Paudie Clifford (Irish: Pádraig Ó Clúmháin) is an Irish Gaelic footballer. As of 2023, he is centre back and captain of Fossa, half forward for regional side East Kerry and at senior level for the Kerry county team. He is the brother of fellow Kerry footballer David Clifford.[1]

Paudie Clifford
Personal information
Irish name Pádraig Ó Clúmháin
Sport Gaelic football
Position Half forward
Born September, 1997
Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Occupation Business Development Executive
Club(s)
Years Club
2015 – Present
2018 – Present
Fossa
East Kerry (Divisional)
Club titles
Kerry titles 4
Colleges(s)
Years College
2015 – 2018
2018 – 2019
Cork IT
University College Cork
College titles
Sigerson titles 1
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
2020 – Present
Kerry 10 (0–16)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 3
All-Irelands 1
NFL 2
All Stars 3
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of match played 24 July 2022.

Club

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Clifford plays for the Fossa GAA club in County Kerry and for divisional side East Kerry GAA.

He won the 2016 Kerry Junior Football Championship with Fossa. He is also a two-time winner of the Kerry Senior Football Championship with East Kerry GAA.

Kerry

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Junior

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As a member of the Kerry junior team, Clifford won the 2018 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship and Munster Junior Football Championship.

2020

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Clifford made his senior debut for Kerry in 2020.yup

2021

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Kerry won the 2021 National League and the 2021 Munster Senior Football Championship.

He won his first All Star award at Centre Forward. He was also chosen on The Sunday Game Team of the Year.

2022

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Clifford's Kerry team won every competition they entered in 2022. The 2022 McGrath Cup was followed with the 2022 National Football League and the 2022 Munster Senior Football Championship.

On 24 July, Kerry won the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, giving the county their 38th title and Clifford his first.

He was chosen on The Sunday Game Team of the Year.

Third-level

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During his time in third level college in Cork, Clifford lined out with both Cork Institute of Technology and University College Cork.

With UCC GAA, he was part of the college's 2019 Sigerson Cup winning side.[2]

Career statistics

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As of match played 24 July 2022
Team Year National League Munster All-Ireland Total
Division Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score Apps Score
Kerry 2020 Division 1 1 0-00 1 0-00 - 2 0-00
2021 4 1-05 3 0-06 1 0-02 8 1-13
2022 8 0-10 2 0-04 3 0-04 13 0-18
2023 0 0-00 0 0-00 0 0-00 0 0-00
Total 13 1-15 6 0-10 4 0-06 23 1-31

Honours

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Fossa
East Kerry
Kerry
University College Cork
Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Three All Star awards for Kingdom". Irish Independent. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  2. ^ McKenna, Conor (20 February 2019). "UCC beat 14-man Mary's to take 22nd Sigerson Cup title". RTÉ.ie.