Karen Duggan was born on 29 May 1991 and is an Irish footballer who plays for Peamount United of the Women's National League.
24 Facts About Karen Duggan
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Karen Duggan has previously played for UCD Waves and the Republic of Ireland women's national football team.
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Between 2013 and 2016 Duggan was selected for the WNL Team of the Season for four successive seasons.
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Karen Duggan was the only player selected all four seasons.
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Karen Duggan has played camogie at club, university and county level.
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Karen Duggan is the daughter of Pat and Bernie Duggan and has an older brother, John.
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Between 2005 and 2009 Karen Duggan attended Scoil Mhuire in Carrick-on-Suir where she studied for her Leaving Cert.
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Karen Duggan played for Kilkenny GAA in the 2009 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship final.
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Between 2009 and 2013, Karen Duggan attended the University of Limerick where she gained a 2.1 Honours Science Education Degree.
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Together with Julie-Ann Russell, Karen Duggan played for the UL association football team that won the 2010 WSCAI Intervarsities Cup.
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Karen Duggan represented UL at camogie, helping them win the 2010 Ashbourne Shield and then finish as runners up in the 2013 Ashbourne Cup.
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Between 2013 and 2014, while playing with Peamount United, Karen Duggan was employed as a science teacher at Scoil Chriost Ri in Portlaoise.
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Karen Duggan was one of a number of Peamount United players, including Julie-Ann Russell, Aine O'Gorman, Dora Gorman, Chloe Mustaki and Emily Cahill who all subsequently followed Gleeson to UCD Waves.
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In November 2014 Karen Duggan started working as a business analyst and management consultant for Accenture.
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Ahead of the 2018 Women's National League season, Karen Duggan returned to Peamount United.
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Karen Duggan played in Peamount's 2018 and 2019 FAI Women's Cup final defeats by Wexford Youths.
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In 2020 Karen Duggan displayed good form, being named November Player of the Month as Peamount retained their WNL title.
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At the WNL Awards in December 2020, Karen Duggan was named in the Team of the Season for a record sixth time and named Player of the Year for the second time.
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Karen Duggan has represented the Republic of Ireland at under 15, under 17, under 19, university and senior level.
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In December 2011, Karen Duggan was included in a Football Association of Ireland scholarship programme for potential senior women's internationals.
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Karen Duggan represented the Republic of Ireland in their 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying campaigns.
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In September 2018 Karen Duggan retired from international football after winning 35 caps, following Ireland's failed 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying campaign.
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Karen Duggan later declined an approach from her former Peamount and UCD coach Eileen Gleeson, who was named the incoming national team coach Vera Pauw's assistant, to resurrect her international career in the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifiers.
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Karen Duggan was part of RTE Sport's punditry team for the UEFA Euro 2020, alongside Damien Duff, Liam Brady, Richie Sadlier and Kevin Doyle.