Áine O'Gorman

Early career

O'Gorman played club football for Stella Maris, while attending sports scholarships at Sallynoggin College and IT Carlow. She was named in an Irish Colleges team which travelled to Scotland for two friendly matches in April 2009. She was also selected to represent Leinster, helping them to the 2009 interprovincial title. Having switched to Peamount United, O'Gorman struck a hat-trick in the 2010 FAI Women's Cup final, as Peamount beat Salthill Devon 4–2 at Tolka Park. In her first, single-season spell with Peamount United O'Gorman also won the Dublin Women's Soccer League (DWSL) and DWSL Premier Cup, as the club secured a "treble". O'Gorman also played Gaelic football for Bray Emmets and in September 2010 helped the club win the Wicklow Ladies Senior Football Championship, scoring four goals and two points in the final.

Doncaster Rovers Belles

O'Gorman signed for FA WSL club Doncaster Rovers Belles in October 2010, after a successful trial. O'Gorman was given accommodation at the Ramada Jarvis hotel in Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield, with other signings Kylla Sjoman and Maria Karlsson. She made her debut in Doncaster's 1–0 FA Women's Cup win at Chelsea in March 2011. Finding the standard of play in England higher than she had been used to, O'Gorman admitted to some disappointment with her first season total of four goals. Despite this, her hard working style had endeared her to the South Yorkshire club's supporters. At the end of the…

Youth

O'Gorman was capped by the Republic of Ireland at under-17 and under-19 level. At the FAI International Football Awards she was named 2006 Under-19 Women's International Player of the Year. She concluded her under-19 national team career in April 2008, with 14 goals in 30 appearances.

Senior

O'Gorman was called-up to the senior panel for the 2006 Algarve Cup and made her debut in Ireland's final match at the tournament: a 4–0 defeat by Denmark in Lagoa. She became established in the senior team as a 16-year-old and featured in Ireland's subsequent qualifying campaigns. In Ireland's final 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification fixture against Israel at the Carlisle Grounds in Bray, she was shown a red card for two bookable offences. When signing for Doncaster aged 21 in October 2010, O'Gorman had accrued 38 senior caps.

In September 2012, O'Gorman reached a half century of appearances for Ireland, in a 2–0 EURO 2013 qualifying win over Israel at Ramat Gan Stadium. National team coach Susan Ronan experimented by deploying versatile O'Gorman as a right-back during the team's unsuccessful 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification campaign. She continued to play further forward at club level: "I am happy to play right-back if I’m asked by Sue Ronan with the national team but I see myself as a striker". In May 2015, O'Gorman captained Ireland for the first time, in a daunting friendly away to world champions the United States. After the match had been…

Scores and results list Republic of Ireland's goals first. Score column indicates score after each O'Gorman goal. Updated as of 16 May 2023. Source:

O'Gorman attended Loreto Secondary School in Bray. In November 2015, O'Gorman was employed as a personal trainer and was engaging in charity fundraising. In 2021 she married Rachel Neary, and their son James was born in July 2022. O'Gorman has worked for RTÉ as a football pundit on their television and radio coverage. In 2022 she used her position to speak publicly about Human rights issues involving the 2022 FIFA World Cup and LGBT issues at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.