Quick Facts
Biography
Paudie Clifford (Irish: Pádraig Ó Clúmháin) is an Irish Gaelic footballer. As of 2023, he is centre back and captain of Fossa, half forward for regional side East Kerry and at senior level for the Kerry county team.He is the brother of fellow Kerry footballer David Clifford.
Club
Clifford plays for the Fossa GAA club in County Kerry and for divisional side East Kerry GAA.
He won the 2016 Kerry Junior Football Championship with Fossa. He is also a two-time winner of the Kerry Senior Football Championship with East Kerry GAA.
Kerry
Junior
As a member of the Kerry junior team, Clifford won the 2018 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship and Munster Junior Football Championship.
2020
Clifford made his senior debut for Kerry in 2020.
2021
Kerry won the 2021 National League and the 2021 Munster Senior Football Championship.
He won his first All Star award at Centre Forward. He was also chosen on The Sunday Game Team of the Year.
2022
Clifford's Kerry team won every competition they entered in 2022. The 2022 McGrath Cup was followed with the 2022 National Football League and the 2022 Munster Senior Football Championship.
On 24 July, Kerry won the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, giving the county their 38th title and Clifford his first.
He was chosen on The Sunday Game Team of the Year.
Third-level
During his time in third level college in Cork, Clifford lined out with both Cork Institute of Technology and University College Cork.
With UCC GAA, he was part of the college's 2019 Sigerson Cup winning side.
Career statistics
- As of match played 24 July 2022
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Kerry | 2020 | Division 1 | 1 | 0-00 | 1 | 0-00 | - | 2 | 0-00 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 1-05 | 3 | 0-06 | 1 | 0-02 | 8 | 1-13 | ||
| 2022 | 8 | 0-10 | 2 | 0-04 | 3 | 0-04 | 13 | 0-18 | ||
| 2023 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | ||
| Total | 13 | 1-15 | 6 | 0-10 | 4 | 0-06 | 23 | 1-31 | ||
Honours
- Fossa
- Kerry Premier Junior Football Championship (1): 2022 (c)
- Munster Junior Club Football Championship (1): 2022 (c)
- All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship (1): 2023 (c)
- Kerry Junior Football Championship (1): 2016
- East Kerry
- Kerry Senior Football Championship (4): 2019, 2020,2022, 2023 (c)
- Kerry
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (1): 2022
- Munster Senior Football Championship (2): 2021, 2022
- All-Ireland Junior Football Championship (1): 2018
- Munster Junior Football Championship (1): 2018
- National Football League (2): 2021, 2022
- McGrath Cup: 2022
- University College Cork
- Sigerson Cup (1): 2019
- Individual
- All Star (3): 2021, 2022, 2023
- The Sunday Game Team of the Year (3): 2021, 2022, 2023