# Ger Cafferkey

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Mayo Gaelic footballer

Ger Cafferkey Personal information Native name Gearóid Mac Eafarcaigh (Irish) Born (1987-08-05) 5 August 1987 (age 38) Castlebar, Ireland Occupation Engineer[1] Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Sport Sport Gaelic football Position Full back Club Years Club 2004– Ballina Stephenites College Years College NUI Galway Inter-county Years County Apps (scores) 2009–2019 Mayo 104 (0–0)[1] Inter-county titles Connacht titles 6[1] All-Irelands 0 NFL 1 All Stars 1

**Ger Cafferkey** (born 5 August 1987) is a former [Gaelic footballer](/source/Gaelic_football) who plays for [Ballina Stephenites](/source/Ballina_Stephenites_GAA) and the [Mayo county team](/source/Mayo_county_football_team).[2]

## Playing career

Cafferkey studied at [NUI Galway](/source/NUI_Galway).[3] While there he played for the [university team](/source/NUI_Galway_GAA).[4]

Cafferkey played in the [2006 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship](/source/2006_All-Ireland_Minor_Football_Championship) final loss to [Down](/source/Down_GAA).[1] He won three [Connacht Under-21 Football Championships](/source/Connacht_Under-21_Football_Championship) between 2006 and 2008.[1] He also won an [All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship](/source/All-Ireland_Under-21_Football_Championship) in 2006, while playing at full back.[1] He first played senior championship for his county in 2009 against [New York](/source/New_York_county_football_team).[1] His first of six [Connacht Senior Football Championship](/source/Connacht_Senior_Football_Championship) (SFC) medals followed in his first season.[1]

Cafferkey started at full back in the [2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final](/source/2012_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_final), which Mayo lost by 0-13 to 2-11 against [Donegal](/source/Donegal_county_football_team).[5][6] Cafferkey also started at full back in the [2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final](/source/2013_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_final), but Mayo lost again, this time by a single point, in this case to [Dublin](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dublin_conunty_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1).

Cafferkey was named in the 2012 [All Star](/source/List_of_All_Stars_Awards_winners_(football)) football team in the full-back position.[1] He was nominated again the following year, though did not win.[1]

Cafferkey sustained a serious [hamstring](/source/Hamstring) injury in 2016.[1]

Cafferkey announced his retirement from inter-county football via social media on Monday 9 September 2019, having made 104 appearances in league and championship for his county team.[1] Due to his preference for defence he never scored for Mayo in either the league or the championship.[1] His last appearance was against Dublin at Croke Park in the [2019 National Football League](/source/2019_National_Football_League_(Ireland)), having won the man of the match award in the previous game against [Cavan](/source/Cavan_county_football_team), but limping off the field at Croke Park in the first half with one of his customary hamstring injuries, and then having his championship season curtailed by injury. Cafferkey's announcement followed swiftly from a similar one by [Andy Moran](/source/Andy_Moran).[1]

Cafferkey did not seek the media spotlight. He only twice appeared before the media: in 2013 (the league defeat of Kerry) and 2019 (the previously mentioned league game against Cavan) to collect two man of the match awards.[1]

## Honours

### Team

- [All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](/source/All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship) runner-up: [2012](/source/2012_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_Final), [2013](/source/2013_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_Final)

- [Connacht Senior Football Championship](/source/Connacht_Senior_Football_Championship): 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

- [All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship](/source/All-Ireland_Under-21_Football_Championship): 2006[1]

- [Connacht Under-21 Football Championship](/source/Connacht_Under-21_Football_Championship): 2006,[1] 2007,[1] 2008[1]

- [All-Ireland Minor Football Championship](/source/All-Ireland_Minor_Football_Championship) runner-up: [2006](/source/2006_All-Ireland_Minor_Football_Championship)[1]

### Individual

- [All Star](/source/List_of_All_Stars_Awards_winners_(football)): 2012,[1] nominated 2013[1]

- Man of the match: v Kerry in the 2013 NFL and v Cavan in the 2019 NFL[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-10) [***l***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-11) [***m***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-12) [***n***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-13) [***o***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-14) [***p***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-15) [***q***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-16) [***r***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-17) [***s***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-18) [***t***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-19) [***u***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-20) [***v***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-21) [***w***](#cite_ref-stalwart_to_call_time_1-22) McGreal, Edwin (11 September 2019). "Cafferkey latest stalwart to call time on Mayo career". *[Irish Examiner](/source/Irish_Examiner)*. p. 6.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Clarke taking nothing for granted"](http://www.hoganstand.com/Mayo/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=171604). *Hogan Stand*. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["NUI Galway students and alumni head for Croke Park with Mayo senior football finalists"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161217102433/https://www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/news-and-events/news-archive/2013/september2013/nui-galway-students-and-alumni-head-for-croke-park-with-mayo-senior-football-finalists-.html). 17 September 2013. Archived from [the original](https://www.nuigalway.ie/about-us/news-and-events/news-archive/2013/september2013/nui-galway-students-and-alumni-head-for-croke-park-with-mayo-senior-football-finalists-.html) on 17 December 2016. The Mayo squad contains a large number of current and former students including Ger Cafferkey, Jason Doherty, Alan Dillon, Conor O'Shea, Shane McHale, Chris Barrett and Cathal Freeman. Former Inter-County star James Nallen, who is a selector with the Mayo side, is a Chief Technical Officer in NUI Galway's School of Physics.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Kelly, Tom (14 January 2009). ["Roscommon denied victory as Bradshaw earns NUI Galway a share of the spoils"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190214102332/https://www.westmeathindependent.ie/sport/gaa/articles/2009/01/14/34746-roscommon-denied-victory-as-bradshaw-earns-nui-galway-a-share-of-the-spoils). *Westmeath Independent*. Archived from [the original](https://www.westmeathindependent.ie/sport/gaa/articles/2009/01/14/34746-roscommon-denied-victory-as-bradshaw-earns-nui-galway-a-share-of-the-spoils) on 14 February 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Donegal 2-11 0-13 Mayo"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/northern-ireland/19693260). *BBC Sport*. 23 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Murphy rocket sees Donegal strike gold"](http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/murphy-rocket-sees-donegal-strike-gold-3239536.html). *Irish Independent*. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.

