Andy Moran (born 2 November 1983) is an

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and former player for

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and the Mayo county team. He made his 150th league and

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appearance for Mayo in June 2017, his 13th season.

Playing career

Although Ballaghaderreen town was transferred from County Mayo to County Roscommon under the

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, the GAA club competes in Mayo and many of its players declare for that county. As in this case, Moran chose to play for Mayo, this decision has been received negatively from Roscommon GAA supporters. Although, Roscommon GAA condemned fans who booed Moran in a 2017 All-Ireland quarter-final match against Mayo. In 2011, Moran won his first All Star award, being named at full forward on the team. In 2012, Moran, a former vice-captain, was named captain of the Mayo senior team. He then injured himself in the 53rd minute of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-final defeat of Down, having to be stretchered off the field of play and left lying on a medical trolley in the tunnel of Croke Park with ice strapped to his knee. As a result, he missed the rest of the season, including the

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against Donegal, after undergoing surgery on his torn cruciate knee ligament. he returned against Galway in the 2013 Connacht quarter final and scored as Mayo won 4-16 1-11 points. He was the highest scoring Mayo forward in the 2013 All-Ireland, playing a captain's part. Moran was starting against Dublin in the All-Ireland final in 2016, but his team was defeated by a one-point margin. Coincidentally the following year Mayo lost again against Dublin in the 2017 All-Ireland final by another one-point margin. Moran ended up as an All-Ireland runner-up on six occasions. In 2017, he was awarded his second All Star Award and Footballer of the Year for the first time. He played his last game for Ballaghaderreen at the age of 38 on 1 October 2022, scoring a

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of goals and points (3–3) in a 6–8 to 2–8 win against Davitts.

Management career

Moran help Mayo U20's in a coaching capacity in 2020 before taking over his native

along with Mike Solan ahead of the 2021 season. In October 2021, it was announced that Andy Moran would be the Leitrim senior football manager, taking over from Terry Hyland who stepped down following the

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semi-final vs Mayo. Moran's first win with Leitrim was vs

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in Round 2 of the 2022 National Football League.

Media career

Moran has done broadcasting duties for

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Personal life

Moran is a supporter of the

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Honours

Connacht Senior Football Championship The Connacht Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition for the senior county teams of Connacht GAA. All of the counties of Connacht participate in the championship, as well as counties London and New York. The winning ...

(8): 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 *

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(1): 2019 *

Sigerson Cup The Sigerson Cup is the trophy for the premier Gaelic football championship among Higher Education institutions (Universities, Colleges and Institutes of Technology) in Ireland. It traditionally begins in mid January and ends in late February. ...

(3): 2004–2005, 2008 *

Connacht Under-21 Football Championship The Connacht GAA Football Under-20 Championship, known simply as the Connacht Under-20 Championship, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Connacht Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the hi ...

(2): 2003–2004 *

Connacht Minor Football Championship The Connacht Minor Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Connacht Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1928 for the youngest competitors (under-18 until 2017, now under-17) in the province of ...

(2): 2000–2001 *

Mayo Senior Football Championship The Mayo Senior Football Championship (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the ''Connacht Gold Mayo Senior Football Championship'') is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by the top Mayo GAA clubs. Westport are the title hol ...

(2): 2008, 2012 * All Star (2): 2011, 2017 * GAA/GPA Footballer of the Year (1): 2017 *

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) ( ga, Craobh Shinsir Peile na hÉireann) is the premier competition in Gaelic football. An annual tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), it is contested by the county ...

: Runner-Up (6): 2004, 2006, 2012–2013, 2016–2017

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moran, Andy 1983 births Living people Alumni of the Institute of Technology, Sligo Connacht inter-provincial Gaelic footballers Gaelic football forwards Gaelic football managers Gaelic games writers and broadcasters Mayo inter-county Gaelic footballers People from Castlebar