Ethan O'Donnell
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| Sport | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Half-back/Half-forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ethan O'Donnell (born 1 January 1997) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Naomh Conaill and the Donegal county team.
He played for his county at minor, under-21 and senior level.[3] He can play at half-back or half-forward.[2]
O'Donnell scored the winning point for Donegal against Dublin in the 2014 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship semi-final.[4] Aged 17 and a year younger than many of his teammates, he was used as an impact substitute during that campaign before starting the final against Kerry.[2]
O'Donnell scored a goal in the 2017 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship final victory over Derry, helping Donegal get its first under-21 title since 2010.[5]
O'Donnell was involved with the county senior panel in the 2017 and 2020 seasons but did not play much in either season.[3] He made a substitute appearance for Donegal against Kerry in the opening round of the 2017 National Football League[6] as well as in the last round of the delayed 2020 National Football League, against the same opposition.[7]
The 2021 season marked O'Donnell's breakthrough for his county team.[3] He made a substitute appearance against Tyrone in the opening game of the 2021 National Football League.[3] He also appeared in four of the six other games Donegal played (in a shortened season due to the COVID-19 pandemic).[3] Then an injury to Peadar Mogan gave him the opportunity to play against Dublin in the National Football League semi-final.[3] O'Donnell also started the 2021 Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-final against Derry.[3]
O'Donnell did not participate in Donegal's 2023 season.[8]
O'Donnell put in a man-of-the-match performance in the final of the 2023 Donegal Senior Football Championship.[9]
After this, O'Donnell based himself in Perth in Western Australia. He flew home especially to play in the 2024 Donegal SFC, but his club lost the final.[10] He flew back from Perth again to play for his club in the 2025 Donegal SFC, when his club won the final, with O'Donnell playing the entirety of that game.[11][12]