Republic Of Ireland Defender Quinn Retires

Republic of Ireland defender Louise Quinn has announced her status from nan game.

The 34-year-old accumulated 134 caps complete 16 years since making her debut successful a friends against Poland successful February 2008.

Quinn scored 16 elder world goals, 15 of which were headers, and played each infinitesimal of her country's historical first quality astatine nan 2023 Women's World Cup.

Her nine profession included spells successful England pinch Notts County, Arsenal and Birmingham City, arsenic good arsenic a play successful Italy pinch Fiorentina.

During her clip astatine Arsenal, nan region Wicklow autochthonal won nan Women's Super League and nan FA Women's League Cup.

She is presently connected nan books of Birmingham but has not played since suffering a hep wounded past October.

She follows chap Republic internationals Diane Caldwell, Niamh Fahey and Julie Ann Russell, who confirmed their retirements complete caller months.

"When nan clip arrives that you request to constitute your status statement, they are nan hardest words to find," Quinn said connected Tuesday.

"But it is clip for maine to bent up nan boots. There are truthful galore reasons arsenic to why aliases why not but it's conscionable 1 of those things, erstwhile you know, you know.

She added that playing for her state was her information for playing nan game.

"The Ireland team... that is nan logic why I ever wanted to play this game. Some of nan champion moments of my life person been successful nan greenish jersey.

"I've been portion of thing truthful special. The foundations were laid by legends of nan women's squad earlier maine and for a short play I was fortunate capable to play pinch a fewer of them too.

"Then it was up to america to proceed that conflict to put nan Ireland squad connected representation connected nan world stage. We built, we fought, we were ever a team, a group that would springiness everything to everyone successful our Irish bubble. And nan World Cup proved that dreams do travel true."