Christy Toye

Christy Toye
Personal information
Irish name Criostóir Ó Tuathaigh[1]
Sport Gaelic football
Position Right Half Forward
Born (1983-03-10) 10 March 1983 (age 41)
Letterkenny, Ireland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Club(s)
Years Club
2001–
 St Michael's
Inter-county(ies)
Years County Apps (scores)
2002–2016
 Donegal 65 (Championship only)[2][3]
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 3
All-Irelands 1
NFL 1
All Stars 0
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Christy Toye (born 10 March 1983) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for St Michael's and also, formerly, for the Donegal county team.

He captained his county in 2005, Brian McIver's first season in charge; as well as in 2006, when Donegal contested the Ulster SFC final.[4][5]

Along with his fellow club mate Colm McFadden, he would have been considered one of the mature elder statesman of the Donegal senior football panel, until his retirement from inter-county football in 2017.[6]

Among other accolades, he has 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). He captained Donegal in the 2006 Ulster SFC final at Croke Park, appeared as a substitute for Leo McLoone against Mayo in the 2012 All-Ireland SFC final and was named to start against Kerry in the 2014 All-Ireland SFC final. He made a total of 65 championship appearances, a record shared with Donegal teammate Karl Lacey.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference dd_20092014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b O'Brien, Kevin (31 August 2017). "Donegal's Karl Lacey announces his retirement from inter-county football: Lacey won one All-Ireland and four All-Stars during an exceptional 14-year career". The42.ie. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b Farrell, Sinead (5 October 2017). "Karl Lacey an 'excellent choice' for new Donegal backroom team: McEniff — The recently retired defender is reported to be joining the Donegal backroom team in the coming days". The42.ie. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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  6. ^ Foley, Alan (11 September 2012). "Forward thinking McFadden". Donegal Democrat. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2012.