{{short description|Irish sportsperson (born 1975)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox Gaelic games biography | code= Football | sport = Gaelic football | image = | name = Martin Cronin | irish = Máirtín Ó Cróinín | feet = 6 | inches = 0 | nickname= | occupation = Engineer | county = Cork | province = Munster | club = Nemo Rangers | cposition = | clubs = | clyears = 1994-2010 | clapps(points) = | clcounty = 8 | clprovince= 6 | clallireland = 1 | colleges = Cork RTC | sig = 0 | counties = Cork | icposition = Left wing-back | icyears = 1996-2005 | icapps(points) = 31 (0-08) | icprovince = 2 | icallireland = 0 | nfl = 1 | allstars = 0 | clupdate = | icupdate = | birth_date = 1975 | birth_place=Cork, Ireland }} '''Martin Cronin''' (born 1975) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer. At club level, he played with Nemo Rangers and was also a member of the Cork senior football team.
==Career==
Cronin first played Gaelic football with the Nemo Rangers club at juvenile and underage levels, before progressing to adult level in 1994. He won his first Cork SFC medal in 2000, following a 1–14 to 0–07 win over Carbery in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/powerful-rangers-devour-carbery/26105653.html|title=Powerful Rangers devour Carbery|publisher=Irish Independent|date=2 October 2000|accessdate=15 March 2025}}</ref> It was the first of a then club record of eight Cork SHC medals in an 11-year period.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/news/special-day-as-cronin-equals-greats/27080765.html|title=Special day as Cronin equals greats|publisher=Irish Independent|date=28 October 2010|accessdate=15 March 2025}}</ref> Cronin also won six Munster Club SFC medals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/sfclub_teams/|title=Senior Football (Club)|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=|accessdate=15 March 2025}}</ref> He was centre-back when Nemo Rangers beat Crossmolina Deel Rovers by 0–14 to 1–09 in the 2003 All-Ireland club final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/nemo-to-add-to-mayo-misery-26090205.html|title=Nemo to add to Mayo misery|date=16 April 2001|publisher=Irish Independent|accessdate=1 July 2020|first=Martin|last=Breheny}}</ref>
At inter-county level, Cronin first appeared for Cork as a member of the minor team that won the All-Ireland MFC title in 1993, after a 2–07 to 0–09 win over Meath in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/minor-football/|title=Minor Football|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=|accessdate=15 March 2025}}</ref> He later progressed to the under-21 team and added an All-Ireland U21FC medal to his collection when he was an unused substitute in the defeat of Mayo in the 1994 All-Ireland under-21 final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportlomo-userupload.s3.amazonaws.com/uploaded/7/U21%20Football%20teams%20results.pdf|title=Cork under-21 football teams: 1962-2010|publisher=Cork GAA website|date=|access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
Cronin made his senior team debut in 1996 and claimed a National League title in 1999 after a defeat of Dublin in the league final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40127333.html|title=Cork football rewatch: League final joy in the Páirc against the Dubs in 1999|publisher=Echo Live|date=19 April 2020|access-date=9 April 2023}}</ref> He later added a Munster SFC medal to his collection, before ending the season with a defeat by Meath in the 1999 All-Ireland final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40123403.html|title=10 of the best: That sweet feeling when Cork beat Kerry in championship|publisher=Echo Live|date=28 April 2020|access-date=9 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40031381.html|title=Mark O'Sullivan will take 1999 All-Ireland final regrets 'to the grave'|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=13 August 2020|access-date=9 April 2023}}</ref> Cronin won a second Munster SFC medal in 2002 and served as team captain in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-10049144.html|title=Corkery leads Cork rout of Tipp|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=22 July 2002|access-date=9 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-10078516.html|title=Criticism grows over team's surrender to inspired Limerick side|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=13 May 2003|access-date=9 April 2023}}</ref>
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team, Cronin won a Railway Cup medal in 1999 after Munster's 0–10 to 0–07 win over Connacht in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/history/railway-cup-football/|title=Railway Cup Football|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=|access-date=9 April 2023}}</ref>
==Honours==
;Nemo Rangers *All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship: 2003 *Munster Senior Club Football Championship: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2010 *Cork Senior Football Championship: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 *Cork Junior A Hurling Championship: 2000 *City Division Junior A Hurling Championship: 1994, 1998, 2000, 2007, 2009
;Cork *Munster Senior Football Championship: 1999, 2002 *National Football League: 1998–99 *All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship: 1994 *Munster Under-21 Football Championship: 1994 *All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: 1993 *Munster Minor Football Championship: 1993
;Munster *Railway Cup: 1999
==References== {{reflist}}
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