Stephen McBrearty is an Irish

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er who plays for Cill Chartha and also, formerly, the Donegal county team. He is the younger brother of

Patrick McBrearty Patrick McBrearty (born 5 August 1993) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for CLG Chill Chartha, Cill Chartha and the Donegal county football team, Donegal county team, which he has captained since 2023. He is usually selected in the full ...

Playing career

Club

With his club Cill Chartha, McBrearty won a Donegal Minor Football Championship title in 2012. However, he was not fully fit for the final due to a knee ligament injury sustained the semi-final. He won the

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. It was the first time his club had won the title in 24 years.

Inter-county

First featuring for his county at senior level under the management of

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, McBrearty was first called up ahead of the 2016 season as one of twelve new recruits, alongside such players as Eoghan Bán Gallagher and Stephen McMenamin. McBrearty made a number of appearances during Donegal's Division One campaign in the 2016 National Football League: first he was a second-half substitute in the league opener against Down, then a second-half substitute in the fifth round of fixtures against

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, and then a second-half substitute in the seventh round of fixtures against

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. He also made a substitute appearance in the league semi-final defeat to

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. McBrearty made a substitute appearance for Donegal against Kerry in the opening round of the

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. He made other substitute appearances against Dublin and Tyrone in the third and fifth round of fixtures respectively. Under the management of

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, McBrearty scored a point as a second-half substitute against Kerry in

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in the opening fixture of the 2018 National Football League. He started the next game against

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and scored two points. He started the next game away to Dublin and scored a point. He appeared as a substitute in the fourth game against

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. He made a second-half substitute appearance against Tyrone in the next game and scored a point. He started the sixth game against Monaghan. He made a substitute appearance in the seventh game against Mayo. McBrearty did not play in the

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final, in which Donegal defeated Fermanagh. He made a late substitute appearance in the preliminary round against Cavan, but featured in neither the quarter-final against Derry nor the semi-final against Down. Alongside club mates

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and Ciaran McGinley, McBrearty opted out of the Donegal panel for the

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. He had his

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removed in mid-2019.

Honours

;Donegal *

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;Cill Chartha *

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* Donegal Minor Football Championship: 2012

References

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