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Tyler Toland
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-08-08)8 August 2001(age 23)
Place of birth St Johnston,Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Blackburn Rovers
Number 4
Youth career
Maiden City
Raphoe Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Sion Swifts
2019–2021 Manchester City 1 (0)
2020–2021 →Glasgow City(loan)
2021–2022 Celtic
2022–2023 Levante 9 (0)
2023– Blackburn Rovers 20 (1)
International career‡
2016–2017 Republic of Ireland U17 15 (1)
2017– Republic of Ireland 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:10, 28 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 July 2022

Tyler Toland(born 8 August 2001) is an Irish professionalfootballerwho plays as amidfielderfor EnglishWomen's Super LeagueclubBlackburn Rovers.[1]She previously played forLiga FclubLevante UD,Scottish Women's Premier League(SWPL) clubsGlasgow CityandCeltic,EnglishWomen's Super LeagueclubManchester City,andSion Swiftsof theWomen's Premiership (Northern Ireland).

Toland made her debut for theRepublic of Ireland women's national teamin 2017, but wasn't selected since November 2019 after falling into dispute with thecoachVera Pauw.In September 2023, she came back to the team.[1]

Club career

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Early years

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Tyler Toland was born on 8 August 2001 and was raised inSt Johnston,a village in the Laggan district in the east ofCounty DonegalinUlster,the northernprovincein Ireland.[2][3]She is the daughter of formerFinn Harpsplayer Maurice Toland. She started playing football forMaiden City F.C.while attendingDeele CollegeinRaphoe.[4]In 2016, she was voted as Irish under-16 player of the year.[5]She participated in theGalway CupforKildrum Tigersin 2017. Despite being the only girl in the tournament, she was on the winning team that defeatedGlentoran F.C.in the final.[5]Owing to her home club of Maiden City playing in future tournaments that did not allow for girls to participate, Toland signed to play for Northern Irish clubSion Swifts.[5]In her first season, Toland won theIFA Women's Challenge Cupplaying in the final for Sion Swifts againstNewry City LadiesatWindsor Park,Belfast.[6]

Manchester City, 2019–2021

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On 9 August 2019, Toland signed with EnglishFA WSLteamManchester City.[7]She made four appearances for Man City in the2019–20 season,[8]before being disrupted by an ankle ligament injury in August 2020. In October 2020 Toland accepted an offer to move onloanto Scottish championsGlasgow City.[9]

Celtic, 2021–2022

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Toland signed forCelticin July 2021, following her release from Manchester City.[10]In the2021–22 season,Celtic won both theScottish Women's Premier League CupandScottish Women's Cup,but Toland was not a regular first team pick and left the club after the expiry of her one-year contract.[11]

Levante, 2022–2023

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Days after her departure from Celtic, SpanishPrimera DivisiónclubLevanteannounced the signing of Toland to a two-year contract.[12][13]After a year in which she didn't played a lot of games, Toland left Levante in a mutual agreement.[14]

Blackburn Rovers

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In 2023, she would joinBlackburn Rovers.[15]

International career

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Youth

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In 2014, Toland was selected to play forRepublic of IrelandSchools.[4][16]In 2016, she played for the Republic of Ireland U-15s, U-16s andU-17s.[5]

Senior

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In 2017, Toland was called up to the Republic of Ireland's senior team for the2019 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.She made her senior international debut for the Republic of Ireland in September 2017 coming on as asubstituteagainstNorthern IrelandatMourneview Park.In doing so Toland reportedly became the Republic of Ireland's youngest senior player on record, surpassing goalkeeperEmma Byrne.[17][18][note 1]Toland made her first senior start for the Republic of Ireland a month later in October against theSlovakia women's national football team.[19]

Incoming national team coachVera Pauwselected Toland in her first two squads, forUEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifiersagainstUkraineandGreece.She remained an unusedsubstitutein both matches and was then dropped from the national team squad after falling into dispute with Pauw. The dispute escalated in May 2021 when Pauw publicly accused Toland's father of "harassment and intimidation", which he said was laughable. Pauw said that Toland's 18-month exile from the national team could end if Toland telephoned to apologise for the perceived misconduct, instead of sendingtext messages,suggesting "maybe a bit of guts would help her".[20]

In September 2021 the dispute remained unresolved, though Pauw said that Toland's recent lack of first team football at Celtic meant that she would not be considered for the national team in any case.[21]After Pauw was removed from her position in 2023, Toland was brought back into the squad.[1]

International goals

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No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 3 September 2019 Tallaght Stadium,Dublin,Ireland Montenegro 1–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying

Honours

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Sion Swifts

Celtic

Notes

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  1. ^Alistmaintained byRSSSFsuggests at least two other players,Denise LyonsandGrainne Cross,played for Ireland while younger than Toland.

