Megan Campbell

Megan Campbell (born 28 June 1993) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Women's Championship club London City Lionesses and as a left back & center back for the Republic of Ireland women's national team.

She has previously played for St. Francis, Raheny United, Florida State Seminoles, Manchester City and Liverpool.

In 2009, four weeks after turning 16, Campbell came on as a substitute for St Francis in the FAI Women's Cup final against St Catherine's.

Her teammates included Grainne Kierans and Mary Waldron.

Campbell also played for St Francis in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage tournaments.

In 2010, she was a member of the Republic of Ireland U-17 squad that were runners-up at the 2010 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship and quarter-finalists at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Campbell is known as a long throw-in specialist and has been compared to Rory Delap.

Campbell was born in Drogheda, County Louth and is the daughter of Eamonn and Suzanne Campbell.

She is a granddaughter of The Dubliners lead guitarist, Eamonn Campbell.

She has three sisters – Jaymee, Dawn and Jade.

She grew up on Drogheda's Scarlet Street and was educated at Our Lady's College, Greenhills and at the Institute of Technology, Carlow.

She also played youth football with local Drogheda teams – Grove Rangers, Boyne Rovers and Moneymore.

In 2010 she was a member of the Republic of Ireland U-17 squad that were runners-up in the 2010 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship and quarter-finalists in the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

In the UEFA championship, Campbell scored twice: the winner in 2–1 group victory against Sweden and the semi-final goal in the 1–0 win over Germany.

In the World Cup, Campbell scored the opening goal in a 3–0 win against Ghana.

Campbell played for a senior Republic of Ireland team of home-based players in a behind closed doors match against Northern Ireland.

She then won her first official cap in a friendly against Switzerland at Richmond Park in August 2011.

In 2012–13 Campbell was a member of the Raheny United team that won an FAI Women's Cup and Women's National League double.

In October 2012, Raheny United defeated Peamount United 2–1 in the FAI Women's Cup final at Dalymount Park before going on to win the WNL title.

Campbell was subsequently named in the 2012–13 WNL Team of the Season.

Campbell's teammates at Raheny United included Mary Waldron, Noelle Murray, Ciara Grant and Siobhán Killeen.

In 2013 Campbell began playing for Florida State Seminoles after obtaining a scholarship to Florida State University, where she majored in social science.

In her first three seasons with Florida State she has played in at least 60 games, excluding friendlies, and was credited with 31 assists.

Between 2013 and 2015 she helped Florida State win three consecutive ACC titles.

In 2013 Florida State were also runners up in the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship before going on to win the title in 2014.

In 2014 Campbell was named in the ACC All-Tournament Team and in the 2015 ACC final she scored in the penalty shoot-out against Virginia Cavaliers.

Campbell had been described as a senior in Florida State Seminoles' 2014 title-winning season and had been expected to feature in the 2015 NWSL College Draft.

But it was discovered she had another year of college eligibility remaining and wished to use that instead.

In 2015 Campbell acted as a recruiter for Florida State when she approached fellow Republic of Ireland women's youth international, Megan Connolly, about playing for the Seminoles.

After completing her college career, Campbell was also "noticeably absent" from the 2016 NWSL College Draft.

In February 2016 Campbell became Manchester City's fourth signing of the off-season, announcing that she had signed a professional contract with the English UEFA Women's Champions League contenders.

She won a domestic treble with the club, then signed a contract extension in June 2017.

Campbell had played particularly well in the 2017 FA Women's Cup Final, serving two assists as Manchester City beat Birmingham City 4–1 at Wembley Stadium.

She suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in November 2017 during a UEFA Women's Champions League match against LSK Kvinner FK and was ruled out for several months.

In June 2020 she signed a new one-year contract with Manchester City while recovering from another long-term injury, this time to tendons in her foot.

In June 2021, Women's Championship club Liverpool signed Campbell, after her five-year spell at Manchester City.

She overcame some injury-related absence in the first part of the 2021–22 season to become an important member of the title-winning Liverpool team who won promotion back to the Women's Super League.

She signed a new contract with Liverpool in June 2022.

On 29 September 2023, Everton signed Campbell on a short-term deal.

Campbell has represented the Republic of Ireland at U-17, U-19 and senior level.