Emma Byrne
| Emma Byrne | ||
.jpg) Byrne at Arsenal LFC (2014)
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Emmy Byrne | |
| birthday | June 14, 1979 | |
| place of birth | Leixlip , Ireland | |
| size | 173 cm | |
| position | goalkeeper | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Leixlip United | ||
| Women | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1998 | Fortuna Hjørring | |
| 1998-2000 | St Patrick's Athletic | |
| 2000-2016 | Arsenal Ladies FC | |
| 2017 | Brighton & Hove Albion | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1996-2016 | Ireland | 126 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Emma Byrne (born June 14, 1979 ) is a former Irish football player . The goalkeeper played for English club Arsenal Ladies FC and the Irish national team , whose record she has been since 2014.
Career
Emma Byrne moved from Irish club St Patrick's Athletic to London 's Arsenal Ladies FC in 1998 and has been a regular goalkeeper ever since. In her first season at Arsenal, she won the Cup and the League Cup . She won her first championship with Arsenal in 2001. To date, she has won the championship five times and the cup and the league cup four times. On September 26, 2013, she made her 100 international match for the Irish national team against Croatia . On April 5, 2014, she beat Ciara Grant's record in her 106th game in the World Cup qualifier against Germany and is now the only Irish national record player. In 2003 and 2005 she was voted Player of the Year by Arsenal fans. In addition to training sessions with the women's team, she trains regularly with Arsenal's male junior team.
On April 7, 2016, she made her 125th international match.
successes
- English champion : 11 (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
- English Cup Winner : 8 (1999, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011)
- English league cup winner : 6 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009)
- UEFA Women's Cup : 1 (2007)
Web links
- Emma Byrne in the weltfussball.de database
- Emma Byrne in the Soccerdonna.de database
Individual evidence
- ↑ fai.ie: "Byrne set to join Ireland's Century Club" ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ fai.ie: "Emma Byrne set to break appearance record" ( Memento of the original from May 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ fai.ie: "Brave Ireland denied by late German winner" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ fai.ie: "VIDEO: Emma Byrne reflects on 20 years as Ireland's number 1"
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Byrne, Emma |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1979 |