Emma Hansberry

Emma Hansberry (born 26 May 1994) is an Irish footballer who has played for Women's National League (WNL) clubs Castlebar Celtic and Wexford Youths. An attacking midfielder,[2] she has also represented the Republic of Ireland women's national team.

Emma Hansberry
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-05-26) 26 May 1994
Place of birth Ireland
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Merville
Strand Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Castlebar Celtic
2015–2018 Wexford Youths
National team‡
2016– Republic of Ireland 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:17, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:17, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Hansberry is from Strandhill in County Sligo. At youth level she played soccer for Merville and Strandhill Celtic, as well as Gaelic football for Sligo GAA's youth teams and her school Ursuline College Sligo.[3][4]

For the inaugural 2011–12 season of the Women's National League (WNL), Hansberry joined County Mayo club Castlebar Celtic. She scored seven goals and made "a string of highly impressive performances" to be named in the WNL Team of the Season and awarded the Young Player of the Year.[5] In the 2013 FAI Women's Cup Final at the Aviva Stadium, Hansberry played well for the underdogs Castlebar Celtic, but they eventually lost 3–2 to Raheny United after extra time.[6]

She moved to reigning WNL champions Wexford Youths during the 2015 close-season, and participated in her new club's subsequent 2015–16 UEFA Women's Champions League campaign in August 2015.[7] In November 2015 Hansberry helped Wexford Youths win the FAI Women's Cup for the first time. In the final at the Aviva Stadium Ciara Rossiter's injury time equaliser helped them prevail over Shelbourne, 4–2 on penalties after a 2–2 draw.[8]

International career

Youth

In 2010, Hansberry was included in the Republic of Ireland U-17 squad who were quarter-finalists in the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[9][10]

In the absence of injured regular skipper Denise O'Sullivan, Hansberry captained the Republic of Ireland women's national under-19 football team at the 2013 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship first qualifying round. At the FAI International Football Awards she was named 2012 Under-19 Women's International Player of the Year.[11]

While enrolled at Institute of Technology, Sligo, Hansberry represented Ireland at the 2013 and 2015 Summer Universiades.[1][12]

Senior

Hansberry was included in the senior Republic of Ireland women's national football team squad for the first time at the 2014 Cyprus Cup, but did not see any playing time during the tournament.[13] On 5 May 2014, Ireland manager Susan Ronan named Hansberry in an experimental squad for a friendly against the Basque Country.[14] She started Ireland's 2–0 defeat in Azpeitia, which was not classified as a full international fixture.[15]

In May 2015, Hansberry was one of five uncapped players given senior national team call-ups for a friendly in the United States. After the match had been arranged, it was discovered to be outside FIFA's designated dates for international matches, so several of Ireland's first-choice players were not released by their professional clubs.[16]

Hansberry was recalled to the national team squad for the 2016 Cyprus Cup,[17] where she won her first senior cap in a 1–0 defeat by Hungary,[18][19] and appeared as an 72nd-minute substitute in a 2–0 win over Finland.[20]

Honours

Player

Wexford Youths

Individual

  • FAI Women's National League Young Player of the Year: 2011–12
  • FAI Women's Under-19 International Player of the Year: 2012

References
  1. "Ireland Athlete List". 2013 Summer Universiade. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  2. "Player Profile: Emma Hansberry of Castlebar Celtic". Her.ie. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  3. "On the Ball". The Sligo Champion. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  4. "Emma Hansberry". Connacht Ladies Gaelic Football Association. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  5. "Emma scoops Player of the Year". The Sligo Champion. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  6. Carey, Daniel (5 November 2013). "Castlebar Celtic women left heartbroken". The Mayo News. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  7. Maher, Gareth (10 August 2015). "Wexford Youths relish European bow". UEFA. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  8. "Wexford win first ever FAI Women's Cup final on penalties". The Irish Times. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  9. "King announces 21 player squad for FIFA U17 World Cup". Football Association of Ireland. 24 August 2010. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  10. "Republic of Ireland – Squad List". FIFA. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  11. "Sports Scholar Is FAI 'International Player of the Year'". Institute of Technology, Sligo. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  12. "Match Report - Irl - Cze 1:5" (PDF). 2015 Summer Universiade. 4 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  13. "Hansberry heads to Cyprus looking for first cap". Football Association of Ireland. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  14. "Ronan names squad for Basque friendly". Extratime.ie. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  15. "Ireland lXI [sic] beaten by experienced Basque side". Football Association of Ireland. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  16. "WNT Squad named for USA and Haiti games". Football Association of Ireland. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  17. "Ronan names 22 players for Cyprus Cup". Football Association of Ireland. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  18. "Ireland lose out to Hungary in Cyprus Cup". RTÉ Sport. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  19. "First caps are special for Hansberry & O'Riordan". Football Association of Ireland. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  20. "Ireland finish Cyprus Cup with win over Finland". Football Association of Ireland. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
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