Ciarán Kilduff
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ciarán Kilduff | ||
| Date of birth | 29 September 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Kilcock, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
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Current team
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Dundalk | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Clane Boys | |||
| Kilkock Celtic | |||
| Maynooth Town | |||
| Shamrock Rovers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Shamrock Rovers | 4 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Kildare County (loan) | 35 | (8) |
| 2009–2010 | UCD | 51 | (23) |
| 2011–2014 | Shamrock Rovers | 82 | (17) |
| 2013 | → Cork City (loan) | 14 | (11) |
| 2015 | St Patrick's Athletic | 13 | (3) |
| 2015– | Dundalk | 35 | (13) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:23, 11 March 2017 (UTC). |
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Ciarán Kilduff (born 29 September 1988) is an Irish footballer who plays as a striker for Dundalk in the League of Ireland Premier Division. He has played for six clubs in the League of Ireland throughout his career and appeared 16 times in European competition, playing in the Europa League group stages in two separate seasons. The first occasion was with Shamrock Rovers when they became the first Irish side to reach the group stage of the Europa League in 2011, and he was also part of the Dundalk team that qualified for the Europa League group stages after becoming the first Irish club to reach the play-off round of the Champions League in 2016.
Kilduff played youth football in the Kildare and District Schoolboys League for Clane Boys and Kilcock Celtic before moving to Maynooth Town in the Brenfer League. From Maynooth Town, he signed for Shamrock Rovers at under 16 level and progressed through to their under 21 team.
Kilduff was highly rated at Shamrock Rovers as a youth player and after a prolific season at under 21 level, where he scored over 20 goals, Kilduff made the breakthrough to the first team. He made his debut against Derry City in the Brandywell in May 2007. He went on to make a further three appearances in the same season.
As well as playing for the Shamrock Rovers first team, Kilduff was a member of the futsal team that won the 2007 FAI Futsal Cup side and later appeared for the club in the 2007–08 UEFA Futsal Cup. His debut in this tournament took place in August 2007 when Rovers faced Politekhnik Yerevan. He made 3 appearances in the competition in total and scored 2 goals. Kilduff also travelled to Portugal with the Republic of Ireland national under 21 futsal team where they took on sides from Portuguese clubs S.L. Benfica and Sporting CP. He also competed in the Dallas Cup.
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