Clare Shine

Clare Shine (born 18 May 1995) is an Irish former international footballer who most recently played for SWPL club Glasgow City. She previously played for Women's National League (WNL) club Cork City. She made her debut for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team in November 2015. Shine attended Regina Mundi College in Douglas, Cork and played in an All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final for Cork.

Clare Shine
Personal information
Full name Clare Shine
Date of birth (1995-05-18) 18 May 1995
Place of birth Cork, Ireland
Height 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Glasgow City
Number 10
Youth career
Douglas Hall AFC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011-2012 Cork Women's 16 (5)
2013–2015 Raheny United 20 (13)
2015–2017 Glasgow City
2017–2019 Cork City 23 (18)
2019–2022 Glasgow City (13)
International career‡
2010–2012 Republic of Ireland U17
2011–2014 Republic of Ireland U19 5 (4)
2015–2022 Republic of Ireland 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 April 2019
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 November 2015

Club career

After beginning her career with Douglas Hall AFC, Shine joined Cork City Women's when the Women's National League (WNL) was formed in 2011. In 2013, she transferred to Raheny United and collected a league and FAI Women's Cup double with "The Pandas". She also represented the club in the UEFA Women's Champions League.[2]

Shine's career was interrupted by a broken leg and a period out of the game when she tried to come back too quickly from the injury.[3] In May 2015 she moved to Scotland to join Glasgow City after a successful two-week trial.[4] In November 2015 Shine scored a hat-trick in City's 3–0 Scottish Women's Cup final win over Hibernian.[5]

In March 2017, Shine brought her spell with Glasgow City to an end and returned home to Cork City,[note 1] partly because she wanted to start playing Gaelic games again.[6] She scored the only goal of the 2017 FAI Women's Cup final, as Cork beat UCD Waves 1–0 at the Aviva Stadium in November 2017.[7]

In 2019, Shine re-joined Glasgow City and scored on her second debut in a 5–1 win over Stirling University.[8] She left the club on 24 September 2022, announcing her retirement from football.[9][10]

International career

Shine was 15 when she was part of the under-17 squad who lost the final of the 2010 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in Switzerland.[11] She then participated in Ireland's 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup campaign. At the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Shine scored the only goal against Spain as Ireland won their group, before crashing 4–0 to the Netherlands in the semi-final. She had recovered from a broken leg sustained 10 weeks earlier.[12]

National coach Susan Ronan gave Shine a senior debut in a 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying defeat by Spain on 26 November 2015 at Tallaght Stadium, Dublin.

Notes
  1. During Shine's absence the previously-independent women's club in Cork had merged into men's League of Ireland club Cork City FC.

References
  1. "List of Players - Republic of Ireland" (PDF). FIFA. 6 September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  2. "Cork's Clare and Denise to shine in Champions League". Evening Echo. 24 June 2014. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  3. Clarke, Aaron (16 June 2015). "Clare ready to Shine with Glasgow City". Extratime.ie. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  4. "Glasgow City sign Ireland striker Clare Shine". BBC Sport. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  5. "Scottish Women's Cup final: Glasgow City 3-0 Hibernian". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  6. Duffy, Emma (8 April 2017). "'I hit a low point, I nearly gave it all up. But I'm back now, I'm in a much better place'". The 42. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  7. "Clare Shine's quality finish wins Women's FAI Cup for Cork". The Irish Times. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  8. "City defeat Stirling University". Glasgow City FC. 10 March 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  9. "Clare Shine Calls Time on Playing Career". Glasgow City FC. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  10. "'I'm going out in a good place' - Clare Shine bows out of football with a win and a Glasgow ovation". Irish Examiner. 25 September 2022.
  11. Fallon, John (25 November 2015). "Clare Shine primed to sparkle on debut". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  12. "Claire Shine hoping for chance to strike against Spain". The Irish Times. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
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