Aoife Colvill

Aoife Colvill
Personal information
Full name Aoife Colvill
Date of birth (2000-12-26) 26 December 2000
Place of birth Cairns, Australia
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Hibernian
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Canberra United 9 (0)
2020–2024 Glasgow City 35 (18)
2024–2026 Standard Liege
2026– Hibernian 1 (4)
International career‡
2019 Australia U19
2021– Republic of Ireland 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:13, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Aoife Colvill (born 26 December 2000) is a footballer who plays as a forward for Scottish Women's Premier League club Hibernian. Born in Australia, she plays for the Republic of Ireland national team.

Club career

During the 2018 season, playing for Canberra United Academy, she finished as the highest scorer in the Capital Football's Premier League, scoring 42 goals in 19 games.[1] That year, she would also make a handful of appearances for Canberra United in the W-League.[2]

In 2020, she left Australia to move to Scotland, signing a two-year contract with Scottish Women's Premier League 1 (SWPL 1) club Glasgow City in SWPL after a three-month trial. She was part of the Glasgow squad that became the first Scottish club in history to qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finals in 2020.[3][4] In April 2022 Colville underwent surgery for an anterior cruciate ligament injury.[5] Following the end of the 2023–24 season, Colvill was released by Glasgow City.

In July 2024, Colvill signed for Belgian Women's Super League (Belgian WSL) club Standard Liège.[6]

In July 2026 Colvill signed for Scottish Women's Premier League club Hibernian on a contact until July 2028[7]

International career

An Irish Australian, Colvill represented the junior Australian national team during the 2019 AFC Under-19 Women's Championship qualifiers.[8]

In April 2021 Colvill was one of four Irish-eligible players to be invited to a senior Republic of Ireland national team training camp. In the event she suffered an injury and was unable to attend.[9] Ireland coach Vera Pauw called up Colvill again in June 2021 for two friendlies against Iceland.[10] She won her first senior cap in the first game, starting Ireland's 3–2 defeat at Laugardalsvöllur.[11]

Honours

Glasgow City

Standard Liege

References

  1. ↑ Seroukas, John (20 August 2018). "Aoife Colvill: She Cairns Do Anything". The Women's Game.
  2. ↑ Tiernan, Eamonn (8 September 2018). "The best W-League player you've never heard of". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. ↑ Lewis, Samantha (20 August 2020). "Meet the former W-League striker now in UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-finals". SBS.
  4. ↑ Beroldo, Lucie (5 September 2020). "Aoife Colvill's journey from Canberra United to Champions League". The Canberra Times.
  5. ↑ Duffy, Emma (12 May 2022). "Gleeson and Glasgow's Irish crew keep sights on silverware after being denied 15 in-a-row". The 42.ie. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "Aoife Colvill rejoint les rangs du Standard Femina" [Aoife Colvill joins the ranks of Standard Women] (in Belgian French). Standard Liège. 31 July 2024.
  7. ↑ www.hibernianfc.co.uk https://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/2026/july/04/aoife-colvill-is-a-hibee/. Retrieved 4 July 2026. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ "Four Goals on Australian Debut". Cairns Post. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Pauw won't put too much pressure on Irish-eligible quartet". RTÉ Sport. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "Australia-born Aoife Colvill called up to Ireland squad". RTÉ Sport. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  11. ↑ Fallon, John (11 June 2021). "Second-half comeback not enough as Ireland lose out to Iceland". The Irish Times. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
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