Jetta Berrill (born 31 January 1994) is an Irish

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who plays as a

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for Peamount United. She has been a member of the Republic of Ireland women's national team.

Club career

In June 2010, 16-year-old Berrill debuted for Albion Rovers, a club from her native Monasterboice in

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. Despite Berrill scoring twice, Rovers lost the match 4–2 to Templeogue. Berrill made her first Women's National League (WNL) appearances for Peamount United in

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, before she joined UCD Waves in 2014. In 2017 Berrill left UCD Waves and moved to

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to train as a

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. She briefly returned to the WNL when she played for DLR Waves during her 2019

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. After completing her Hungarian vet studies in June 2021, Berrill re-joined DLR Waves. She quickly recovered her best form, scoring four goals in four games. In January 2022 she transferred back to Peamount United.

International career

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Susan Ronan gave Berrill a call up to the senior squad for the first time in April 2016, for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying fixtures against

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and

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. In August 2016 Ronan named Berrill in a young and predominantly home-based senior squad for a training camp in Wales. She played in two challenge matches against the Welsh hosts, winning praise from Ronan: "In particular, Jetta Berrill played excellently over the two games". With Ireland already eliminated she won a first competitive

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against

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in the final qualifying match at

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on 20 September 2016. Despite Berrill's promising performance as an attacking

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, she conceded the

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which led to Ireland's 1–0 defeat. She played the first half of a 2–1 home friendly win over the Basque Country on 25 November 2016, being

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for Savannah McCarthy at half-time. At the 2017 Cyprus Cup Berrill made another brief appearance, as a 90th-minute substitute for

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in the 2–0 third-place play-off defeat by

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. Berrill also represented Ireland at the

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and

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Summer Universiades.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Berrill, Jetta 1994 births Living people Republic of Ireland women's association footballers Women's association football midfielders Republic of Ireland women's international footballers Irish expatriates in Hungary League of Ireland Women's Premier Division players Peamount United F.C. players DLR Waves players Association footballers from County Louth Alumni of University College Dublin Republic of Ireland women's youth international footballers 21st-century Irish sportswomen