Caolan McColgan
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Wing-back | ||
| Born | 2002 or 2003 (age 22–23)[1] | ||
| Occupation | Student | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
?– | Naomh Pádraig Uisce Chaoin | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2022– | Donegal | ||
| Ulster titles | 2 | ||
Caolan McColgan (born 2002) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Naomh Pádraig Uisce Chaoin (Muff) and the Donegal county team. He plays at wing-back,[2] but can also operate at corner-back.[3]
Club
McColgan won a Donegal Junior Football Championship title with his club in 2024, scoring the second goal of the final against Carndonagh.[4] He later played for his club in the 2024–25 All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship final at Croke Park, scoring two points in the second half.[5] Before this Naomh Pádraig Uisce Chaoin had defeated Tara in the quarter-final in London and Kilmurry of Cork on penalties in the semi-final, also played in Dublin.[6][7]
Inter-county
McColgan was part of a Donegal under-20 team that won the 2022 Leo Murphy Cup.[8]
He made his senior inter-county debut against Antrim in the 2022 Dr McKenna Cup.[9]
McColgan made his league debut for Donegal against Kerry in the opening fixture of the 2023 National Football League; Donegal defeated Kerry, with McColgan scoring 0–3 on his debut and being named man of the match.[10] He was later included on the GAA.ie Football Team of the Week.[11] Then he was nominated for Footballer of the Week.[12][13] He won.[14][15][16][17] McColgan started the second league fixture against Tyrone.[18] He also started the third fixture against Monaghan, the fourth fixture against Galway and the fifth fixture against Armagh.[19][20][21] Against Mayo, McColgan also started, playing in the number 4 jersey.[22] However, he did not feature in the concluding fixture, against Roscommon.[23]
McColgan started the 2023 Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final against Down.[24] In Donegal's three games in Group 4 of the 2023 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, McColgan made a substitute appearance against Clare and started the second and third games, against Derry and Monaghan.[25][26][27] In the 2023 All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-final loss to Tyrone, McColgan started and scored 0–1.[28]
In October 2023, it was confirmed that McColgan had had surgery in London to correct an injury to his hamstring.[29]