Clare Shine (born 18 May 1995) is an Irish former international

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who most recently played for SWPL club Glasgow City. She previously played for Women's National League (WNL) club

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. She made her debut for the

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in November 2015. Shine attended Regina Mundi College in Douglas, Cork and played in an

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Final for Cork.

Club career

After beginning her career with Douglas Hall AFC, Shine joined Cork City Women's when the Women's National League (WNL) was formed in 2011. In 2013, she transferred to Raheny United and collected a league and FAI Women's Cup double with "The Pandas". She also represented the club in the

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. Shine's career was interrupted by a broken leg and a period out of the game when she tried to come back too quickly from the injury. In May 2015 she moved to Scotland to join Glasgow City after a successful two-week trial. In November 2015 Shine scored a

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in City's 3–0

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final win over Hibernian. In March 2017, Shine brought her spell with Glasgow City to an end and returned home to Cork City,During Shine's absence the previously-independent women's club in Cork had merged into men's

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club Cork City FC. partly because she wanted to start playing

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again. She scored the only goal of the 2017 FAI Women's Cup final, as Cork beat

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1–0 at the

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in November 2017. In 2019, Shine re-joined Glasgow City and scored on her second debut in a 5–1 win over

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. She left the club on 24 September 2022, announcing her retirement from football.

International career

Shine was 15 when she was part of the under-17 squad who lost the final of the 2010 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in Switzerland. She then participated in Ireland's

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campaign. At the

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, Shine scored the only goal against

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won their group, before crashing 4–0 to the Netherlands in the semi-final. She had recovered from a broken leg sustained 10 weeks earlier. National

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Susan Ronan gave Shine a senior debut in a 3–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying defeat by

on 26 November 2015 at

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, Dublin.

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Clare Shine
at Football Association of Ireland (FAI) {{DEFAULTSORT:Shine, Clare 1995 births Living people Republic of Ireland women's association footballers Republic of Ireland women's international footballers Glasgow City F.C. players Association footballers from Cork (city) Republic of Ireland expatriate women's association footballers Raheny United F.C. players Women's National League (Ireland) players Expatriate women's footballers in Scotland Irish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Cork City W.F.C. players Scottish Women's Premier League players Women's association football forwards Cork camogie players Republic of Ireland women's youth international footballers