Colm McFadden

Colm McFadden
Personal information
Irish name Colm Antóin Mac Pháidín[1]
Sport Gaelic football
Position Left corner forward
Born 1983
Letterkenny, Ireland
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Occupation Deputy principal of St Eunan's College
Club(s)
Years Club
?–
St Michael's
Colleges(s)
Years College
c. 2000–2003
NUIG
College titles
Sigerson titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
2002–2016
Donegal 173 (25–438)[2]
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 3
All-Irelands 1
NFL 1
All Stars 1

Colm Anthony McFadden (Irish: Colm Antóin Mac Pháidín; born 1983) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays at full forward for St Michael's and, from 2002 to 2016, for the Donegal county team.

McFadden is Donegal's most-capped Championship player.[3] He played an integral role in Donegal's successful 2011–14 run of matches, starting every Championship game in that period.

Among other accolades, he has one All Star to his name (2012), one All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title (2012), three Ulster Senior Football Championship titles (2011, 2012 and 2014) and one National Football League title (2007). Top scorer in the 2012 All-Ireland SFC, McFadden was subsequently shortlisted for the All Stars Footballer of the Year, but team-mate Karl Lacey was selected to receive that award. McFadden's haul of Ulster SFC titles was a joint county team record (alongside such past players as Anthony Molloy, Martin McHugh, Joyce McMullan and Donal Reid) for four years until Patrick McBrearty, Neil McGee, Paddy McGrath, Leo McLoone, Frank McGlynn, Michael Murphy and Anthony Thompson surpassed it in 2018.

A staff member of St Eunan's College in Letterkenny, McFadden has been deputy principal since 2019.[4]

  1. ^ "Countdown to Croker: Donegal name 'team' for All-Ireland final". Donegal Daily. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  2. ^ McNulty, Chris (14 August 2018). "Numbers stack up as Michael Murphy tops Donegal's all-time charts". Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Numbers keep adding up for Colm McFadden". Donegal News. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference new_senior_management_team was invoked but never defined (see the help page).