Personal information | |||
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Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Defender | ||
Born | 1980s County Donegal, Ireland | ||
Nickname | Copper[1][2] | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
?– | Glenswilly | ||
Club titles | |||
Donegal titles | 3 | ||
Ulster titles | 0 | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
2011–201? | Donegal |
Gary 'Copper' McFadden (born 1980s) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Glenswilly and also, formerly, for the Donegal county team.
He was a panel member when Donegal won the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
He normally plays as a midfielder or half forward.[3][4][failed verification]
McFadden was educated at St Eunan's College in Letterkenny.[5] Manus McFadden, so crucial in the foundation of Glenswilly's GAA club, is his uncle, as he is also the uncle of Glenswilly player Kealan McFadden.[6]
McFadden captained Glenswilly to their first Donegal Senior Football Championship in 2011, with a 1–8 to 0–9 victory over St Michael's.[7] He was also captain when the team reached the 2007 County Final and lost.[1] McFadden won his second Donegal Senior Football Championship with Glenswilly in 2013 (he was not captain then).[8] His team progressed to the final of the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship, which they lost to Ballinderry.[9][10]
He won a third Donegal SFC in 2016.
McFadden was first called up the Donegal senior team in December 2007, he made his debut in a home victory against the 2007 All Ireland champions Kerry in a league match played in Ballybofey in early 2008.
He was called into the panel again ahead of the 2012 Dr McKenna Cup.[11] He was a member of the Donegal panel that won the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final against Mayo.[12][13][14] He made a substitute appearance in the 2013 National Football League game against Kerry, an easy win in Ballybofey.[15]
Three days after the 2014 National Football League Division 2 Final against Monaghan at Croke Park, it was confirmed that McFadden was one of four players to have left the Donegal county panel, less than a month before the county's Ulster Championship game against Derry.[16] In December 2014, it was reported that McFadden had returned to the Donegal set-up after opting out in 2013.[2]
He was still playing for Donegal as of 2015.[17][18]
Glenswilly – 2011 Donegal Senior Football Champions (1st title) | |
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Donegal – 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (2nd title) | |
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Glenswilly – 2013 Donegal Senior Football Champions (2nd title) | |
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Glenswilly – 2016 Donegal Senior Football Champions (3rd title) | |
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