Tyler Toland (born 8 August 2001) is an Irish professional

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for English

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. She previously played for

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(SWPL) clubs Glasgow City and

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, English

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, and Sion Swifts of the

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. Toland made her debut for the Republic of Ireland women's national team in 2017, but wasn't selected since November 2019 after falling into dispute with the

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. In September 2023, she came back to the team.

Club career

Early years

Tyler Toland was born on 8 August 2001 and was raised in St Johnston, a village in the Laggan district in the east of

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, the northern

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in Ireland. She is the daughter of former

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player Maurice Toland. She started playing football for Maiden City F.C. while attending Deele College in

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. In 2016, she was voted as Irish under-16 player of the year. She participated in the

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for Kildrum Tigers in 2017. Despite being the only girl in the tournament, she was on the winning team that defeated

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in the final. Owing to her home club of Maiden City playing in future tournaments that did not allow for girls to participate, Toland signed to play for Northern Irish club Sion Swifts. In her first season, Toland won the

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playing in the final for Sion Swifts against Newry City Ladies at

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, Belfast.

Manchester City, 2019–2021

On 9 August 2019, Toland signed with English

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team

. She made four appearances for Man City in the 2019–20 season, before being disrupted by an ankle ligament injury in August 2020. In October 2020 Toland accepted an offer to move on

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to Scottish champions Glasgow City.

Celtic, 2021–2022

Toland signed for

in July 2021, following her release from Manchester City. In the 2021–22 season, Celtic won both the

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and

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, but Toland was not a regular first team pick and left the club after the expiry of her one-year contract.

Levante, 2022–2023

Days after her departure from Celtic, Spanish Primera División club Levante announced the signing of Toland to a two-year contract. After a year in which she didn't played a lot of games, Toland left Levante in a mutual agreement.

Blackburn Rovers 2023–2025

In 2023, she would join

. She departed in 2025 the club after two seasons she made 40 league appearances and scored 5 goals.

Durham

In summer of 2025 she signed for

International career

Youth

In 2014, Toland was selected to play for

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Schools. In 2016, she played for the Republic of Ireland U-15s, U-16s and U-17s.

Senior

In 2017, Toland was called up to the Republic of Ireland's senior team for the 2019 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. She made her senior international debut for the Republic of Ireland in September 2017 coming on as a substitute against

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. In doing so Toland reportedly became the Republic of Ireland's youngest senior player on record, surpassing goalkeeper

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suggests at least two other players, Denise Lyons and Grainne Cross, played for Ireland while younger than Toland. Toland made her first senior start for the Republic of Ireland a month later in October against the

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. Incoming national team coach

selected Toland in her first two squads, for UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifiers against

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and

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. She remained an unused substitute in both matches and was then dropped from the national team squad after falling into dispute with Pauw. The dispute escalated in May 2021 when Pauw publicly accused Toland's father of "harassment and intimidation", which he said was laughable. Pauw said that Toland's 18-month exile from the national team could end if Toland telephoned to apologise for the perceived misconduct, instead of sending

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, suggesting "maybe a bit of guts would help her". In September 2021 the dispute remained unresolved, though Pauw said that Toland's recent lack of first team football at Celtic meant that she would not be considered for the national team in any case. After Pauw was removed from her position in 2023, Toland was brought back into the squad.

International goals

Honours

Sion Swifts *

: 2017 Celtic * SWPL League Cup: 2022 *

: 2022

Notes

References

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