Conor Classon is an Irish

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

er who plays for Ard an Rátha, representing them at all levels, and also, formerly, the Donegal county team. He is from Rosbeg in

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Playing career

Classon did not play at minor level but his rookie year came in 2010. Along with clubmates

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and Peter McNelis, he was part of the Donegal under-21 squad which qualified for the

2010 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship The All-Ireland Under 21 Football Championship is an under 21 Gaelic football inter county competition between the 32 counties of Ireland. Four competitions are contested in each province and the winners of each provincial championship enters th ...

final. He had earlier played for the county team throughout the 2010

Ulster Under-21 Football Championship The Ulster GAA Football Under-20 Championship, known simply as the Ulster Under-20 Championship, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest in ...

campaign, a competition which Donegal won. Classon made a substitute appearance in the 2011 National Football League opener against

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, replacing

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. Classon made a substitute appearance in the 2014 National Football League Division 2 Final against

Monaghan Monaghan ( ; ) is the county town of County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It also provides the name of its Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish and Monaghan (barony), Monaghan barony. The population of the town as of the 2022 cen ...

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, replacing

Odhrán Mac Niallais Odhrán Mac Niallais (born 17 August 1992) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for CLG Ghaoth Dobhair, Gaoth Dobhair and, formerly, for the Donegal county football team, Donegal county team. With two Ulster Senior Football Championships to ...

. Known for his Scandinavian physique, he is valued for his strength, pace and his good hands.

Honours

All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship The GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the EirGrid GAA Football Under-20 All-Ireland Championship) is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association ...

runner-up: 2010 *

: 2010

References

External links

* 1980s births Living people Ard an Rátha Gaelic footballers Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Donegal-gaelic-football-bio-stub