Eoin Waide is an Irish

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er who plays for Naomh Conaill and also, formerly, for the Donegal county team. He also played

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football.

Playing career

Waide was involved with the Donegal senior team during the 2000s and 2010s under three different managers:

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and

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. Waide

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ed Donegal in the final and scored three points as the team won their first Ulster minor title in 10 years at

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in 2006. In 2009, he made substitute appearances for the Donegal senior team in the second halves of their championship victory over

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and their defeat to

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. He was injured in 2012. In 2005, Waide played for his club in the final of the

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. His club won, after a replay. He also played for his club in the final of the

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. His club won. He then played for his club in the final of the 2015 Donegal Senior Football Championship. His club won. He then played for his club in the final of the 2019 Donegal Senior Football Championship (the first two games of three). After the first two games finished level, his club won the third game and, with that, the title.GAME 1: GAME 2: GAME 3: He also played for his club in the final of the

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. His club won, following extra-time and a penalty shoot-out. Then he played for his club in the final of the 2022 Donegal Senior Football Championship. His club won. He also played for his club in the final of the 2023 Donegal Senior Football Championship, appearing as a substitute in this one. His club won. This was his nineteenth season with his club, and though he was not often starting games, because of injury, he would often appear later on. Ahead of the 2023 final, Waide (alongside Marty Boyle, Stephen McGrath, Anthony Thompson and Leo McLoone) was recognised for making a 100th club championship appearance. He played for Donegal Boston in 2008.

Honours

;Naomh Conaill *

: 2005,

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* 2x Donegal Minor Football Championship * 3x Donegal Under-21 Football Championship * 2x Donegal Senior League * 3x Donegal Gaeltachts * 2x All-Ireland Gaeltachts ;Donegal *

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* National Football League Division 2:

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

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: 2006 ( c.) * Ulster Minor Football League

References

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