Jamie Finn (born 21 April 1998) is an Irish

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who plays for

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club

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and the Republic of Ireland women's national team. She previously represented Shelbourne in her native Dublin and is capable of playing in either

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. In 2016 Finn spent a short time in

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with

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, where her

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Jim Blankenship declared: "Jamie is an excellent ball-winner and her ability to play along the backline and in midfield will be a great asset to us".

Club career

Finn was born in

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and grew up in

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. She played soccer with Swords Manor from five years old until she had to leave at 13 due to rules against mixed-sex football. She then moved to Shelbourne's girls'

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. Finn joined Raheny United during the 2014–15 Women's National League season. In April 2015 she scored a late equaliser in the WNL Cup final at

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, to force extra time.

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then scored to secure Raheny's 3–2 win over rivals

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. Before the 2015–16 campaign Raheny United merged into Shelbourne, so Finn returned to The Reds. In 2016 Finn played

for the

, she started three of her five appearances, scoring one goal and serving one assist. After re-joining Shelbourne, Finn represented the club in the

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. She displayed good form in the 2019 Women's National League, being named WNL Player of the Month for May 2019 and named in the WNL Team of the Season. In August 2021 Finn left Shelbourne to sign a one-year

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contract with English

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(WSL) club

. In July 2022 she agreed to extend her contract with

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Birmingham for another year, with the option of a further year.

International career

Youth

Finn represented Ireland at schoolgirl level while she attended St. Finian’s Community College. At the 2014

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she was named Under-16 Women's International Player of the Year. She captained the

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in the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification mini tournament in Serbia, and at the

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in Finland. The previous year Finn had been selected for the

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which qualified for the

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finals for the first time in

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. She was injured in a training camp the week before the tournament and was forced to withdraw. At the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification mini-tournament in

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, Finn captained Ireland's Under-19s to a 10–0 win over their hosts.

Senior

Senior Republic of Ireland national team coach

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called up Finn for the first time for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifier against

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on 12 November 2019. She started and played the whole game to win her first senior

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as Ireland succumbed to an injury-time equaliser and drew 1–1 in

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. Finn was surprised to start the match, but hoped international recognition and her strong form with Shelbourne would secure her a move to a

club. Finn won a second cap in the final qualifier, a 3–1 defeat by

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on 1 December 2020. On 8 April 2021 she was drafted in as a late replacement for

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, who was injured in training, ahead of Ireland's friendly with

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. She was named Player of the Match as a

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in Ireland's 1–0 defeat.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Finn, Jamie 1998 births Living people Republic of Ireland women's association footballers Women's association football defenders Shelbourne F.C. (women) players Republic of Ireland women's international footballers Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's soccer players Florida Gulf Coast University alumni Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Irish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Raheny United F.C. players Women's National League (Ireland) players People from Swords, Dublin Association footballers from Dublin (city) Women's association football midfielders Expatriate women's footballers in England Irish expatriate sportspeople in England Women's Super League players Birmingham City W.F.C. players Republic of Ireland women's youth international footballers