Jason McGee (born 1997/8) is an Irish

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er who plays for Cloich Cheann Fhaola and the Donegal county team. He is a former

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trialist.

Playing career

Minor

McGee has an

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medal. He was part of the team that reached the 2016 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship semi-final. McGee was joint-

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of the Donegal minor team with Niall O'Donnell.

Senior

McGee made his senior debut for Donegal against Kerry in the opening fixture of the 2017 National Football League. He also started against

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in the second round of fixtures. He scored 1–1 against

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in the third round of fixtures, including the opening point of the game and a goal late in the first half; after he had the first shot at

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, Jamie Brennan took the rebound and McGee eventually scored with the third strike. He started the next game against

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. He then did not feature until the last game against Mayo, which he also started, missing the games against Tyrone and

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before this. McGee made his championship debut from the start against Antrim in the 2017 Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final. He then started the semi-final loss to Tyrone. He started the

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qualifier defeat of

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and scored 0–2. He then started the qualifier loss to Galway at

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. Under the management of Declan Bonner, McGee made a substitute appearance in the opening fixture of the 2018 National Football League against Kerry in

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. He did not feature on the pitch when Donegal won the

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, as, alongside Niall O'Donnell, he had decided to drop down to play with the under-20 team instead. McGee scored three points against

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in the opening fixture of the 2019 National Football League in

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. He made a substitute appearance in the next fixture against Meath, He started the third fixture against Tipperary. He started and scored two points in the fourth fixture against

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. He started the fifth fixture against

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. He started the seventh fixture against

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, scoring two points. Donegal qualified for the National Football League Division 2 final and McGee started the game and scored two points as Donegal defeated Meath to win the title. McGee started each game of the

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, as Donegal defeated Fermanagh in the quarter-final, Tyrone in the semi-final and Cavan in the final (McGee scored a point in the quarter-final and two points in the final). McGee had hip surgery in

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, on 28 November 2019, causing him to miss the opening part of the 2020 season including, it was expected, all games until the 2020 Ulster Senior Football Championship, scheduled for May. Then the

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brought play to a halt in March during the 2020 National Football League. Play resumed

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on 18 October with a home game against Tyrone; McGee made a substitute appearance in that game. Then he started the last league game away to Kerry, scoring two points. McGee made a late substitute appearance in the 2020 Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final victory against Tyrone. He also made substitute appearances in the semi-final victory against Armagh and in the final against Cavan, in what proved to be the season's concluding game for his team. McGee appeared as an early

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for Hugh McFadden in Donegal's opening fixture of the 2021 National Football League against Tyrone. He also made substitute appearances in the remaining three fixtures, against Monaghan, Armagh and Dublin respectively. He did not play in the 2021 Ulster Senior Football Championship. McGee made a substitute appearance for Ciarán Thompson after ten minutes in Donegal's opening fixture of the 2022 National Football League against Mayo at

. He then started the next three fixture against Kildare, Kerry and Tyrone, scoring a point each against Kildare and Tyrone. He also started the next game, against Monaghan, and scored a point from a mark. He started against Dublin but did not score, then started against Armagh and scored an early goal in the last league game of the season. In the 2022 Ulster Senior Football Championship, McGee started each of Donegal's three fixtures, scoring a point in the quarter-final against Armagh then not scoring in the semi-final against Cavan. He scored two points in the final against Derry but his team lost that game after

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. He also started the

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qualifier loss to Armagh, scoring a point. Apart from his hip, McGee has also been troubled by hamstring and back injuries during his senior career.

Honours

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* National Football League Division 2:

References

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