References

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  1. ^abcFallon, John (15 September 2023)."Tyler Toland's four-year Ireland exile ended by caretaker women's manager Eileen Gleeson".Irish Examiner.Retrieved12 October2023.
  2. ^UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship."Tyler Toland".UEFA.Archivedfrom the original on 8 November 2017.Retrieved2 November2017.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^"First senior international call-ups for Tyler Toland and Amber Barrett".Donegal Democrat. 31 August 2017.Retrieved8 November2017.(subscription required)
  4. ^ab"Tyler Toland".FAI Schools.Archivedfrom the original on 7 November 2017.Retrieved2 November2017.
  5. ^abcd"It was a 'sweet 16' as soccer ace Tyler Toland makes history at Galway Cup".Donegal Daily. 13 August 2017.Archivedfrom the original on 7 November 2017.Retrieved2 November2017.
  6. ^Nethery, Tommy (7 September 2017)."Captain fantastic inspires Sion to historic cup win".The Strabane Chronicle.Archivedfrom the original on 13 September 2017.Retrieved2 November2017.
  7. ^"Tyler Toland signs for City".MCFC.
  8. ^Oatway, Caroline (5 October 2020)."Toland heads out on loan".Manchester City F.C.Retrieved1 May2021.
  9. ^"Glasgow City sign Tyler Toland on loan from Manchester City".BBC Sport.5 October 2020.Retrieved1 May2021.
  10. ^Hannigan, Mary (9 July 2021)."Tyler Toland has Champions League ambitions after joining Celtic".Irish Times.Retrieved17 July2022.
  11. ^"Celtic confirm departure of Tyler Toland".Donegal Daily. 6 July 2022.Retrieved17 July2022.
  12. ^"Tyler Toland por dos temporadas, nuevo refuerzo del Levante UD Femenino"(in Spanish). El Desmarque. 7 July 2022.Retrieved17 July2022.
  13. ^"Tyler Toland signs for Spanish side Levante".The 42.ie. 7 July 2022.Retrieved17 July2022.
  14. ^Martínez-Vilanova, Pablo (4 July 2023)."El Levante y Tyler Toland separan sus caminos".Superdeporte(in Spanish).Retrieved12 October2023.
  15. ^Halligan, Fiona (4 August 2023)."Tyler Toland signs with Blackburn Rovers".Irish Examiner.Retrieved12 October2023.
  16. ^McNulty, Chris (17 February 2016)."Donegal pair named in Republic of Ireland Under-15 Schools squad".Donegal Sport Hub.Archivedfrom the original on 23 October 2016.Retrieved2 November2017.
  17. ^"Tyler Toland enters Irish history books after promotion for senior debut".Donegal Daily.Archivedfrom the original on 21 September 2017.Retrieved2 November2017.
  18. ^Hannigan, Mary."Tyler Toland taking international football in her stride at just 16".The Irish Times.
  19. ^"Ireland women make it two wins from two in Slovakia".Raidió Teilifís Éireann.25 October 2017.Archivedfrom the original on 25 October 2017.Retrieved2 November2017.
  20. ^Hannigan, Mary (1 May 2021)."Vera Pauw accuses player's father of 'harassment and intimidation'".The Irish Times.Retrieved1 May2021.
  21. ^McDonnell, Daniel (9 September 2021)."'She has not made herself available - but she's not playing so there's no reason' - Vera Pauw on Tyler Toland ".Irish Independent.Retrieved17 July2022.
  22. ^"#SWPLCup: Glasgow City 0-1 Celtic".Women’s Premier League.Archived fromthe originalon 6 March 2022.Retrieved26 May2022.
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