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Eileen Gleeson

Eileen Gleeson
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Blacklions
Ballymun United
Hammond Celtic
Teams managed
Ballymun United
St James's Gate
2006–2014 Peamount United
2014– UCD Waves
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Eileen Gleeson is a Republic of Ireland women's association football manager and former footballer. She is currently the manager of UCD Waves. She previously managed Peamount United, who she guided to the last 32 of the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League.

As a player Gleeson played in the Civil Service League with Blacklions and in the Dublin Women's Soccer League with Ballymun United and Hammond Celtic.

Gleeson began her coaching career with Ballymun United in the Dublin Women's Soccer League and also had a spell with St James's Gate.

Gleeson served as manager of Peamount United between 2006 and 2014. Under Gleeson, United became the one of the most successful women's football teams in the Republic of Ireland. With a squad that included Nicola Sinnott, Aine O'Gorman, Sara Lawlor, Katie Taylor and Louise Quinn, Gleeson guided Peamount United to a treble in 2010, winning the Dublin Women's Soccer League title, the DWSL Premier Cup and the FAI Women's Cup. Under Gleeson, Peamount also won the inaugural 2011–12 Women's National League title and the WNL Cup in both 2012 and 2013. Gleeson also managed Peamount during their 2011–12 and 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League campaigns. In 2013–14 when Stephanie Roche scored her FIFA Puskás Award-nominated goal for Peamount against Wexford Youths, it was Gleeson who uploaded footage of the goal on the internet. It later went viral on YouTube.


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