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Olivia Christina O'Toole (born 25 February 1971) is an Irish former international association football forward. She made her debut for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team in 1991 and captained the team before retiring in 2009. With over 130 caps she has made the most appearances for the Irish national team of any player, male or female. O'Toole's record of 54 international goals was equalled by Robbie Keane in September 2012. A three time International Player of the Year, the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) described O'Toole as: "Renowned for her unpredictability and a whole range of trickery, Olivia's eye for goal and magical left foot sets her out as one of Ireland's greatest ever talents at any level." ==Club career== Born and raised in the Sheriff Street area of Dublin's Northside, O'Toole began playing with the Sheriff YC boys' team at age six. As the only female in the team she had separate changing facilities at the club's Fairview base. This arrangement continued with team mates largely supportive but some opposition players objecting to playing against a girl. At 14 O'Toole was prohibited from playing with boys and spent two years out of football before joining Drumcondra FC's women's section at 16. O'Toole collected eight FAI Women's Cup medals and nine League championships during her club career with Blacklion, Castle Rovers, Shamrock Rovers and Raheny United.〔 In the 2002–03 UEFA Women's Cup, O'Toole scored in all three of Shamrock Rovers' group games against ŽNK Osijek, ŽFK Mašinac and FFC Frankfurt. After her retirement from senior club football, O'Toole turned out for North Wall in the 2010 DWSL Intermediate Cup. She scored twice in a 4–0 victory over St Patrick's Athletic at Saint Anne's Park in June 2010. In June 2012 she made a second half cameo for St Catherine's, scoring twice to salvage a point in a 4–4 draw at Bealnamulla. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Olivia O'Toole」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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