Ciara Rossiter (born 12 February 1996) is an Irish

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who plays as a defender for Women's National League club Wexford Youths Women FC. She has been a member of the Republic of Ireland women's national team. She is a left-sided full-back who can also play in midfield.

Club career

Rossiter is from Rathaspeck in

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. At youth level she played soccer for Forth Celtic, as well as

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and

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for the local St Martin's GAA club. Rossiter made her first Women's National League (WNL) appearances for

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. She found success in the 2014–15 season; being named in the league Team of the Season and awarded the Young Player of the Year as Wexford Youths won the championship. She also played in the club's subsequent

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campaign in August 2015. In November 2015 Wexford Youths won the

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for the first time. In the final at the Aviva Stadium Rossiter's injury time equaliser helped them prevail over Shelbourne, 4–2 on

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after a 2–2 draw. In March 2016 she suffered an

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while playing in a Universities Cup final for Waterford Institute of Technology against Institute of Technology, Sligo. In March 2018 Rossiter made a Wexford Youths comeback under the

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club's new

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Tom Elmes, only to be stretchered off again during their opening day 5–0 win over

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. She re-signed for Wexford Youths for the 2019 WNL season.

International career

Youth

Rossiter played for Ireland at schoolgirl level in the 2010–11 season, while attending Presentation School in Wexford. In October 2011 she played in all three games for the

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in their successful

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campaign in

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. While enrolled at Waterford Institute of Technology, Rossiter represented Ireland at the

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edition of the Summer Universiade.

Senior

In May 2015, Rossiter was one of five uncapped players given senior national team call-ups for a

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in the

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. After the match had been arranged, it was discovered to be outside FIFA's designated dates for international matches, so several of Ireland's first-choice players were not released by their

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clubs. Rossiter won her debut cap as an 83rd-minute substitute for

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in Ireland's 3–0 defeat. Rossiter was called up again for a

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fixture against

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in November 2015. National

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had noted her impressive performances for Wexford Youths' FAI Women's Cup-winning team. She was picked for another trip to the United States in January 2016, remaining an unused substitute in Ireland's 5–0 defeat by the senior United States national team but starting a 3–0 defeat by the hosts' national under-23 team two days later.

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Ciara Rossiter
at Football Association of Ireland (FAI) {{DEFAULTSORT:Rossiter, Ciara 1996 births Living people Republic of Ireland women's association footballers Women's association football defenders Women's National League (Ireland) players Wexford Youths W.F.C. players Republic of Ireland women's international footballers Association footballers from County Wexford Alumni of Waterford Institute of Technology Republic of Ireland women's youth international footballers