Eve Badana
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eve Martha Badana[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 July 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Markham, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | DLR Waves | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Unionville Milliken SC | |||
| Toronto Lady Lynx | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2015 | Drexel Dragons | 67 | (0) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Cork City | ||
| 2019– | DLR Waves | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012– | Republic of Ireland | 4 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:58, 18 September 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 February 2022 | |||
Eve Martha Badana (born 9 July 1993) is a footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Irish Women's National League club DLR Waves. She previously played for Cork City while attending University College Cork.
Born and raised in Canada to a Filipino father and a Northern Irish mother, Badana has represented Canada and the Republic of Ireland at under-17 and senior levels, respectively. She won her first cap for Ireland in February 2012.
Badana's mother is from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and emigrated to Ontario after studying in Belfast. There she met Badana's Filipino father. Badana has one brother and one sister.[2]
Club career
Badana was captain of her local team Unionville Milliken SC, then joined Toronto Lady Lynx where she was also named captain and helped the Under-20 team qualify for the 2010 Super Y-League finals.[3] In 2011, she agreed a scholarship to Drexel University.[4] Badana's first season in college soccer saw her named in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) All-Rookie team and also the All-Conference Second Team.[5]
On 27 September 2016 Badana signed for Cork City,[6] after she decided to relocate to Ireland and finish her legal studies at University College Cork. At Cork City she competed for a starting position with Amanda Budden.[7] Badana then accepted a job with a legal firm in Dublin and signed for DLR Waves during the 2019 Women's National League season.[8]