland signed to play for Northern Irish club Sion Swifts.[5] In her first season, Toland won the IFA Women's Challenge Cup playing in the final for Sion Swifts against Newry City Ladies at Windsor Park, Belfast.[6]

Manchester City, 2019–2021

On 9 August 2019, Toland signed with English FA WSL team Manchester City.[7] She made four appearances for Man City in the 2019–20 season,[8] before being disrupted by an ankle ligament injury in August 2020. In October 2020 Toland accepted an offer to move on loan to Scottish champions Glasgow City.[9]

Celtic, 2021–2022

Toland signed for Celtic in July 2021, following her release from Manchester City.[10] In the 2021–22 season, Celtic won both the Scottish Women's Premier League Cup and Scottish Women's Cup, but Toland was not a regular first team pick and left the club after the expiry of her one-year contract.[11]

Levante, 2022–2023

Days after her departure from Celtic, Spanish Primera División club Levante announced the signing of Toland to a two-year contract.[12][13] After a year in which she didn't played a lot of games, Toland left Levante in a mutual agreement.[14]

Blackburn Rovers

In 2023, she would join Blackburn Rovers.[15]

International career

Youth

In 2014, Toland was selected to play for Republic of Ireland Schools.[4][16] In 2016, she played for the Republic of Ireland U-15s, U-16s and U-17s.[5]

Senior

In 2017, Toland was called up to the Republic of Ireland's senior team for the 2019 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. She made her senior international debut for the Republic of Ireland in September 2017 coming on as a substitute against Northern Ireland at Mourneview Park. In doing so Toland reportedly became the Republic of Ireland's youngest senior player on record, surpassing goalkeeper Emma Byrne.[17][18][note 1] Toland made her first senior start for the Republic of Ireland a month later in October against the Slovakia women's national football team.[19]

Incoming national team coach Vera Pauw selected Toland in her first two squads, for UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifiers against Ukraine and Greece. She remained an unused substitute in both matches and was then dropped from the national team squad after falling into dispute with Pauw. The dispute escalated in May 2021 when Pauw publicly accused Toland's father of "harassment and intimidation", which he said was laughable. Pauw said that Toland's 18-month exile from the national team could end if Toland telephoned to apologise for the perceived misconduct, instead of sending text messages, suggesting "maybe a bit of guts would help her".[20]

In September 2021 the dispute remained unresolved, though Pauw said that Toland's recent lack of first team football at Celtic meant that she would not be considered for the national team in any case.[21] After Pauw was removed from her position in 2023, Toland was brought back into the squad.[1]

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 3 September 2019 Tallaght Stadium, Dublin, Ireland  Montenegro 1–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying

Honours

Sion Swifts

Celtic

Notes

  1. ^ A list maintained by RSSSF suggests at least two other players, Denise Lyons and Grainne Cross, played for Ireland while younger than Toland.

References

  1. ^ a b c Fallon, John (15 September 2023). "Tyler Toland's four-year Ireland exile ended by caretaker women's manager Eileen Gleeson". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  2. ^ UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship. "Tyler Toland". UEFA. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "First senior international call-ups for Tyler Toland and Amber Barrett". Donegal Democrat. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.(subscription required)
  4. ^ a b "Tyler Toland". FAI Schools. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d "It was a 'sweet 16' as soccer ace Tyler Toland makes history at Galway Cup". Donegal Daily. 13 August 2017. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  6. ^ Nethery, Tommy (7 September 2017). "Captain fantastic inspires Sion to historic cup win". The Strabane Chronicle. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Tyler Toland signs for City". MCFC.
  8. ^ Oatway, Caroline (5 October 2020). "Toland heads out on loan". Manchester City F.C. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Glasgow City sign Tyler Toland on loan from Manchester City". BBC Sport. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  10. ^ Hannigan, Mary (9 July 2021). "Tyler Toland has Champions League ambitions after joining Celtic". Irish Times. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Celtic confirm departure of Tyler Toland". Donegal Daily. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Tyler Toland por dos temporadas, nuevo refuerzo del Levante UD Femenino" (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Tyler Toland signs for Spanish side Levante". The 42.ie. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  14. ^ Martínez-Vilanova, Pablo (4 July 2023). "El Levante y Tyler Toland separan sus caminos". Superdeporte (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  15. ^ Halligan, Fiona (4 August 2023). "Tyler Toland signs with Blackburn Rovers". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  16. ^ McNulty, Chris (17 February 2016). "Donegal pair named in Republic of Ireland Under-15 Schools squad". Donegal Sport Hub. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  17. ^ "Tyler Toland enters Irish history books after promotion for senior debut". Donegal Daily. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  18. ^ Hannigan, Mary. "Tyler Toland taking international football in her stride at just 16". The Irish Times.
  19. ^ "Ireland women make it two wins from two in Slovakia". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 25 October 2017. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  20. ^ Hannigan, Mary (1 May 2021). "Vera Pauw accuses player's father of 'harassment and intimidation'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  21. ^ McDonnell, Daniel (9 September 2021). "'She has not made herself available - but she's not playing so there's no reason' - Vera Pauw on Tyler Toland". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  22. ^ "#SWPLCup: Glasgow City 0-1 Celtic". Women’s Premier League. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
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