Stephen Coen is a

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er who plays for Hollymount-Carramore and the Mayo county team. Coen led both Mayo minor team and Mayo under-21 team to All-Ireland titles as

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, respectively. Coen also captained the UCD senior team to win the 2017/18 Sigerson Cup. Coen also played with his club Hollymount-Carramore in the 2015/16 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship final, which they lost. Coen replaced

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as a substitute in the

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, and was also used as a substitute for Colm Boyle in the

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. He advanced to starting positions in the teams that lost the

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s, each by five points. He was appointed captain of the Mayo senior team ahead of the 2022 season.

References

1995 births Living people Mayo inter-county Gaelic footballers {{Mayo-gaelic-football-bio-stub