Chloe Mustaki

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Chloe Mustaki

| fullname = Chloe Naomi Mustaki{{cite web |title=Match Report Mex-IRL 0:0 |url=https://data.2017.gov.taipei/atos/prod/resTP2017/pdf/TP2017/FB/TP2017_FB_C73_FBW400B03.pdf |publisher=2017 Summer Universiade |archivedate=4 August 2019 |date=18 August 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804193150/https://data.2017.gov.taipei/atos/prod/resTP2017/pdf/TP2017/FB/TP2017_FB_C73_FBW400B03.pdf|accessdate=17 September 2020}}

| image = Chloe_Mustaki.jpg

| caption = Mustaki with Bristol City in 2022.

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1995|7|29}}

| birth_place = Lima, Ohio, U.S.{{cite web |title=Chloe Mustaki |url=http://www.statsfootofeminin.fr/joueur.php?joueur=10149&id=429 |access-date=24 April 2021 |language=French}}

| height = 5ft 5in

| position = Defender, midfielder

| currentclub = Bristol City

| clubnumber = 12

| youthyears1 = 2002–2008

| youthclubs1 = Park Celtic

| youthyears2 = 2008–2011

| youthclubs2 = St. Joseph's

| years1 = 2011–2014

| clubs1 = Peamount United

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 2014–2016

| clubs2 = UCD Waves

| caps2 =

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| years3 = 2016–2017

| clubs3 = Girondins de Bordeaux

| caps3 = 15

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2017–2018

| clubs4 = UCD Waves

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| years5 = 2019

| clubs5 = Shelbourne

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| years6 = 2019–2020

| clubs6 = Charlton Athletic

| caps6 = 6

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2021–2022

| clubs7 = Shelbourne

| caps7 = 22

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2022–

| clubs8 = Bristol City

| caps8 = 18

| goals8 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2012–2014

| nationalteam1 = Republic of Ireland U19

| nationalcaps1 = 28

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 2022–

| nationalteam2 = Republic of Ireland

| nationalcaps2 = 8

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| pcupdate = 12 December 2023

| ntupdate = 12 December 2023

}}

Chloe Naomi Mustaki (born 29 July 1995) is an Irish footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Bristol City of the English Women's Championship. Born in the United States, and raised in France and Ireland, she is a member of the Republic of Ireland women's national team and also holds French citizenship. At club level she has previously played for Shelbourne, UCD Waves and Peamount United in her home country, as well as for Girondins de Bordeaux in France and Charlton Athletic in England.

Mustaki was the captain of the successful Republic of Ireland women's national under-19 football team which qualified for the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship finals for the first time in 2014, reaching the semi-finals. She was called up for the senior Republic of Ireland women's national team for the first time in October 2019, winning her first cap in February 2022.

Early life

Mustaki was born in Ohio to an Irish mother and a French father of Greek heritage, who had met at Boston University. They left the United States when Mustaki was one year old. The family then lived in Paris for two years, before Mustaki and her mother moved to Cabinteely upon the separation of Mustaki's parents. Mustaki played street football with her brother and his friends and progressed into organised youth soccer with Park Celtic boys and St. Joseph's.{{cite news |last1=Fitzmaurice |first1=Courtney |title=Chloe Mustaki 'Hopefully I Can Get That Cap That I've Been Working Towards Since 13' |url=https://hersport.ie/chloe-mustaki-hopefully-i-can-get-that-cap-that-ive-been-working-towards-since-13/ |access-date=25 April 2021 |publisher=Her Sport |date=10 June 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Berlier |first1=Sébastien |title=Interview - Chloé Mustaki, internationale irlandaise passée par les Girondins de Bordeaux |url=https://godsavethefoot.fr/irlande/interview-chloe-mustaki-internationale-irlandaise |access-date=25 April 2021 |publisher=God Save The Foot |date=27 December 2019 |language=French}}

Club career

For the inaugural 2011–12 season of the Women's National League (WNL), 16-year-old Mustaki joined South Dublin club Peamount United. Seen as a promising midfielder,{{cite web |last1=Maher |first1=Gareth |title=Player focus – Chloe Mustaki |url=https://wnl.fai.ie/about-wnl/25-clubs/peamount-united/175-player-focus-chloe-mustaki.html |publisher=Women's National League (Ireland) |access-date=25 April 2021}} she helped Peamount secure the league title in her debut season.{{cite news |last1=Fitzgerald |first1=Brian |title=Peamount - WNL Champions 2012 |url=https://www.extratime.com/newsdesk/articles/7910/peamount---wnl-champions-2012/ |access-date=25 April 2021 |publisher=Extratime.com |date=22 April 2012}}

