Emma Byrne
Byrne after the 2007 FA Women's Cup final
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Emma Anne Byrne | ||
| Date of birth | 14 June 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Leixlip, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Republic of Ireland | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Leixlip United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| St Patrick's Athletic Ladies | |||
| Fortuna Hjørring | |||
| 2000–2016 | Arsenal Ladies | ||
| 2017- | Brighton & Hove Women | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 1996– | Republic of Ireland | 125 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 May 2016 |
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Emma Anne Byrne (born 14 June 1979) is a Republic of Ireland women's association footballer from Leixlip, County Kildare. She currently plays as a goalkeeper for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team. She played for 16 years for Arsenal Ladies before being released on the 30th December 2016 and joining Brighton & Hove Albion Women's Team in early February 2017.
Byrne joined Arsenal in January 2000 from St Patrick's Athletic and has been their first choice goalkeeper ever since. She was voted club Players' Player of the Year in 2003 and 2005.
In April 2007 Byrne became a European champion with Arsenal, when they beat Umeå IK in the 2007 UEFA Women's Cup Final by 1–0 on aggregate, a tie in which she made numerous vital saves in the home and away games.
Byrne made her first appearance for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team on 31 March 1996 against Belgium. She won her 100th cap against Croatia on 26 September 2013.
Byrne previously worked in the FAI ticket office and is now employed as a coach in Arsenal's Academy.
In June 2013 she married Marcus Bignot.
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