{{Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Short description|Donegal Gaelic footballer}} {{Infobox Gaelic games player | name = Ciaran Diver | image = | alt = | caption = | <!-- Personal information --> | irish = | sport = Gaelic football | clposition = | icposition = | birth_date = 1995/1996 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | feet = | inches = | nickname = | occupation = Steel fixer<ref name=Donegal_GAA/> | <!-- Club(s) --> | code = Football | clyears = 201?– | clubs = | clapps(points) = | <!-- Club titles --> | county = Donegal | clcounty = | province = | clprovince = | clallireland = | <!-- Colleges(s) --> | colyears = | colleges = | colapps(points) = | <!-- College titles --> | fitz = | sig = | <!-- Inter-county(ies) --> | icyears = 2019– | counties = [[Donegal county football team|Donegal]] | icapps(points) = | <!-- Inter-county titles --> | icprovince = | icconnacht = | iculster = 1 | icleinster = | icmunster = | icallireland = | nfl = | nhl = | allstars = | <!-- Last updated --> | clupdate = | icupdate = }} '''Ciaran Diver''' (born 1995/1996)<ref name=dn_14102023/> is an Irish [[Gaelic football]]er who plays for Moville<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.donegallive.ie/news/gaa/1299832/ciaran-diver-in-fine-form-as-moville-overcome-naomh-colmcille.html|title=Ciaran Diver in fine form as Moville overcome Naomh Colmcille|date=18 September 2023|access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref> (Bun an Phobail)<ref name=Donegal_GAA/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.the42.ie/donegal-meath-football-navan-4990202-Feb2020/|title=Murphy top scorer as Donegal bag 3 goals to pile more league misery on Meath|publisher=[[The42.ie]]|date=2 February 2020|access-date=2 February 2020}}</ref> and the [[Donegal county football team|Donegal county team]].
==Playing career== He featured for his county during the team's run to the [[2014 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship]] final, and played in that game.<ref>{{cite news|first=Niall|last=Kelly|url=https://www.the42.ie/kerry-donegal-minor-live-1682261-Sep2014/|title=As it happened: Kerry v Donegal, All-Ireland MFC final|publisher=[[The42.ie]]|date=21 September 2014|access-date=21 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Niall|last=Kelly|url=https://www.the42.ie/kerry-donegal-2014-minor-final-1682625-Sep2014/|title=Kerry end 20-year wait for All-Ireland minor glory|publisher=[[The42.ie]]|date=21 September 2014|access-date=21 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Gavin|last=Cummiskey|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/kerry-minors-end-drought-to-give-jack-o-connor-another-all-ireland-1.1936650|title=Kerry minors end drought to give Jack O'Connor another All-Ireland|work=[[The Irish Times]]|date=21 September 2014|access-date=21 September 2014}}</ref> The team had earlier won the 2014 [[Ulster Minor Football Championship]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.donegallive.ie/news/gaelic-games/47054/Donegal-are-Ulster-minor-champions-.html|title=Donegal are Ulster minor champions|date=21 July 2014|access-date=21 July 2014}}</ref> First featuring for his county at senior level under the management of [[Declan Bonner]], Diver was first called up ahead of the 2019 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://donegalnews.com/2018/10/bonner-to-freshen-up-panel-ahead-of-new-season/|title=Bonner to freshen up panel ahead of new season|work=[[Donegal News]]|date=25 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027103816/https://donegalnews.com/2018/10/bonner-to-freshen-up-panel-ahead-of-new-season/|archive-date=27 October 2018}}</ref> He had been playing well for his club before this.<ref>{{cite news|first=Chris|last=McNulty|url=https://www.donegaldaily.com/2018/09/29/listen-seosamh-macceallabhui-eager-for-red-hughs-elder-statesmen-to-deliver/|title=Seosamh MacCeallabhuí eager for Red Hughs' elder statesmen to deliver|date=29 September 2018|access-date=29 September 2018|quote=Ciaran Diver — who ended with 1–5 — scored a first-half goal as Moville led by a point at half-time. MacCeallabhuí says Diver is a player who should be on Declan Bonner's radar.}}</ref> He made his inter-county debut in the [[2019 Dr McKenna Cup]], against Queen's.<ref name=Donegal_GAA>{{cite news|url=https://donegalgaa.ie/player/ciaran-diver/|title=Ciaran Diver|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020170226/https://donegalgaa.ie/player/ciaran-diver/|archive-date=20 October 2020}}</ref> He went on to play in Division 1 of the [[National Football League (Ireland)|National Football League]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Paul|last=Keane|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2020/0202/1112556-classy-donegal-put-meath-to-the-sword-at-navan/|title=Classy Donegal put Meath to the sword at Navan|publisher=[[RTÉ Sport]]|date=2 February 2020|access-date=2 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.donegaldaily.com/2020/02/02/mixed-fortunes-from-the-spot-perhaps-but-murphy-and-donegal-win-well-against-meath-in-navan/|title=Mixed fortunes from the spot perhaps, but Murphy and Donegal win well against Meath in Navan|date=2 February 2020|access-date=2 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gaa.ie/football/football-league-roinn-1/meath-donegal/1739299/|title=Allianz FL D1: Donegal too strong for Meath|date=2 February 2020|access-date=2 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Peter|last=Campbell|url=https://www.donegallive.ie/news/sport/513807/doengal-go-on-goal-rampage-in-navan-to-easily-overcome-meath-in-second-game-of-league.html|title=Donegal go on goal rampage in Navan to easily overcome Meath in second game of league|date=2 February 2020|access-date=2 February 2020}}</ref> Diver scored a goal for Donegal against [[Sligo county football team|Sligo]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|first=Chris|last=McNulty|url=https://www.donegaldaily.com/2018/12/16/experimental-donegal-ease-to-win-over-sligo-in-lopsided-second-half/|title=Donegal ease to win over Sligo in lopsided second half|date=16 December 2018|access-date=16 December 2018}}</ref> He has been [[Captain (Gaelic games)|captain]] of his club.<ref name=dn_14102023>{{cite news|url=https://donegalnews.com/diver-leading-the-way-for-moville/|title=Diver leading the way for Moville|work=[[Donegal News]]|date=14 October 2023|access-date=14 October 2023|quote=…said the 27-year-old.}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Donegal Minor Football Team 2014}}
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[[Category:Year of birth uncertain]] [[Category:Donegal inter-county Gaelic footballers]] {{Donegal-Gaelic-football-bio-stub}}