Eleanor Sarah Ryan-Doyle (born 14 May 1998) is an Irish

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who plays as a forward for Durham of the English

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. She previously played for Peamount United of the Women's National League (WNL).

Club career

Ryan-Doyle is from

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and she started playing in the

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of Peamount United when she was eight years old. She was a 13-year-old ball girl when Peamount played a

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against

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. She made her first team debut in 2014–15, and struck 11 goals in her first season. After joining an exodus of players moving from Peamount to UCD Waves in 2015, Ryan-Doyle returned to Peamount in February 2017. Ryan-Doyle enjoyed good form in the 2019 Women's National League, being named WNL Player of the Month for June 2019 and named in the Team of the Season. She scored four goals as "The Peas" secured the 2019 Women's National League title with an 8–1 win over

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. She also played in Peamount's 2018 and 2019 FAI Women's Cup final defeats by Wexford Youths. Ryan-Doyle helped Peamount United secure a League and Cup "

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" in their

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campaign. She also featured in Peamount's November 2020

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(UWCL) fixture with

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club Glasgow City, which was lost on penalties after a 0–0 draw. In August 2021, Peamount travelled to

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in the UWCL where Ryan-Doyle scored a brace in their 5–2 loss to

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. In September 2021 Ryan-Doyle signed a one-year professional contract with

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club

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. She scored her first goals for Birmingham on 15 December 2021, scoring twice in eight minutes to secure a 2–2 draw with

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in the 2021–22 FA Women's League Cup. In July 2022 Ryan-Doyle agreed to extend her contract with

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Birmingham for another year, with the option of a further year. After losing her place in Birmingham's team she joined Coventry United on

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in January 2023 for the rest of the 2022–23 season.

International career

Youth

Ryan-Doyle represented Ireland at schoolgirl level while she attended St. Joseph's College, Lucan. She represented the Republic of Ireland women's national under-17 football team in the

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in Iceland. While enrolled at

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, Ryan-Doyle represented Ireland at the

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, scoring five goals as Ireland reached the semi-final. She had also been part of the Irish squad at the 2017 edition in Taiwan.

Senior

In August 2019 Ryan-Doyle was included in the senior national team squad for a 3–0 friendly defeat by the

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at the Rose Bowl in

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, under

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Tom O'Connor. She retained her squad place for the opening UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifier against

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, a 2–0 win at Tallaght Stadium on 3 September 2019. Thereafter Ryan-Doyle was absent from squads named by incoming coach

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, although she continued to attend training sessions for Irish-based national team players.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryan-Doyle, Eleanor 1998 births Living people Republic of Ireland women's association footballers Women's association football forwards Peamount United F.C. players League of Ireland Women's Premier Division players Association footballers from County Dublin Republic of Ireland expatriate women's association footballers Expatriate women's footballers in England Irish expatriate sportspeople in England Women's Super League players Birmingham City W.F.C. players Coventry United W.F.C. players People from Lucan, Dublin Sportspeople from South Dublin (county) Republic of Ireland women's youth international footballers Women's Super League 2 players 21st-century Irish sportswomen