Catherine Hyndman (born 31 August 1990) is a Northern Irish

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and football

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. A versatile left-sided player, she has appeared for the Northern Ireland women's national team.

Career

Hyndman was born in Belfast and moved with her family to Grange, County Sligo when she was 12 years old. She was selected for the Northern Ireland women's national under-19 football team while playing for

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of the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division in England. She later played as a defender for Women's National League club

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, while she attended Institute of Technology, Sligo. When Castlebar Celtic folded, she continued her football career by travelling to play for Sion Swifts of the Northern Ireland Women's Premiership. This was due to a lack of women's football teams in the

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. Hyndman has been capped for the

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, appearing for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle. She was named in the senior squad for the final

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fixture against

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at The Showgrounds, Newry in July 2008. She started the match as Northern Ireland drew 1–1 and collected their first ever point in the Euro qualifying stage. Hyndman's

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is Dizzy. When

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entered the Women's Under-17 National League in June 2018, Hyndman was announced as part of the coaching team. In 2019 Hyndman took some time away from football to give birth to her son, Mason. She signed for Women's National League club

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in February 2021. Her sister Amy Hyndman was a team-mate at the

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club. In July 2021 she returned to Sion Swifts.

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* * * 1990 births Living people Women's association footballers from Northern Ireland Northern Ireland women's international footballers Women's association football forwards Women's National League (Ireland) players Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland) players Sion Swifts Ladies F.C. players Association footballers from Belfast Castlebar Celtic W.F.C. players {{NorthernIreland-women-footy-bio-stub