Seamus Coleman

**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

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

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.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Sligo Rovers|2006|League of Ireland Premier Division|4|0|0|0|0|0|—|4|0||
|2007|League of Ireland Premier Division|26|0|2|0|0|0|—|28|0||||
|2008|League of Ireland Premier Division|26|1|3|0|1|0|—|30|1||||
|rowspan="16"|Everton|2009–10|Premier League|3|0|1|0|0|0|3|0|7|0|
|2010–11|Premier League|34|4|4|1|2|1|—|40|6||||
|2011–12|Premier League|18|0|4|0|2|0|—|24|0||||
|2012–13|Premier League|26|0|3|1|2|0|—|31|1||||
|2013–14|Premier League|36|6|3|1|2|0|—|41|7||||
|2014–15|Premier League|35|3|2|0|0|0|5|2|42|5|||
|2015–16|Premier League|28|1|3|0|3|0|—|34|1||||
|2016–17|Premier League|26|4|1|0|1|0|—|28|4||||
|2017–18|Premier League|12|0|0|0|—|0|0|12|0||||
|2018–19|Premier League|29|2|1|0|0|0|—|30|2||||
|2019–20|Premier League|27|0|1|0|2|0|—|30|0||||
|2020–21|Premier League|25|0|4|0|2|0|—|31|0||||
|2021–22|Premier League|30|1|4|0|0|0|—|34|1||||
|2022–23|Premier League|23|1|1|0|1|0|—|25|1||||
|2023–24|Premier League|9|0|1|0|0|0|—|10|0||||
|Blackpool (loan)|2009–10|Championship|9|1|—|—|3|0|12|1||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=14|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|||

#### International goals

- _As of match played 24 September 2022_. _Ireland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Coleman goal._

|scope=col|No.|scope=col data-sort-type=date|Date|scope=col|Venue|scope=col|Cap|scope=col|Opponent|scope=col|Score|scope=col|Result|scope=col|Competition|scope=col class=unsortable||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|6 October 2016|Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland|40||1–0|1–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||||||

## Honours

**Blackpool**
- Football League Championship play-offs: 2010

**Republic of Ireland**
- Nations Cup: 2011

**Individual**
- Donegal Sports Star Professional Sport Achievement Award: 2009
- FAI Under-21 International Player of the Year: 2009, 2010
- PFA Team of the Year: 2013–14 Premier League
- Everton Player's Player of the Year: 2013–14
- Everton Supporter's Player of the Year: 2013–14

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Séamus Coleman
- **image**: Seamus Coleman (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Coleman lining up for the Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland in 2013
- **fullname**: Séamus Coleman
- **birth place**: Killybegs, Ireland
- **height**: 1.77 m
- **position**: Defender (association football)#Full-back, Right-back
- **currentclub**: Everton F.C., Everton
- **clubnumber**: 23
- **youthclubs1**: St Catherine's F.C., St Catherine's
- **years1**: 2006–2009
- **clubs1**: Sligo Rovers F.C., Sligo Rovers
- **caps1**: 56
- **goals1**: 1
- **years2**: 2009–
- **clubs2**: Everton F.C., Everton
- **caps2**: 361
- **goals2**: 22
- **years3**: 2010
- **clubs3**: → Blackpool F.C, Blackpool (loan)
- **caps3**: 9
- **goals3**: 1
- **nationalyears1**: 2007–2010
- **nationalteam1**: Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team, Republic of Ireland U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 13
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2011–
- **nationalteam2**: Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland
- **nationalcaps2**: 70
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **club-update**: 22:27, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 22:25, 26 March 2024 (UTC)