Amber Barrett
Irish association football player (1996)
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Amber Barrett (born 16 January 1996) is an Irish international footballer who plays for Super League club Standard Liège. She made her debut for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team in September 2017. A prolific forward, Barrett was the WNL Player of the Season in 2017 and top goalscorer in 2016, 2017 and 2018 with Peamount United.
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Playing for Köln in October 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Amber Barrett[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 January 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Milford, County Donegal, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Standard Liège | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lagan Harps FC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2019 | Peamount United | ||
| 2019–2022 | 1. FC Köln | 48 | (16) |
| 2022–2023 | Turbine Potsdam | 17 | (0) |
| 2023– | Standard Liège | 32 | (22) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017– | Republic of Ireland | 51 | (9) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 July 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Barrett's father, Shaun Paul Barrett, has managed numerous clubs and county teams for Donegal GAA, as has her brother, Luke.[2] Another brother, Kane, has also been involved with Milford.[2]
In 2017 Barrett, who was in the final year of a teacher training course at Maynooth University, quit Donegal GAA when a bout of glandular fever forced her to choose between Gaelic football and soccer.[3] She was named Women's National League Player of the Season and Top Goalscorer in the 2017 season.[4] In 2018 she lost out on the Player of the Season to Rianna Jarrett but retained her Top Goalscorer award by scoring 30 goals, including seven hat-tricks, in 21 league appearances.[5][6]
In 2019 she joined German side 1. FC Köln, newly promoted to the Frauen-Bundesliga,[7] where she spent three years before signing for Turbine Potsdam in July 2022.[8]
In June 2023 Barrett signed for Standard Liège of the Belgian Women's Super League, the first tier of women's football in Belgium.[9]
International career
National team coach Colin Bell gave Barrett her senior debut in September 2017, as a substitute in a 2–0 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying win over Northern Ireland at Mourneview Park in Lurgan. She started an encouraging 0–0 draw away to European Champions the Netherlands in November 2017 and was praised by Bell for her performance.[10]
In April 2018, Barrett's 87th-minute winning goal secured a 2–1 win over Slovakia at Tallaght Stadium, which kept Ireland in contention for World Cup qualification.[11]
On 11 October 2022, Barrett's scored the only goal in a 1-0 win against Scotland to send Ireland to the World Cup for the first time.[12] She was included in Vera Pauw's team for the tournament, and made her debut as a substitute in Ireland's second game.
International appearances
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Republic of Ireland | 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | |
| Total | 51 | 9 | |
International goals
- Scores and results list Republic of Ireland's goals first. Score column indicates score after each Barrett goal. Updated as of 8 April 2025
| No. | Cap | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 6 April 2018 | Tallaght Stadium, Dublin, Ireland |  Slovakia |
2-1 | 2-1 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | [13] |
| 2 | 18 | 12 November 2019 | Nea Smyrni Stadium, Athens, Greece |  Greece |
1-0 | 1-1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying | [14] |
| 3 | 24 | 11 June 2021 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland |  Iceland |
2-3 | 2-3 | Friendly | [15] |
| 4 | 28 | 30 November 2021 | Tallaght Stadium, Dublin |  Georgia |
10-0 | 11-0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup UEFA qual. Group A | [16] |
| 5 | 33 | 11 October 2022 | Hampden Park, Glasgow |  Scotland |
1-0 | 1-0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup UEFA play-offs | [17] |
| 6 | 36 | 22 June 2023 | Tallaght Stadium, Dublin |  Zambia |
1-1 | 3-2 | Friendly | [18] |
| 7 | 3-1 | |||||||
| 8 | 50 | 4 April 2025 | Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium, Heraklion, Greece | Greece |
4-0 | 4-0 | 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League | [19] |
| 9 | 51 | 8 April 2025 | Tallaght Stadium, Dublin | Greece |
1-0 | 2-1 | 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League | [20] |
Personal life
Barrett shares a cat named Wee Bobby with fellow Standard Liège and Republic of Ireland teammate, Claire O'Riordan.[21]