Paddy Andrews (born 18 July 1988) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for St Brigid's and previously with the Dublin county team.[1] He has been on the Dublin football panel since January 2008. He is the younger brother of former Dublin footballer Peadar Andrews. He won a Sigerson Cup medal with DCU in 2010.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Pádraig Mac Aindriú | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Full Forward | ||
| Born |
18 July 1988 Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2006– | St Brigid's | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Dublin titles | 1 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| DCU | |||
| College titles | |||
| Sigerson titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2008–2020 | Dublin | 31 (1-36) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Leinster titles | 9 | ||
| All-Irelands | 7 | ||
| NFL | 5 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
On 17 August 2011, Andrews signed for Monaghan United in the League of Ireland First Division.[2]
Andrews won the Dublin Senior Football Championship with St Brigid's in 2011.
Andrews won the all-Ireland senior football championship with Dublin in September 2013 at Croke Park against Mayo.[3]
Following the completion of the five-in-row in 2019, Andrews spent a week in New York with Ciarán Kilkenny and Dean Rock.[4]
In January 2021, Andrews announced his retirement from inter-county football after 12 years.[5][6][7]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 10 February 2018.
| Team | Season | National League | Leinster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Dublin | 2008 | Division 2 | 3 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-01 |
| 2009 | Division 1 | 4 | 0-02 | 2 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-00 | 7 | 0-03 | |
| 2010 | 0 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-00 | ||
| 2011 | 7 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 7 | 0-01 | ||
| 2012 | 3 | 0-01 | 1 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 4 | 0-01 | ||
| 2013 | 9 | 0-21 | 2 | 1-04 | 2 | 0-02 | 13 | 1-27 | ||
| 2014 | 5 | 1-08 | 1 | 0-01 | 2 | 0-02 | 8 | 1-11 | ||
| 2015 | 5 | 0-03 | 3 | 0-01 | 4 | 0-11 | 12 | 0-15 | ||
| 2016 | 7 | 1-10 | 2 | 0-02 | 3 | 0-03 | 12 | 1-15 | ||
| 2017 | 5 | 0-05 | 2 | 0-03 | 3 | 0-05 | 10 | 0-13 | ||
| 2018 | 3 | 0-01 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 3 | 0-01 | ||
| Total | 51 | 2-52 | 15 | 1-13 | 16 | 0-23 | 82 | 3-88 | ||
Honours
edit- Leinster Senior Football Championship (9): 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (7): 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
- National Football League (5): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
References
edit- ^ "Paddy Andrews". Dublin GAA Football Team.
- ^ "Paddy Andrews signs for Roddy's Mons". www.extratime.ie. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ^ O'Rourke, Steve (22 September 2013). "Dublin win 2013 All-Ireland football final". The42. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ McKeon, Conor (25 September 2019). "'There hasn't been that discussion' - Dublin not yet talking about possible retirements". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "'Thank you for the memories' - Seven-time All-Ireland winner Andrews retires from Dublin". The 42. 14 January 202. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ "Dublin star Paddy Andrews announces retirement". Irish Examiner. 14 January 202. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ "Seven-time Dublin All-Ireland winner Paddy Andrews hangs up inter-county boots". Irish Independent. 14 January 202. Retrieved 14 January 2021.