Kelly and Milton nominated for FAI awards

Aoife Kelly has been nominated for the third successive Football Association of Ireland (FAI) International Awards, while Ciara Milton has been nominated in two categories.

The nominations for the 35th instalment of the event have been confirmed ahead of the awards on Friday, June 6th.

The winners will be presented with their trophies in the Aviva Stadium ahead of the International Friendly between Ireland and Senegal.

The performances taken into account are from June 2024 to May 2025.

Kelly won the Women’s Under-17 International Player of the Year award in 2023 and was nominated in the Under 19 category last year, and is again up for the U19 award this year.

The Wexford FC player is nominated alongside Katie Keane, who was also nominated last year, and Jess Fitzgerald.

Last week it was revealed that Ciara Milton was nominated in the U15 Schools category and she is also in the running for the U16 International Player of the Year award, quite the achievement considering she will be eligible for that award again next year.

The inductees to the FAI Hall of Fame and the Special Merit recipient will be announced prior to the event along with the nominees for the Amateur Player of the Year.

35th FAI INTERNATIONAL AWARDS NOMINEES 

Senior Men’s International Player of the Year 

Robbie Brady 

Nathan Collins 

Caoimhin Kelleher 

Senior Women’s International Player of the Year 

Kyra Carusa 

Anna Patten 

Julie-Ann Russell 

Young Men’s International Player of the Year 

Finn Azaz 

Festy Ebosele 

Jake O’Brien 

Young Women’s International Player of the Year 

Abbie Larkin 

Jessie Stapleton 

Tyler Toland 

International Goal of the Year 

MNT | Robbie Brady vs Finland 

MNT | Evan Ferguson vs Bulgaria 

WNT | Julie-Ann Russell vs France 

Men’s Under-21 International Player of the Year 

Anselmo Garcia-MacNulty 

Matt Healy 

Andrew Moran 

Men’s Under-19 International Player of the Year 

Jacob Devaney 

Thomas Morely 

Freddie Turley 

Women’s Under-19 International Player of the Year 

Jess Fitzgerald 

Katie Keane 

Aoife Kelly 

Men’s Under-18 International Player of the Year 

Kyle Fitzgerald 

Luke O’Donnell 

James Roche 

Men’s Under-17 International Player of the Year 

Rory Finneran 

Ramon Martos 

Finn Sherlock 

Women’s Under-17 International Player of the Year 

Anna Butler 

Ella Kelly 

Madison McGuane 

Boys’ Under-16 International Player of the Year 

Joe Byrne 

Tadgh Prizeman 

Niall Sullivan 

Girls’ Under-16 International Player of the Year 

Keelin Comiskey 

Ciara Milton 

Hailey Twomey 

Boys’ Under-15 International Player of the Year 

Maxim Afonin 

Josh O’Dwyer 

Archie Quinn 

Girls’ Under-15 Schools International Player of the Year 

Ava Hallinan (Jesus & Mary Secondary School, Enniscrone) 

Ciara Milton (St. Leo’s College, Carlow) 

Hailey Twomey (Eureka Secondary School, Kells) 

Boys’ Under-18 Schools International Player of the Year 

Adam Brennan (Hartstown Community School) 

Alan Kizenga (St. Mac Dara’s Community School, Templeogue) 

Rhys Knight (Clonkeen College, Blackrock) 

Football For All International Player of the Year 

Josh Hennessy (Down Syndrome Futsal) 

Neil Hoey (Amputee) 

Heather Jameson (Cerebral Palsy)