Marissa Callaghan (born 2 September 1985) is a Northern Irish women's association football player from Belfast, Northern Ireland. She currently plays as a player-coach as a midfielder for Cliftonville Ladies and is the captain of the Northern Ireland women's national football team.[1]

Marissa Callaghan

Nilla Fischer (Sweden) and Marissa Callaghan in May 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-09-02) 2 September 1985 (age 37)
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Club information
Current team	Cliftonville
Youth career
	Newington Girls
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–	Cliftonville	0	(0)
National team‡
2010–	Northern Ireland	72	(9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:55, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

Football

Callaghan started playing football when she was thirteen for Newington Girls (now known as Cliftonville Ladies).[2] After this, she went to university in the United States on a football scholarship.[3] She returned to Northern Ireland in 2005 and started playing for Cliftonville again. She graduated with an advanced certificate in sports coaching from the University of Ulster in 2017.[3] As a result, she also volunteered as a coach for Cliftonville Ladies.[4] Later she became their academy director.[4]

International career

Callaghan made her international debut for the Northern Ireland women's national under-19 football team in 2002.[5] She made her debut for Northern Ireland in 2010.[5] In 2016, Callaghan was awarded the Northern Ireland Women's Football Association Women's Personality of the Year award.[2] A year later she was the tournament ambassador for the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship being held in Northern Ireland.[2]

She captained the Northern Ireland team at Euro 2022. [6]

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	13 April 2021	Seaview, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Ukraine	1–0	2–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying play-offs

Career

After leaving university, Callaghan started working full-time in 2010 as a women's football community coach.[1] In 2016, Callaghan was selected as a women's football ambassador for the Irish Football Association.[7] Following this, she worked with Northern Ireland national football team captain Steven Davis to promote participation in women's youth football.[8]

Private life

Callaghan is married with her girlfriend Paula and they have together one son.[9]

References

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