Grace Moloney

Not to be confused with Grace Molony.

Grace Moloney
Personal information
Full name Grace Maria Moloney[1]
Date of birth (1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Slough, England[2]
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 London City Lionesses
Number 1
Youth career
Slough Juniors
Reading
QPR
Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2023 Reading 93 (0)
2016 → Aston Villa (loan)
2023– London City Lionesses 24 (0)
International career‡
2010–2011 Ireland U17[4] 8 (0)
2011–2012 Ireland U19[4] 6 (0)
2016– Ireland 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:00, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 march 2024

Grace Maria Moloney (born 1 March 1993) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Championship club London City Lionesses[5] as well as for the senior women's national team.[6]

In April 2019 Moloney signed a new contract with Reading. She had re-established herself as the first choice goalkeeper and helped the club reach the FA Women's Cup semi-final, which they lost to West Ham United on a penalty shootout.[7] Reading recognised Moloney's 150th appearance for the club with a presentation before a 1–0 2019–20 FA Women's League Cup defeat by West Ham in November 2019.[8] She signed another two-year contract extension with Reading in February 2021.[9]

On 6 March 2022, Moloney made her 200th appearance for Reading.[10]

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 – Squad List: Republic Of Ireland (IRL)" (PDF). FIFA. 11 July 2023. p. 25. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Meet the Reading FC Ladies". The Tilehurst End. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Republic of Ireland Squad List". FIFA. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b Grace Moloney at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 July 2016. Edit this at Wikidata
  5. ^ O'Connor, Seán (15 August 2023). "Ireland goalkeeper Grace Moloney signs two-year deal with London City Lionesses". Irish Independent. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Ireland women beaten by Austria in Cyprus Cup". The Irish Times. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Grace Moloney: Reading FC Women goalkeeper extends contract". BBC Sport. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  8. ^ Canning, Tom (6 November 2019). "Reading Women beaten as Grace Moloney recognised". Football in Bracknell. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Grace Moloney: Reading goalkeeper agrees two-year contract extension". BBC Sport. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  10. ^ "CHAMBERS "OUR PERFORMANCE DESERVED MORE". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.