 Katie McCabe vs Wolfsburg at the Emirates in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Katie Alison McCabe[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Kilnamanagh, Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger, forward, full-back, wing-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Arsenal | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| St Francis | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2015 | Raheny United | ||
| 2015 | Shelbourne | ||
| 2015– | Arsenal | 148 | (22) |
| 2017 | → Glasgow City (loan) | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010–2012 | Republic of Ireland U17 | 9 | (2) |
| 2012–2014 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 15 | (8) |
| 2015– | Republic of Ireland | 91 | (29) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 October 2024 | |||
Katie Alison McCabe (born 21 September 1995) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for English Women's Super League club Arsenal[2] and captains the Republic of Ireland women's national team. Mainly a left back,[3][4] she can also operate as a left winger[5] and a left midfielder.[6]
As a teenager, McCabe won the Irish Women's National League title twice and the FAI Women's Cup three times with Raheny United before signing with Arsenal in 2015. With Arsenal, she has won the FA Cup in 2016, the 2018–19 WSL, three League Cups, and was named in the PFA Team of the Year for 2021. During her short loan to Glasgow City in 2017 she also won the SWPL.
After earning her first Ireland cap in 2015, she was named the country's captain in 2017, the youngest captain in the history of the team, and named as Ireland Women's Player of the Year in 2021. In 2023, The Guardian has described McCabe as "the undoubted face of Irish women's football"[7] and the Irish Times named her Sportswoman of the Year.[8] She won Irelands 2023 international goal of the year for her olimpico goal against Canada in the 2023 Womens World Cup[9]
- ^ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2021/2022: Booking List before Quarter-finals, 2nd leg" (PDF). UEFA. 24 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ "Katie McCabe". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ "Arsenal vs. Manchester City". Women Soccerway. 2 April 2023.
- ^ "United States vs. Republic of Ireland". Women Soccerway. 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Arsenal vs. Reading". Women Soccerway. 12 March 2023.
- ^ "China PR vs. Republic of Ireland". Women Soccerway. 22 February 2023.
- ^ Downey, Sophie (19 July 2023). "Katie McCabe embraces support with Ireland poised for World Cup debut". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Staff, Examiner (14 November 2024). "Ogbene, Brosnan and McCabe among the winners at FAI International Awards". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 14 November 2024.