Louise McDaniel (born 24 May 2000) is a Northern Irish

association footballer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

who plays as a

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for

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2021 population of 78,266. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River B ...

in the

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and the Northern Ireland women's national team.

Club career

McDaniel has played for

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in Northern Ireland and for Blackburn Rovers FC in England. Louise currently plays for North Belfast side Cliftonville Ladies and is part of the full-time Northern Ireland Women's squad preparing for the European Championships in England. Together with Cliftonville teammate

Danielle Maxwell Danielle Maxwell (born 9 April 2002) is a Northern Irish association football who plays as a midfielder for Burnley in the FA Women's National League North. She has previously played for Glentoran and Cliftonville in the Northern Irish Women's P ...

, McDaniel signed for

club

in February 2025.

International career

McDaniel made her senior debut for Northern Ireland on 23 February 2021. McDaniel was part of the squad that was called up to the

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References

2000 births Living people Women's association footballers from Northern Ireland 21st-century sportswomen from Northern Ireland Women's association football midfielders Linfield F.C. Women players Blackburn Rovers W.F.C. players Women's Super League 2 players Northern Ireland women's international footballers UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players {{NorthernIreland-women-footy-bio-stub