Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Colm Mac Pháidín | ||
Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
Position | Left Corner Forward | ||
Born | Letterkenny, Ireland | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Occupation | Secondary School Teacher | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
Naomh Mícheál | |||
Colleges(s) | |||
Years | College | ||
NUI Galway | |||
College titles | |||
Sigerson titles | 1 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2002-2016 | Donegal | 170 (25-434) | |
Inter-county titles | |||
Ulster titles | 3 | ||
All-Irelands | 1 | ||
NFL | 1 | ||
All Stars | 1 |
Colm McFadden (Irish: Colm Mac Pháidín; born 1982/1983) is a Gaelic footballer who plays at full forward for Naomh Mícheál and Donegal. He is Donegal's all-time leading scorer and most-capped Championship player. He played an integral role in Donegal's successful 2011-2014 run of matches, starting every Championship game in that period.
Among other accolades, he has one All Star to his name (2012), one All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (2012), three Ulster Senior Football Championships (2011, 2012 and 2014) and one National Football League (2007). Top scorer in the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, he was subsequently shortlisted for All Stars Footballer of the Year, but the award went to team-mate Karl Lacey.
In 2000, McFadden was part of the victorious Saint Eunan's College team that brought the McLarnon Cup back to the school for a third time, the first win since 1979. His words of advice also helped the College to reclaim the McLarnon Cup in 2007, and to go on to compete in the All-Ireland B Colleges Final, which they subsequently lost.