Hayley Nolan

Early years

Nolan was raised in County Kildare, Ireland, and is the daughter of Caroline Kelly and John Nolan. Her father was the coach of Johnstown United and, after Nolan began to show potential, he encouraged her to sign for local boys club Kill Celtic at the age of six. She played with the boys' teams until under-12 level before signing for her first women's team, Peamount United. Nolan also grew up playing gaelic football, representing Kill GAA at U12, U14, U16 and minor. Playing football as a schoolgirl, Nolan won honours at provincial and national level representing both Peamount United and her high school, St. Marys College Naas. In September 2013, she was named player of the match as Peamount beat Salthill Devon in the 2013 FAI Umbro Women's U16 Cup final.

Peamount United

In 2013, Nolan was promoted to Peamount United senior women's side in Women's National League. In 2015 she played all 120 minutes in a 3–2 WNL Cup final defeat to Raheny United after extra-time.

Hartford Hawks

Having originally planned at attend University College Dublin, Nolan was recruited by the University of Hartford and accepted a four-year scholarship to play college soccer and study economics and finance. She played four seasons for Hartford Hawks including two as team captain in 2017 and 2018. As a freshman Nolan was named to the America East All-Rookie Team and also received America East All-Championship Team honors, something she went on to replicate in all…

Youth

Nolan has represented the Republic of Ireland at under-15, under-16, under-17, and under-19 level. She was part of the Ireland team that reached the semi-finals at the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship before eventually losing to Netherlands 4–0. Later that year she was nominated for the Under-19 Women's International Player of the Year at the FAI International Football Awards. In April 2016, Nolan scored in victories over Azerbaijan and Poland during the Elite Round of 2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification.

Senior

In October 2019, Nolan received her first call up to the senior team by newly appointed manager Vera Pauw for a UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifier against Ukraine. Nolan was involved as an unused substitute in six matchday squads throughout qualification. She made her debut on 11 April 2021 as a 74th-minute substitute for Megan Connolly in a 1–0 friendly defeat to Belgium.

Club

As of match played 2 May 2026.

International

As of 13 October 2026