Ciara Grant (footballer, born 1993)

Ciara Grant
Personal information
Grant representing Ireland at the 2013 Summer Universiade
Full name	Ciara Grant
Date of birth	(1993-06-11) 11 June 1993 (age 24)
Place of birth	Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	UCD Waves
Youth career
	Lagan Harps
2005–2011	Loreto School
	Kilmacrennan Celtic
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–	UCD
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2014	Raheny United
2014–	UCD Waves
National team^‡
2012–	Republic of Ireland	12	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:46, 12 May 2014 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:46, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Ciara Grant (born 11 June 1993) is a Republic of Ireland women's international footballer who currently plays for UCD Waves. She has previously played for Raheny United. In 2010, she was a member of the Republic of Ireland U-17 squad that were runners-up in the 2010 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship and quarter-finalists in the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Grant has also played Gaelic football for Donegal GAA.

Grant attended Woodlands National School in Letterkenny were her class-mates included Mark English. Between 2005 and 2011 Grant attended the Loreto Convent Secondary School, Letterkenny, where she studied for her Leaving Cert. As a schoolgirl, Grant played association football for Lagan Harps and Kilmacrennan Celtic as well as representing her school. In 2009, she helped Kilmacrennan Celtic win the WFAI Intermediate Cup and in 2011 she was a member of the Loreto team that won the FAIS Senior Girls Cup, the top cup competition for girls school teams in Ireland. Grant also played Gaelic football and basketball. Grant played for Donegal GAA in the 2010 All-Ireland Under-18 Ladies' Football Championship final. In basketball she played as a point guard for both her school and Letterkenny Blaze.