Michael Cussen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Mícheál Cúisín | ||
| Sport | Dual player | ||
| Football Position: | Full-forward | ||
| Hurling Position: | Full-forward | ||
| Born |
11 April 1984 Glanmire, County Cork, Ireland |
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| Height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||
| Occupation | Garda Síochána | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Glanmire / Sarsfield's | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Cork titles | 0 | 3 | |
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 2007–2009 2015–present 2010–2015 |
Cork (football) Cork (hurling) |
12 (2–5) 7 (0–2) |
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| Inter-county titles | |||
| Football | Hurling | ||
| Munster Titles | 1 | 0 | |
| All-Ireland Titles | 0 | 0 | |
| League titles | 0 | 0 | |
| All-Stars | 0 | 0 | |
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 15:02, 20 August 2013. | |||
Michael Cussen (born 11 April 1984) is an Irish hurler who plays as a full-forward for the Cork senior team.
Born in Glanmire, County Cork, Cussen first played competitive hurling and Gaelic football in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of eighteen when he first linked up with the Cork minor football team, before later lining out with the under-21 sides in both codes. He made his senior debut with the footballers in the 2007 championship. Cussen went on to play a key role for Cork, and won one Munster medal as well as being an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions. In 2010 he switched codes and joined the Cork senior hurling team.
At club level Cussen has won three championship medals with Sarsfield's. He plays football with its sister club Glanmire.
After coming to prominence at underage levels, winning a championship medal in the under-21 hurling grade, Cussen later went on to become a key player st senior level.
On 28 September 2008 he lined out in his first senior championship decider with Bride Rovers providing the opposition. Cussen scored 1–2, however, a goal by Robert O'Driscoll with seven minutes of normal time left proved the decisive score as Sarsfield's claimed a 2–14 to 2–13 victory. It was his first championship medal.
After surrendering their championship crown to Newtownshandrum in 2009, Sarsfield's reached a third successive championship decider on 10 October 2010.Glen Rovers, who were playing in their first championship decider in nineteen years, provided the opposition. Cussen, in spite of failing to score himself, set up Kieran Murphy for a key point late in the game. A narrow 1–17 to 0–18 victory gave him a second championship medal.
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