David Clifford
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Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Daithí Ó Clúmháin | ||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Right corner-forward | ||
Born |
Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland | 22 January 1999||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
Occupation | Student | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
East Kerry | |||
Club titles | |||
Kerry titles | 2 | ||
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
2017–2021 | IT Tralee | ||
College titles | |||
Sigerson titles | 0 | ||
Inter-county(ies)* | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2018–present | Kerry | 17 (6-68) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Munster titles | 3 | ||
All-Irelands | 0 | ||
NFL | 2 | ||
All Stars | 3 | ||
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 16:16, 29 August 2021. |
David Clifford (born 22 January 1999) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who currently plays as a corner-forward or full-forward for the Kerry senior team.
Raised in Fossa, County Kerry, Clifford played his schools football with St. Brendan's College, winning an All-Ireland medal in 2016. He simultaneously came to prominence with the club at juvenile and underage levels before joining the club's adult team. Clifford has also played with divisional side East Kerry, winning the Kerry Senior Football Championship.
Underage career[]
Schools[]
Clifford first came to prominence when he scored 2–05 in the Hogan Cup final 2016 as St Brendan's College Killarney saw off St Patrick's College Maghera to deliver their first title in 24 years.
Soccer[]
In addition to Gaelic football, Clifford also played underage soccer, as a centre-half.[1][2] The future professional English Football League players Shane McLoughlin and Dara O'Shea alongside future musician Ryan Meaney were his opponents at under-age level.[3]
Minor[]
Clifford made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he was selected for the Kerry minor team. He enjoyed two championship seasons with the minor team and won back-to-back Munster and All-Ireland medals in 2016 and 2017. He was captain of the 2017 winning teams scoring 6–27 in six games, including 4–04 in the All-Ireland final win over Derry. He ended the 2017 season as the Minor Footballer of the Year.
Senior[]
Clifford made his senior debut during the 2018 National Football League.[4] He won his first Munster Senior Football Championship title later that summer after over coming Cork in the final. He played five championship games scoring 4–39. He ended the year with an All Star and as All Stars Young Footballer of the Year. In 2019, Clifford again won the Munster Senior Football Championship with Kerry, and went on to reach the All-Ireland senior final.
He scored a hat-trick against Galway in the opening round of the 2021 National Football League.[5]
Career statistics[]
Division[]
- As of 30 October 2021.
Team | Season | Kerry SFC | |
---|---|---|---|
Apps | Score | ||
East Kerry | 2017 | 4 | 2-01 |
2018 | 4 | 5-13 | |
2019 | 5 | 2-29 | |
2020 | 3 | 2-15 | |
2021 | 1 | 0-02 | |
Career total | 17 | 11-60 |
Inter-county[]
- As of 28 August 2021
Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
Kerry Minor | 2016 | — | 3 | 1–14 | 3 | 1–13 | 6 | 2–27 | ||
2017 | — | 2 | 2–14 | 2 | 4–13 | 4 | 6–27 | |||
Total | — | 5 | 3–28 | 5 | 5–26 | 10 | 8–54 | |||
Kerry | 2018 | Division 1 | 6 | 0–21 | 2 | 0-04 | 3 | 4–14 | 11 | 4–39 |
2019 | 2 | 0–07 | 2 | 0–07 | 5 | 0–22 | 9 | 0–36 | ||
2020 | 7 | 2–32 | 1 | 0–04 | — | 8 | 2–36 | |||
2021 | 4 | 6–22 | 3 | 2–09 | 1 | 0–08 | 8 | 8–39 | ||
Total | 19 | 8–82 | 8 | 2–24 | 9 | 4–44 | 36 | 14–150 |
Honours[]
- St. Brendan's College
- Hogan Cup: 2016
- Corn Uí Mhuirí: 2016
- East Kerry
- Kerry Senior Football Championship (2): 2019, 2020
- Kerry Under-21 Football Championship (1): 2018
- Kerry Minor Football Championship (2): 2016, 2017
- Kerry
- Munster Senior Football Championship (3): 2018, 2019, 2021
- Natioanl Football League: 2020 (c), 2021
- All-Ireland Minor Football Championship (2): 2016, 2017 (c)
- Munster Minor Football Championship (2): 2016, 2017 (c)
- McGrath Cup: 2022
- Individual
- All Star (3): 2018, 2019, 2021
- All Stars Young Footballer of the Year: 2018
- Minor Footballer of the year: 2017
- Minor All-Star Award: 2017
References[]
- ^ "Byrne: I played for Ireland with lads who saw us as a B team". Irish Independent. 5 September 2018.
- ^ "'I don't know where that came from but when they go in it's always nice'". Hogan Stand. 16 May 2021.
'I played a bit of soccer in my younger days', he told eir Sport when asked about that sublime piece of skill. 'I was a centre half though so I don't know where that came from but when they go in it's always nice'.
- ^ "'I went against the grain by not playing GAA ... but it wasn't what I wanted to do'". Irish Independent. 16 February 2019.
- ^ "David Clifford in line to make senior Kerry debut in 2018 National League". Irish Independent. 18 December 2017.
- ^ "'I don't know where that came from' - Clifford coy on stunning finish for hat-trick". RTÉ. 16 May 2021.
- All Stars Awards winners (football)
- All Stars Young Footballers of the Year
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Republic of Ireland association footballers
- Association football defenders
- East Kerry Gaelic footballers
- Fossa Gaelic footballers
- Gaelic footballers who switched code
- Gaelic football forwards
- Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers
- People educated at St. Brendan's College, Killarney