Seamus Coleman

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Séamus Coleman
Coleman lining up for the Republic of Ireland in 2013
Personal information
Full name Séamus Coleman[1]
Date of birth (1988-10-11) 11 October 1988 (age 35)[2]
Place of birth Killybegs, Ireland
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[3]
Position(s) Right-back
Club information
Current team
 Everton
Number 23
Youth career
St Catherine's
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Sligo Rovers 56 (1)
2009– Everton 361 (22)
2010 → Blackpool (loan) 9 (1)
National team‡
2007–2010 Republic of Ireland U21 13 (1)
2011– Republic of Ireland 70 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:27, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:25, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

Seamus Coleman (born 11 October 1988 in Donegal, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Everton.

Biography[change | change source]

Seamus Coleman grew up in Killybegs, Donegal and played for Killybegs local team St Catherine's. Coleman is a right-back and can also play right midfield and has represented the Republic of Ireland both at Under-21 and Under-23 level, making his international debut for the Under-21s in a friendly against Sweden in 2008. He began as a central midfielder before switching to full-back. Coleman signed for Sligo Rovers in 2006 having begun his career at hometown side Killybegs. The Donegal-born full-back signed for the Blues at the end of the January transfer window in 2009 for 40,000 pounds, having had reported interest from Celtic, Birmingham City, and Ipswich Town. Coleman linked up with Andy Holden and Alan Stubbs in the Blues' reserve team squad.

International career[change | change source]

Seamus has represented Ireland at under 21 level and under 23 level. He won his first full Ireland cap against Wales on the 8th February 2011.He also was picked for the Macedonia game on the 26th of March, But pulled out with an ankle injury.

Career statistics[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

As of match played 15 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sligo Rovers 2006[4] League of Ireland Premier Division 4 0 0 0 0 0 — 4 0
2007[4] League of Ireland Premier Division 26 0 2 0 0 0 — 28 0
2008[4] League of Ireland Premier Division 26 1 3 0 1 0 — 30 1
Total 56 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 62 1
Everton 2009–10[5] Premier League 3 0 1 0 0 0 3[c] 0 7 0
2010–11[6] Premier League 34 4 4 1 2 1 — 40 6
2011–12[7] Premier League 18 0 4 0 2 0 — 24 0
2012–13[8] Premier League 26 0 3 1 2 0 — 31 1
2013–14[9] Premier League 36 6 3 1 2 0 — 41 7
2014–15[10] Premier League 35 3 2 0 0 0 5[c] 2 42 5
2015–16[11] Premier League 28 1 3 0 3 0 — 34 1
2016–17[12] Premier League 26 4 1 0 1 0 — 28 4
2017–18[13] Premier League 12 0 0 0 — 0 0 12 0
2018–19[14] Premier League 29 2 1 0 0 0 — 30 2
2019–20[15] Premier League 27 0 1 0 2 0 — 30 0
2020–21[16] Premier League 25 0 4 0 2 0 — 31 0
2021–22[17] Premier League 30 1 4 0 0 0 — 34 1
2022–23[18] Premier League 23 1 1 0 1 0 — 25 1
2023–24[19] Premier League 9 0 1 0 0 0 — 10 0
Total 361 22 33 3 17 1 8 2 419 28
Blackpool (loan) 2009–10[5] Championship 9 1 — — 3[d] 0 12 1
Career total 426 24 38 3 18 1 11 2 493 30
  1. ↑ Includes FAI Cup and FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes League of Ireland Cup and EFL Cup
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearances in Championship play-offs

International[change | change source]

As of match played 26 March 2024[20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Republic of Ireland 2011 4 0
2012 5 0
2013 11 0
2014 5 0
2015 7 0
2016 10 1
2017 1 0
2018 6 0
2019 7 0
2020 0 0
2021 7 0
2022 4 0
2023 1 0
2024 2 0
Total 70 1

International goals[change | change source]

As of match played 24 September 2022. Ireland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Coleman goal.
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 6 October 2016 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland 40  Georgia 1–0 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [21]

Honours[change | change source]

Blackpool

Republic of Ireland

Individual

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  2. ↑ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  3. ↑ "Séamus Coleman Profile". Premier League. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Séamus Coleman – Soccer player profile & career statistics – Global Sports Archive".
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Games played by Seamus Coleman in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Games played by Seamus Coleman in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Games played by Seamus Coleman in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Games played by Seamus Coleman in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Seamus Coleman in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Seamus Coleman in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Seamus Coleman in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Seamus Coleman in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Seamus Coleman in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Seamus Coleman in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Seamus Coleman in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Seamus Coleman in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Seamus Coleman in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Seamus Coleman in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Seamus Coleman in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  20. ↑ "Séamus Coleman". eu-football.info. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  21. ↑ "Match-winner Coleman admits Ireland were poor". RTÉ Sport. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  22. ↑ Lindsay, Clive (29 May 2011). "Republic of Ireland 1–0 Scotland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  23. ↑ "Donegal Sports Star Awards nominations announced". Donegal Democrat. Johnston Press. 8 January 2009. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
  24. ↑ "21st 3/FAI International Football Award winners announced". Football Association of Ireland. 7 February 2011. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  25. ↑ "Luis Suarez: Liverpool striker wins PFA Player of the Year award". BBC Sport. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 "Coleman Is Player of the Season". Everton F.C. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
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