Katie McCabe

Katie McCabe (born 21 September 1995) is an Irish international footballer who plays for English club Arsenal. She made her debut for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team in March 2015.

Not to be confused with Kate McCabe.
Katie McCabe
McCabe in March 2020
Personal information
Full name Katie McCabe
Date of birth (1995-09-21) 21 September 1995
Place of birth Kilnamanagh, Ireland
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Winger / Forward / Fullback
Club information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 15
Youth career
St Francis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Raheny United
2015 Shelbourne
2015– Arsenal 66 (8)
2017 → Glasgow City (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2010–2012 Republic of Ireland U17 9 (2)
2012–2014 Republic of Ireland U19 15 (8)
2015– Republic of Ireland 48 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19:55, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

Club career
McCabe making her Arsenal debut in February 2016
McCabe in 2019

McCabe was playing for Raheny United when the Women's National League (WNL) was formed in 2011 and represented the club in the competition's first season. Over the next three seasons she won two league titles and three consecutive FAI Women's Cups with "The Pandas". She also represented the club in the UEFA Women's Champions League.[1] McCabe missed four months of the 2013–14 season with a broken leg.[2] In 2014–15 McCabe scored 23 WNL goals for Raheny, two behind top scorer Áine O'Gorman of UCD Waves.[3]

For the 2015–16 season, McCabe remained with the club in their new guise as Shelbourne Ladies. In December 2015 she signed for London club Arsenal Ladies,[4] rejecting competing offers from Glasgow City, Chelsea and Manchester City.[5]

McCabe joined Glasgow City on loan in August 2017, for the second half of the Scottish Women's Premier League season.[6]

International career

At the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, McCabe featured as Ireland won their group,[7] before crashing 4–0 to a Vivianne Miedema-inspired Netherlands in the semi-final.

In March 2015 national coach Susan Ronan gave McCabe a senior debut against Hungary at the 2015 Istria Cup, a 1–1 draw. A quad injury kept McCabe out of Ireland's 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying defeat by Spain on 26 November 2015 at Tallaght Stadium, Dublin.[8] At the 2016 Cyprus Cup, McCabe scored her first international goal to secure a 1–1 draw with Italy.[9]

McCabe featured in Ronan's squad for the UEFA Women's Euro qualifying stage, making seven appearances in total.[10] In August 2017 new national team coach Colin Bell appointed 21-year-old McCabe as the Ireland captain.[11]

Personal life

Katie is the younger sister of Gary McCabe, who is also a footballer.[12] In 2014 McCabe was recruited by Florida State University to play for the Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team, but the move collapsed when she broke her leg.[13] She is openly lesbian. In June 2019, she revealed that she has been in a relationship for three years with fellow player Ruesha Littlejohn, and that women's association football is very accepting of LGBT people.[14]

Honours
Raheny United
Arsenal

References
  1. "Katie McCabe - Rep of Ireland Women". Extratime.ie. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  2. "Sports Person of the Year". The Echo. 18 December 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-01-27. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  3. Hooper, Dave (30 April 2015). "UCD Waves guarantee second spot". Football Association of Ireland. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  4. "Arsenal Ladies sign Katie McCabe from Shelbourne FC". BBC Sport. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  5. Leonard, Stephen (15 January 2016). "Magic McCabe Gunn'-ing for glory with Arsenal". Echo.ie. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  6. "Glasgow City: Club land Katie McCabe on loan from Arsenal". BBC Sport. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  7. Fallon, John (18 July 2014). "McCabe on a mission to make European semi-finals". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  8. Conlon, Padraig (26 November 2015). "Ireland Woman's [sic] Soccer team face Spain in Euro qualifier today in Tallaght Stadium". InTallaght.ie. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  9. "Late McCabe strike earns Ireland a draw against fancied Italy". RTÉ Sport. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  10. UEFA.com. "Katie McCabe - Republic of Ireland - WEURO". UEFA.com.
  11. "Colin Bell confirms Katie McCabe as new Ireland captain". RTÉ Sport. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  12. Donnelly, Dave (26 December 2015). "Ireland international Katie McCabe signs for Arsenal". Extratime.ie. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  13. Larkin, Laura (23 July 2014). "Katie overcomes broken leg to shine as Girls in Green go for UEFA glory". The Herald (Ireland). Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  14. Fallon, John (4 June 2019). "'The women's game is very accepting' - Ireland skipper Katie McCabe publicly confirms relationship with teammate". The Independent.
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