Mustaki was one of several Peamount players to follow manager Eileen Gleeson to UCD Waves for 2014–15.{{cite news |last1=Findlater |first1=Stephen |title=Waves Break New Ground |url=http://www.gazettegroup.com/sport/waves-break-new-ground/ |access-date=25 April 2021 |publisher=Dublin Gazette |date=21 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221025049/http://www.gazettegroup.com/sport/waves-break-new-ground/ |archive-date=21 February 2016}} In August 2014 Mustaki was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma and underwent chemotherapy. When UCD Waves played in the 2014 FAI Women's Cup final against Raheny United in November, UCD's Áine O'Gorman celebrated her equalising goal by revealing a t-shirt with team-mate Mustaki's squad number 17 on it.{{cite news |last1=Bailey |first1=Ryan |title='You're never faced with the possibility of dying when you're so young. You don't think about it' |url=https://www.the42.ie/chloe-mustaki-ucd-waves-fai-cup-final-interview-3676185-Nov2017/ |access-date=25 April 2021 |work=The42.ie |publisher=TheJournal.ie |date=4 November 2017}}

On 16 March 2015 Mustaki played her first football match since July 2014, when she came on as a substitute for UCD Waves against Raheny United at Morton Stadium.{{cite news |last1=Hannigan |first1=Mary |title=Chloe Mustaki: 'People think you're back to normal, but you never are' |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/chloe-mustaki-people-think-you-re-back-to-normal-but-you-never-are-1.2618047 |access-date=25 April 2021 |publisher=The Irish Times |date=21 April 2016}}

While based at KEDGE Business School in Bordeaux on an Erasmus Programme placement, Mustaki played for Girondins de Bordeaux. She made 15 appearances in the 2016–17 Division 1 Féminine. After returning to Ireland Mustaki helped UCD Waves finish fourth in the 2017 Women's National League and reach the FAI Women's Cup final, which they lost 1–0 to Cork City at the Aviva Stadium.{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/moment-of-magic-wins-womens-fai-cup-final-for-cork-city-36291276.html | publisher = Irish Independent | title = Moment of magic wins Women's FAI Cup final for Cork City | date = 5 November 2017 | access-date = 14 November 2020}}

Mustaki spent a season with Shelbourne in 2019, then signed for English FA Women's Championship club Charlton Athletic in November 2019. She made her debut in a 1–0 FA Women's League Cup win over London City Lionesses.{{cite news |title=Ireland's Mustaki makes debut after joining Charlton Athletic |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2019/1121/1094373-irelands-mustaki-makes-debut-after-joining-charlton/ |access-date=25 April 2021 |publisher=RTÉ Sport |date=21 November 2019}} A serious knee injury sustained on international duty curtailed Mustaki's season in March 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic prompted her London-based employer to allow her to work from home in Ireland.{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=David |title=Mustaki finds perspective as she battles her way to fitness following horror injury |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/other-soccer/mustaki-finds-perspective-as-she-battles-her-way-to-fitness-following-horror-injury-39311055.html |access-date=25 April 2021 |publisher=Irish Independent |date=24 June 2020}} She rejoined Shelbourne for 2021.{{cite news |title=Shelbourne announce ex-Charlton Athletic defender Mustaki as part of double signing |url=https://www.the42.ie/shelbourne-chloe-mustaki-rachel-baynes-5371961-Mar2021/ |access-date=25 April 2021 |work=The42.ie |publisher=TheJournal.ie |date=4 March 2021}} After helping Shelbourne win the 2021 WNL title and playing in the 3–1 2021 FAI Women's Cup Final defeat by Wexford Youths, Mustaki agreed to remain with the club for 2022.{{cite news |last1=Branigan |first1=Peter |title=Mustaki: Shelbourne enjoying the pressure of being the team to beat |url=https://www.fm104.ie/news/sport/mustaki-shelbourne-enjoying-the-pressure-of-being-the-team-to-beat/ |access-date=20 March 2022 |publisher=FM104 |date=4 March 2022}}

In July 2022 Mustaki returned to English football, signing a one-year professional contract with Women's Championship club Bristol City.{{cite news |title=Chloe Mustaki joins Bristol City from Shelbourne |url=https://www.the42.ie/chloe-mustaki-bristol-city-5811432-Jul2022/ |access-date=1 August 2022 |publisher=The 42.ie |date=8 July 2022}}

International career

=Youth=

Mustaki represented Ireland at schoolgirl level while she attended Lycée Français d'Irlande, Clonskeagh.{{cite web |title=Chloe Mustaki |url=http://www.faischools.ie/national/players/girls-international/chloe-mustaki |accessdate=25 April 2021 |publisher=FAI Schools}} She was named FAI Under-17 Women's International Player of the Year for 2011.{{cite web |title=2012 Three FAI International Award Winners Announced |url=http://www.fai.ie/international/senior-men/102385-2012-three-fai-international-award-winners-announced.html |work=fai.ie |publisher=FAI |date=26 February 2012 |access-date=27 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129193227/http://www.fai.ie/ireland/news/2012-three-fai-international-award-winners-announced |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}

