Julie-Ann Russell
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Julie-Ann Russell | ||
| Date of birth | 28 March 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Galway, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger / Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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UCD Waves | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Salthill Devon | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2013 | University of Limerick | ||
| 2013–2014 | UCD | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2011 | Salthill Devon | ||
| 2007–2010 | → Galway Ladies League | ||
| 2011 | Los Angeles Strikers | 13 | (1) |
| 2011–2014 | Peamount United | ||
| 2012 | → Doncaster Rovers Belles | 5 | (0) |
| 2014– | UCD Waves | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009– | Republic of Ireland | 51 | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:00, 23 June 2016 (UTC) |
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Julie-Ann Russell (born 28 March 1991) is a Republic of Ireland women's international footballer who currently plays for UCD Waves. In 2014, she was voted both FAI Senior Women's International Player of the Year and the Women's National League Senior Player of the Year. Russell has played in three FAI Women's Cup finals for three different teams – the Galway Ladies League, Salthill Devon and UCD Waves. Russell has also played Gaelic football at a senior level for both Galway and Connacht.
Russell grew up in Moycullen, County Galway were she attended Scoil Mhuire Maigh Cuilinn. Her older brother, John is also an association footballer and plays in the League of Ireland.
In 2007, together with Dora Gorman, Russell was a member of the Salthill Devon team that won the Under 16 Girls FAI Cup. In the final at Tolka Park, Russell scored the winner in a 3–2 extra–time win over Stella Maris. The following week, together with several Salthill Devon team mates including Niamh Fahey and Méabh De Búrca, Russell helped the Galway Ladies League win the 2007 FAI Women's Cup, defeating Raheny United 1–0 at Dalymount Park. Russell subsequently played for Galway in the 2008–09 UEFA Women's Cup. In 2010 Russell played in her second FAI Women's Cup final, this time with Salthill Devon who lost 4–2 to Peamount United. As well as playing for Salthill Devon, Russell and several of her team mates, including Dora Gorman, also played Gaelic football for Galway in the Ladies' National Football League. Russell also played for Connacht at interprovincial level.
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