Amanda Margaret Budden (born 9 May 1994) is an Irish

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who plays as a

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for

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and has appeared for the Republic of Ireland women's national team.

Club career

Budden is from Cork and began her soccer career with Wilton United. On 27 July 2008, she won the FAI Women's Under-14 National Cup, playing (outfield) in the final against

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. On 7 August 2011, she kept goal in the

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final, as Wilton United were defeated 3–1 by St Catherine's. She joined newly-founded Cork Women's, one of the six teams that competed in the Women's National League's (WNL) inaugural 2011–12 season. On 13 November 2011, she made her debut in the new club's first league match; a 6–1 defeat by Peamount United. Budden played in the 2017 FAI Women's Cup final, as Cork beat UCD Waves 1–0 at the

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in November 2017. Her best friend

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scored the winning goal. She transferred to Galway WFC ahead of the

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WNL season, which was delayed and truncated by the

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. For

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she joined Shelbourne. At the end of a successful 2022 Women's National League campaign, in which she helped secure a League and Cup

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for Shelbourne, Budden was among five players to leave the club for newly-reformed rivals

International career

In 2010, Budden was a member of the Republic of Ireland U-17 squad who were runners-up in the

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and quarter-finalists in the

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. Budden has been capped for the senior Republic of Ireland national team, appearing for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle. In August 2018, with regular goalkeeper

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injured, Ireland coach

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gave Budden her debut in a 4–0 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying win over

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. Shortly after making her national team debut, Budden took a year out of football to travel in

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