Aaron Doherty
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Aaron Doherty is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Naomh Columba and the Donegal county team.
Playing career
[edit | edit source]Doherty played football at minor level for Donegal, and was a star player at underage level for his club, Naomh Columba.[1][2]
He has also played association football for Finn Harps at underage level, as well as St Catherine's and Letterbarrow Celtic.[3][4]
He was first called into the Donegal senior team during the 2019 season, following the departure of other players.[5] He won an Ulster Senior Football Championship medal shortly afterwards, his first Ulster medal at any level of play.[6][7]
Doherty started Donegal's fifth fixture of the 2022 National Football League against Monaghan, scoring a point.[8] He then started the sixth fixture against Dublin at Croke Park, scoring another point.[9]
Doherty made a substitute appearance in the 2022 Ulster Senior Football Championship final, scoring an extra-time point from a mark.[10] He had earlier made substitute appearances in the quarter-final victory over Armagh and the semi-final victory over Cavan.[11][12] He started the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship qualifier loss to Armagh, scoring a point.[13]
Doherty did not feature in the Donegal panel for the 2023 season.[14] He opted to focus on his club football at this time.[citation needed]
With Jim McGuinness returning as manager, Doherty returned to the Donegal panel, featuring in a number of league matches and getting on the score sheet in a many of those fixtures, including the Division 2 final, where Doherty scored the deciding point to defeat rivals Armagh.[15][16]
In the final of the 2024 Ulster Senior Football Championship, Doherty scored two penalties in the shootout as Donegal defeated Armagh once again.[17]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Doherty is from near Teelin, in the parish of Gleann Cholm Cille.[18] He attended Coláiste na Carraige and Dublin Institute of Technology.[19] He is a first cousin of former Donegal panel member Philip Doherty.[citation needed]
Honours
[edit | edit source]- Ulster Senior Football Championship: 2019,[6][7] 2024, 2025
- National Football League Division 2: 2024
- EirGrid U20 Football Championship Player of the Year: 2020[20]
References
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- 2000s births
- Living people
- Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers
- Gaelic football backs
- Gaelic footballers who switched code
- Naomh Columba Gaelic footballers
- Association footballers from County Donegal
- Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
- St Catherine's F.C. players
- 21st-century Irish sportsmen