## External links

- [2012 All Star Team Announcement](https://web.archive.org/web/20121026174819/http://www.gaa.ie/gaa-news-and-videos/daily-news/1/2410122229-gaagpa-all-star-football-team-2012/)

Mayo panels v t e Mayo – 2006 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Champions (4th title) 1 K. O'Malley 2 T. Howley 3 G. Cafferkey 4 K. Higgins (c) 5 C. Barrett 6 T. Cunniffe 7 C. Boyle 8 S. O'Shea 9 B. Moran 10 A. Campell 11 J. Dillon 12 A. Kilcoyne 13 M. Ronaldson 14 M. Hannick 15 M. Conroy Subs used S. Ryan for C. Boyle K. Costello for J. Dillon E. Varley for M. Hannick v t e Mayo – 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up 1 D. Clarke (c) 2 K. Keane 3 G. Cafferkey 4 K. Higgins 5 L. Keegan 6 D. Vaughan 7 C. Boyle 8 B. Moran 9 A. O'Shea 10 K. McLoughlin 11 J. Doherty 12 A. Dillon 13 E. Varley 14 C. O'Connor 15 M. Conroy Subs used 26 A. Freeman for Doherty 23 J. Gibbons for Conroy 22 S. O'Shea for Moran 19 R. Feeney for Varley Manager J. Horan Selectors T. Prendergast J. Nallen Coach C. O'Neill v t e Mayo – 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up 1 R. Hennelly 2 T. Cunniffe 3 G. Cafferkey 4 C. Barrett 5 L. Keegan 6 D. Vaughan 7 C. Boyle 8 A. O'Shea 9 S. O'Shea 10 K. McLoughlin 11 K. Higgins 12 A. Dillon 13 C. O'Connor 14 A. Freeman 15 A. Moran (c) Subs used 24 M. Conroy for A Freeman 22 C. Carolan for T Cunniffe 25 E. Varley for A Dillon 20 B. Moran for S O'Shea 26 J. Doherty for A Moran Manager J. Horan Selectors D. Buckley E. Coughlan J. Nallen T. Prendergast

All Stars v t e 2012 All Star Gaelic Football Team 1 P. Durcan 2 N. McGee 3 G. Cafferkey 4 K. Higgins 5 L. Keegan 6 K. LaceyFOTY 7 F. McGlynn 8 N. Gallagher 9 A. Walsh 10 P. Flynn 11 A. Dillion 12 M. McHugh 13 C. O'Neill 14 M. Murphy 15 C. McFadden v t e Mayo All Stars Mayo has 54 All Stars, as of 2021. 33 different players have won, as of 2021. Lee Keegan won five All Stars, while Colm Boyle won four. denotes that a player also won Footballer of the Year that season. 1971: Johnny Carey 1979: Joe McGrath 1985: Dermot Flanagan, Willie Joe Padden, Kevin McStay 1989: Gabriel Irwin, Jimmy Browne, Dermot Flanagan2nd, Willie Joe Padden2nd, Noel Durkin 1992: T. J. Kilgallon 1993: Kevin O'Neill 1996: Kenneth Mortimer, Pat Holmes, James Nallen, Liam McHale, James Horan 1997: Kenneth Mortimer2nd, Pat Fallon 1999: James Horan2nd 2004: James Nallen2nd, Ciarán McDonald 2006: Alan Dillon, Conor Mortimer 2011: Andy Moran 2012: Ger Cafferkey, Keith Higgins, Lee Keegan, Alan Dillon2nd 2013: Keith Higgins2nd, Lee Keegan2nd, Colm Boyle, Aidan O'Shea 2014: Keith Higgins3rd, Colm Boyle2nd, Cillian O'Connor 2015: Lee Keegan3rd, Aidan O'Shea2nd 2016: David Clarke, Brendan Harrison, Lee Keegan 4th, Colm Boyle3rd 2017: David Clarke2nd, Chris Barrett, Keith Higgins3rd Colm Boyle4th, Aidan O'Shea3rd, Andy Moran 2nd 2019: Paddy Durcan 2020: Oisín Mullin, Cillian O'Connor2nd 2021: Lee Keegan5th, Matthew Ruane, Ryan O'Donoghue

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