Two former Derry City players have been nominated two top awards at the Republic of Ireland International Player of the Year awards.
James McClean.
Ex-City winger James McClean, now with Wigan Athletic, has been shortlisted for the International Young Player of the Year award while Millwall’s David Forde, former Candy Stripes goalkeeper, has been nominated for the Senior International Player of the Year.
Derry-born McClean (24), a regular in the Republic’s set-up, took to Twitter following Wigan’s 2-0 win over Paddy McCourt’s Barnsley, to express his delight at his nomination.
He tweeted: “Good solid win keep momentum going, overshadowed my bens injury, hope he has a speedy recovery top lad and player.”
He added: “Over the moon aswell to nominated for irish international young player of the year.”
Former City midfielder, Killian Brennan, who played an influential role in St Patrick’s winning last season’s Airtricity Premiership title, is nominated for the SSE Airtricity League Player of the Year Award.
Shane Duffy.
Another Derry-born player, Shane Duffy, currently on loan at Yeovil from Everton, has been nominated for the International Under-21 Player of the Year award.
Donegal’s Seamus Coleman, currently receiving rave reviews for his performances with Premership side Everton, is also nominated for the Senior International Player of the Year accolade.
The winners will be announced on 2 March at RTÉ Studios with the event broadcast live on RTÉ Two and RTÉ.ie.
The full list of nominees for the 3/FAI International Football Awards are:
Senior international player of the year: Seamus Coleman, David Forde, Robbie Keane.
Senior women’s international player of the year: Louise Quinn, Shannon Smyth, Julie-Ann Russell.
Young international player of the year: Ciaran Clark, James McCarthy, James McClean.
3 international goal of the year: Wes Hoolahan, Robbie Keane, Shane Long.
SSE Airtricity League player of the year: Killian Brennan, Ger O’Brien, Richie Towell.
U21 international player of the year: Shane Duffy, Sean Murray, Aiden O’Brien.
U19 international player of the year: Sam Byrne, Shane Griffin, Pierce Sweeney.
U19 women’s international player of the year: Katie McCabe, Sarah Rowe, Claire Shine.
U17 international player of the year: Jack Byrne, Cody Mulhall, Jake Mulraney.
U17 women’s international player of the year: Megan Connolly, Keeva Keenan, Savannah McCarthy.
U16 international player of the year: Anthony Dolan, Robert Duggan, George Poynton.
Junior international player of the year: Paul Breen, Darren Dunne, Shane Waters.
Intermediate player of the year: Martin Cramer, Andrew Neville, Malachy McDermott.
Football for All international player of the year: Marc Bigger, Joe Markey, Noel O’Donnell.
FAI Schools international player of the year: Alan Browne, Alex Byrne, Jack Doherty.
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