Personal information | |||
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Sport | Gaelic football | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
201?– c. 2015 |
Moville Donegal Boston | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
201?– | Donegal |
Tony McClenaghan is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Moville and the Donegal county team.
McClenaghan has also played for Donegal Boston, winning the North-East Men's Senior Football Championship in 2015.[1]
County senior manager Rory Gallagher called McClenaghan up ahead of the 2016 season as one of twelve new recruits, alongside such players as Eoghan Bán Gallagher and Stephen McMenamin.[2]
He co-captained with Eoghan Bán Gallagher the Donegal team that won the 2017 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship final against Derry.[3]
First featuring for his county at senior level under the management of Declan Bonner, McClenaghan scored a goal against Kerry in Killarney in the 37th minute of the opening fixture of the 2018 National Football League.[4] He also started the next game against Galway.[5] He started the next game away to Dublin.[6] He also started the fourth and fifth games, against Kildare and Tyrone respectively.[7][8] He was a late substitute in the sixth game against Monaghan.[9]
McClenaghan started against Tipperary in the third fixture of the 2019 National Football League in Thurles.[10]
McClenaghan struggled with a back injury and, after surgery, was recalled to the Donegal senior panel ahead of the 2020 Dr McKenna Cup.[11]