Shane Merritt
Irish Gaelic footballer
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Shane Merritt is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays at club level with Mallow and at inter-county level with the Cork senior football team. He usually lines out as a centre-back.
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| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Merritt first played competitive Gaelic football with the Mallow club, while also lining out for divisional side Avondhu in various juvenile and underage competitions.[1] He claimed his first silverware at club level when he lined out at centre-back when Mallow beat St. Michael's in the 2021 Cork SAFC final.[2] Merritt first appeared on the inter-county scene when he was selected for the Cork senior football team for the pre-season McGrath Cup competition in 2022.[3] He later earned inclusion on the team's National League panel.
Career statistics
- As of match played 29 January 2022.
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
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| Cork | 2022 | Division 2 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 |
| Total | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | ||