Eve Badana

Eve Martha Badana (born 9 July 1993) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Irish Women's National League club DLR Waves. She previously played for Cork City while attending University College Cork.

Eve Badana
Personal information
Full name Eve Martha Badana[1]
Date of birth (1993-07-09) 9 July 1993
Place of birth Markham, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 DLR Waves
Number 18
Youth career
Unionville Milliken SC
Toronto Lady Lynx
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Drexel Dragons 67 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Cork City
2019– DLR Waves
International career‡
2012– Republic of Ireland 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:58, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 February 2022

Born and raised in Canada to a Filipino father and a Northern Irish mother, Badana has represented Canada and the Republic of Ireland at under-17 and senior levels, respectively. She won her first cap for Ireland in February 2012.

Early life

Badana's mother is from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and emigrated to Ontario after studying in Belfast. There she met Badana's Filipino father. Badana has one brother and one sister.[2]

Club career

Badana was captain of her local team Unionville Milliken SC, then joined Toronto Lady Lynx where she was also named captain and helped the Under-20 team qualify for the 2010 Super Y-League finals.[3] In 2011, she agreed a scholarship to Drexel University.[4] Badana's first season in college soccer saw her named in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) All-Rookie team and also the All-Conference Second Team.[5]

On 27 September 2016 Badana signed for Cork City,[6] after she decided to relocate to Ireland and finish her legal studies at University College Cork. At Cork City she competed for a starting position with Amanda Budden.[7] Badana then accepted a job with a legal firm in Dublin and signed for DLR Waves during the 2019 Women's National League season.[8]

International career

Youth

While a pupil at Brother André Catholic High School in her native Markham, Badana attended the National Training Centre in Ontario. She came to the attention of Canada women's national soccer team selectors who drafted her into the national Under-17 squad.[9] Badana was then part of the Canadian selection at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[8]

Senior

Eligible due to her County Tyrone-born mother, Badana approached the Football Association of Ireland about switching her international affiliation,[8] rather than the Irish Football Association, whose national team usually represents footballers with ancestry or parentage from Northern Ireland and also entitled to Irish citizenship. In September 2011 she was called-up to the Republic of Ireland women's national football team for their UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying games against Wales and France.[10] On her senior international debut in February 2012, Badana played 90 minutes of Ireland's 1–0 Algarve Cup defeat by Hungary.[11]

In May 2012 Badana won another senior cap in a 1–0 friendly defeat by Switzerland at Stadion Niedermatten[12] and made a substitute appearance in a 1–0 win over South Africa at the 2013 Cyprus Cup.[13] On 5 May 2014, Ireland manager Susan Ronan named Badana in an experimental squad for a friendly against the Basque Country.[14] Badana started the game in Ireland's 2–0 defeat in Azpeitia, which was not classified as a full international fixture.[15]

She remained an understudy, usually to the recognised first-choice goalkeeper Emma Byrne.[2] Following the international retirement of Niamh Reid Burke in March 2021, Badana was called up to train with Ireland coach Vera Pauw's squad for two friendlies against Denmark and Belgium.[16] She returned to the squad in June 2021 for two friendlies against Iceland, but still had only three caps following her debut almost a decade earlier.[17]

Badana also represented Ireland at the 2013, 2015 and 2017 editions of the Summer Universiade.[1][18][19]

International Appearances
Appearances by national team and year
National team Year Apps
Republic of Ireland 2012 2
2013 1
2022 1
Total4

References
  1. "Match Report Mex-IRL 0:0" (PDF). 2017 Summer Universiade. 18 August 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  2. Kelly, David (9 June 2021). "'I'm extremely grateful' - Eve Badana's journey from Canada to the Irish senior squad". Irish Independent. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  3. Ssebatindira, Zack (11 March 2011). "Men's and women's soccer sign quality recruits". The Triangle. Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  4. "Eve Badana". Drexel University. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  5. "2011 All-CAA Women's Soccer Team" (PDF). Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  6. Walsh, Daniel (27 September 2016). "Cork City Women's FC sign Eve Badana". WNL.FAI.ie. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  7. Corcoran, Paul (31 July 2019). "DLR Waves sign Ireland international goalkeeper Eve Badana". Extratime.com. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  8. Fallon, John (9 June 2021). "Eve Badana has no regrets about switch to Ireland". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  9. Hayakawa, Michael (6 July 2010). "Ball stops here". YorkRegion.com. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  10. "Ronan announces Irish Squad for EURO 2013 qualifiers". FAI.ie. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  11. "Ireland Women off to slow start at Algarve Cup". FAI.ie. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  12. "Swiss test gives valuable experience". Football Association of Ireland. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  13. "Second win for Senior Women's Team in Cyprus". Football Association of Ireland. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  14. "Ronan names squad for Basque friendly". Extratime.ie. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  15. "Ireland lXI [sic] beaten by experienced Basque side". Football Association of Ireland. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  16. Dollery, Paul (4 April 2021). "Pauw invites Irish-eligible quartet to join squad ahead of double-header of friendlies". The42.ie. TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  17. "Patient Eve Badana looking to lay down the law". RTÉ Sport. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  18. "Match Report - Irl - Cze 1:5" (PDF). 2015 Summer Universiade. 4 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  19. "Ireland Athlete List". 2013 Summer Universiade. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
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