Paudie Clifford Explained

Code:Football
Sport:Gaelic football
Paudie Clifford
Irish:Pádraig Ó Clúmháin
Occupation:Business Development Executive
Feet:5
Inches:8
County:Kerry
Province:Munster
Strong Foot:Both
Club:Fossa
East Kerry (Divisional)
Clyears:2015 – Present
2018 – Present
Clcounty:4
Colleges:Cork IT
University College Cork
Colyears:2015 – 2018
2018 – 2019
Sig:1
Counties:Kerry
Icposition:Half forward
Icyears:2020 – Present
Icapps(Points):10 (0–16)
Icprovince:3
Icallireland:1
Nfl:2
Allstars:3
Icupdate:match played 24 July 2022
Birth Date:September, 1997
Birth Place:Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland

Paudie Clifford (Irish: Pádraig Ó Clúmháin) is an Irish Gaelic footballer. As of 2023, he is centre back and captain of Fossa, half forward for regional side East Kerry and at senior level for the Kerry county team. He is the brother of fellow Kerry footballer David Clifford.[1]

Club

Clifford plays for the Fossa GAA club in County Kerry and for divisional side East Kerry GAA.

He won the 2016 Kerry Junior Football Championship with Fossa. He is also a two-time winner of the Kerry Senior Football Championship with East Kerry GAA.

Kerry

Junior

As a member of the Kerry junior team, Clifford won the 2018 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship and Munster Junior Football Championship.

2020

Clifford made his senior debut for Kerry in 2020.yup

2021

Kerry won the 2021 National League and the 2021 Munster Senior Football Championship.

He won his first All Star award at Centre Forward. He was also chosen on The Sunday Game Team of the Year.

2022

Clifford's Kerry team won every competition they entered in 2022. The 2022 McGrath Cup was followed with the 2022 National Football League and the 2022 Munster Senior Football Championship.

On 24 July, Kerry won the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, giving the county their 38th title and Clifford his first.

He was chosen on The Sunday Game Team of the Year.

Third-level

During his time in third level college in Cork, Clifford lined out with both Cork Institute of Technology and University College Cork.

With UCC GAA, he was part of the college's 2019 Sigerson Cup winning side.[2]

Career statistics

As of match played 24 July 2022

TeamYearNational LeagueMunsterAll-IrelandTotal
DivisionAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScoreAppsScore
Kerry2020Division 110-0010-00-20-00
202141-0530-0610-0281-13
202280-1020-0430-04130-18
202300-0000-0000-0000-00
Total131-1560-1040-06231-31

Honours

Fossa
East Kerry
Kerry
University College Cork
Individual

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Three All Star awards for Kingdom. 10 December 2021. Irish Independent. 5 January 2022.
  2. Web site: UCC beat 14-man Mary's to take 22nd Sigerson Cup title . 20 February 2019 . McKenna . Conor . .