Emma Mullin (born 4 March 1985) is an Irish

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er and

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er. In Gaelic football, she won the

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four times with

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. In association football, she has played for the

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Gaelic football career

Mullin was part of the

side that lost the 2001

Final, and won the league in 2002. In 2003, she was one of 11 Mayo players nominated for an All Star player award. In 2009, she scored in the

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National League semi-final, and played in the All-Ireland semi-final. She scored in the 2009 Connacht final, as Mayo beat

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. In total, she won four All Ireland Championships with Mayo. She also has a Gaelic football coaching qualification.

Association football career

In 2006, Mullin represented a

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team which won the 2006

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. She competed in the football event at the

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, and so was unavailable to play for the Mayo Ladies team in the

2007–08 UEFA Women's Cup The UEFA Women's Cup 2007–08 was the seventh edition of the UEFA Women's Cup football club tournament (since rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League). 45 teams from 44 football associations took part this season. The tournament ended ...

. In 2008, Mullin joined Women's National League team Castlebar Celtic. She scored 10 goals in the 2011–12 Women's National League. She scored in the 2013 FAI Women's Cup Final; Castlebar Celtic lost the match 3–2 to Raheny United. A persistent ankle injury forced Mullin's retirement from playing after the 2013–14 season. Mullin has played for the Ireland Colleges international team, and made one appearance for the Republic of Ireland B team. In 2012, Mullin made her first appearance for the

in an

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match against

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. She was the first Castlebar Celtic player to represent the Republic of Ireland team. She also played for Ireland in

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matches. Mullin has worked as an association football coach in

Ballina, County Mayo Ballina ( ; ) is a town in north County Mayo, Ireland. It lies at the mouth of the River Moy near Killala Bay, in the Moy valley and civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Kilmoremoy, with the Ox Mountains to the east and the Nephin Beg Ra ...

. In 2010, she became the Football Facilitator at the

Institute of Technology, Sligo The Institute of Technology, Sligo (ITS; ) was an institute of technology, located in Sligo, Ireland. In April 2022, it was formally dissolved, and its functions became part of Atlantic Technological University (ATU). the institute had three f ...

(IT Sligo). Whilst in the role, IT Sligo won an Irish

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tournament.

Personal life

Mullin is from Frenchbrook,

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, Ireland. She has a degree in business from IT Sligo, and a

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in Exercise and Sports Management at

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References

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