Personal information | |||
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Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Position | Wing-back | ||
Born | 2002 or 2003 (age 21–22)[1] | ||
Occupation | Student | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
?– | Naomh Padraig Uisce Chaoin | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
2022– | Donegal |
Caolan McColgan (born 2002) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Naomh Padraig Uisce Chaoin (Muff) and the Donegal county team. He plays at wing-back,[2] but can also operate at corner-back.[3]
McColgan was part of a Donegal under-20 team that won the 2022 Leo Murphy Cup.[4]
He made his senior inter-county debut against Antrim in the 2022 Dr McKenna Cup.[5]
McColgan made his league debut for Donegal against Kerry in the opening fixture of the 2023 National Football League; Donegal defeated Kerry, with McColgan scoring 0–3 on his debut and being named man of the match.[6] He was later included on the GAA.ie Football Team of the Week.[7] Then he was nominated for Footballer of the Week.[8][9] He won.[10][11][12][13] McColgan started the second league fixture against Tyrone.[14] He also started the third fixture against Monaghan, the fourth fixture against Galway and the fifth fixture against Armagh.[15][16][17] Against Mayo, McColgan also started, playing in the number 4 jersey.[18] However, he did not feature in the concluding fixture, against Roscommon.[19]
McColgan started the 2023 Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final against Down.[20] In Donegal's three games in Group 4 of the 2023 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, McColgan made a substitute appearance against Clare and started the second and third games, against Derry and Monaghan.[21][22][23] In the 2023 All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-final loss to Tyrone, McColgan started and scored 0–1.[24]
In October 2023, it was confirmed that McColgan had had surgery in London to correct an injury to his hamstring.[25]
As of January 2023, McColgan was a student at Belfast's Ulster University, where he was doing a business studies course.[1]