Mustaki was the captain of the Republic of Ireland women's national under-19 football team which qualified for the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship finals for the first time in 2014.{{cite news |last1=Hannigan |first1=Mary |title=Savannah McCarthy the leading light in Ireland's bright under-19 side |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/savannah-mccarthy-the-leading-light-in-ireland-s-bright-under-19-side-1.2029934 |accessdate=31 October 2020 |publisher=The Irish Times |date=8 December 2014}}{{cite news |last1=Hannigan |first1=Mary |title=Sportswoman of the Month |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/international/sportswoman-of-the-month-1.1894915 |access-date=25 April 2021 |publisher=The Irish Times |date=13 August 2014}} She featured in wins over Spain, England and Sweden as Ireland negotiated the group stage.{{cite news |last1=McGuinnes |first1=Grainne |title=Meet Ireland's newest soccer stars as they prepare for Euro semi-final |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-30637268.html |accessdate=31 October 2020 |publisher=Irish Examiner |date=24 July 2014}} They lost 4–0 to the Netherlands in the semi-final, for whom Vivianne Miedema scored a hat-trick.{{cite news |title=Ireland women bow out of Under-19 European Championships |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/international/ireland-women-bow-out-of-under-19-european-championships-1.1877355 |accessdate=25 November 2018 |publisher=The Irish Times |date=24 July 2014}} Mustaki was substituted after an hour and was frustrated at her conspicuous lack of energy. Shortly after returning home she was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma.

While attached to University College Dublin Mustaki represented Ireland at the 2017 and 2019 Summer Universiades.{{cite news |last1=Donnelly |first1=Dave |title=Cabinteely's Mustaki reflects on Ireland seeing off Brazilians |url=https://dublingazette.com/sport/south-dublin-sport/mustaki-reflects-on-ireland-seeing-off-brazilians/ |access-date=25 April 2021 |publisher=Dublin Gazette |date=25 July 2019}} She had also been selected for the 2015 edition in Gwangju, but withdrew on medical advice due to the 2015 MERS outbreak in South Korea.

=Senior=

New Republic of Ireland national team coach Vera Pauw called up Mustaki to the senior squad for the first time in October 2019, for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifier against Ukraine.{{cite news |last1=Donelan |first1=Ann-Marie |title=Chloe Mustaki excited to make Ireland debut following cancer battle |url=https://www.otbsports.com/soccer/chloe-mustaki-ireland-womens-euro-2021-tallaght-911943 |access-date=25 April 2021 |publisher=Off the Ball (media company) |date=7 October 2019}} She retained her squad place and – due to the unavailability of some regular players – was likely to win a debut cap in a March 2020 qualifying match against Greece, but suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in training the day before the game.{{cite news |last1=Hannigan |first1=Mary |title=Chloe Mustaki is ready to pick herself up again |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/international/chloe-mustaki-is-ready-to-pick-herself-up-again-1.4200182 |access-date=25 April 2021 |publisher=The Irish Times |date=11 March 2020}}

Mustaki earned her first cap for Ireland on 19 February 2022 against Russia at the 2022 Pinatar Cup.{{cite news |last1=Doherty |first1=Oisín |title=Chloe Mustaki's journey from darkness into bright lights |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/chloe-mustakis-journey-from-darkness-into-bright-lights-41467020.html |access-date=20 March 2022 |publisher=Irish Independent |date=20 March 2022}} She made her first competitive appearance on 12 April 2022, playing as a left wing-back in a creditable 1–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A draw with Sweden at Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg.{{cite news |last1=Fallon |first1=John |title=After an arduous climb, Mustaki savours view from new heights |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-40851041.html |access-date=1 August 2022 |publisher=Irish Examiner |date=13 April 2022}}

Personal life

Mustaki describes herself as Franco-Irish. She completed ERASMUS Programme placements in Bordeaux and Lisbon while completing her degree in International Commerce and French from University College Dublin (UCD). For her master's degree in International Management she took a placement in London. She then took a job in London with Maven Search in financial services: "I'm mostly headhunting investment bankers over in the States." While injured in 2020 Mustaki worked for Raidió Teilifís Éireann as a television pundit.{{cite news |last1=Fennessy |first1=Paul |title='We live in a world where there are a lot of sad and angry people' - The challenges of being a female pundit |url=https://www.the42.ie/chloe-mustaki-punditry-interview-5320444-Jan2021/ |access-date=25 April 2021 |work=The42.ie |publisher=TheJournal.ie |date=10 January 2021}}

Her boyfriend Greg Sloggett is also a footballer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/louth/sport/soccer/dundalk-fc-midfielder-greg-sloggett-has-two-big-games-to-focus-on-thursday/a869757485.html|title=Dundalk FC midfielder Greg Sloggett has two big games to focus on Thursday|date=18 July 2023|website=Independent.ie}}

Career statistics

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