Chloe McCarron

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Chloe McCarron

| fullname = Chloe McCarron

| image =

| caption =

| height = 1.70 m

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1997|12|22}}

| birth_place = Coleraine, Northern Ireland

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Glentoran

| clubnumber = 97

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–2017

| clubs1 = Mid-Ulster

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 2017–2020

| clubs2 = Linfield

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 2020–2021

| clubs3 = Birmingham City

| caps3 = 10

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2021–

| clubs4 = Glentoran

| caps4 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2013–14

| nationalteam1 = Northern Ireland U17

| nationalcaps1 = 11

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 2014–16

| nationalteam2 = Northern Ireland U19

| nationalcaps2 = 11

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2017–

| nationalteam3 = Northern Ireland

| nationalcaps3 = 23

| nationalgoals3 = 1

| club-update = 23 April 2021

| nationalteam-update = 22:55, 13 July 2022 (UTC)

}}

Chloe McCarron (born 22 December 1997) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Northern Ireland. She previously played for Mid-Ulster, Linfield Ladies and Birmingham City,{{Cite web|title=Northern Ireland – C. McCarron – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/chloe-mccarron/265665/|access-date=2021-01-27|website=int.soccerway.com}} before signing for Glentoran in July 2021{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57844506|title=NI midfielder McCarron joins Glentoran|work=BBC Sport}}

McCarron currently has 12 caps for Northern Ireland, scoring 1 goal.

Club career

In August 2020, McCarron signed a two-year contract with English FA WSL side Birmingham City.{{cite web |title=Blues bag McCarron |url=https://bcfc.com/news/articles/2020/Blues-bag-McCarron |website=Birmingham City Football Club |access-date=23 April 2021 |archive-date=23 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423184021/https://bcfc.com/news/articles/2020/blues-bag-mccarron/ |url-status=dead }} She made 12 appearances in all competitions before mutually terminating her contract in April 2021 in order to return to Northern Ireland for personal reasons.{{cite web |title=Chloe McCarron departs |url=https://www.bcfc.com/news/articles/2021/chloe-mccarron-departs/ |website=Birmingham City Football Club |access-date=23 April 2021 |archive-date=23 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423111903/https://www.bcfc.com/news/articles/2021/chloe-mccarron-departs/ |url-status=dead }}

International career

McCarron has been capped for the Northern Ireland national team, appearing for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/team_performance/nordirland-frauen-team/frauen-wm-quali-europa-2017-2018/ |title=Women World Cup Qualifiers Europe 2017/2018 » Teams (Northern Ireland) |website=WorldFootball.net |access-date=29 August 2019}}

McCarron was part of the squad that was called up to the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.{{cite web |title=Northern Ireland UEFA Women’s Euro squad announced |url=https://www.irishfa.com/news/2022/june/northern-ireland-uefa-women-s-euro-squad-announced |website=Irish FA |date=27 June 2022}}

Career statistics

= Club =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" \|Club ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! colspan="3" \|League ! colspan="2" \|FA Cup ! colspan="2" \|League Cup ! colspan="2" \|Total
Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
Birmingham City \|2020–21 \|FA WSL \|10	0	0	0	2	0	12	0
colspan="3" \|Career total !10	0	0	0	2	0	12	0

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |FA Cup

! colspan="2" |League Cup

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

Birmingham City

|2020–21

|FA WSL

|10

colspan="3" |Career total

!10

= International =

: As of 3 February 2021

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+Appearances and goals by national team and year !National team !Year !Apps !Goals
rowspan="4" \|Northern Ireland \|2017 \|1 \|0
2018 \|0 \|0
2019 \|4 \|0
2020 \|6 \|1
colspan="2" \|Total !11 !1

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+Appearances and goals by national team and year

!National team

!Year

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="4" |Northern Ireland

|2017

2018

2019

2020

colspan="2" |Total

!11

: As of goal scored on 1 December 2020

: Scores and results list Northern Ireland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each McCarron goal.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+List of international goals scored by Chloe McCarron

!No.

!Date

!Venue

!Opponent

!Score

!Result

!Competition

!Ref.

|1 December 2020

|Seaview, Belfast, Northern Ireland

|{{Fb|Faroe Islands}}

|3–1

|5–1

|UEFA Euro 2022 qualifying

|{{Cite news|title=Northern Ireland book play-offs berth|language=en-GB|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55134679|access-date=2021-02-04}}

References

External links

{{UEFA player|250054527}}
{{WorldFootball.net|chloe-mccarron}}
{{Soccerway|chloe-mccarron/265665}}

Category:1997 births

Category:Living people

Category:Women's association footballers from Northern Ireland

Category:21st-century sportswomen from Northern Ireland

Category:Northern Ireland women's international footballers

Category:Women's association football midfielders

Category:Women's Super League players

Category:Birmingham City W.F.C. players

Category:Linfield F.C. Women players

Category:Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland) players

Category:UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players