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Aidan Forker
Armagh Gaelic footballer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aidan Forker (born 6 April 1992) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Sean McDermott's, Maghery, and the Armagh county team.[2]
Forker captained Armagh to the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, with Galway defeated in the final.
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Inter-county
Forker made his inter-county debut against Down in the 2012 Dr McKenna Cup.[3]
He made his championship debut in the 2012 Ulster SFC quarter-final loss to Tyrone.[contradictory][4]
Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney appointed Forker as team captain in 2024.[5] Thus, Forker was captain when Armagh won the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, with a 1–11 to 0–13 win over Galway in the final.[6] He won an All Star at the end of the 2024 season.[7]
At the time Armagh won the 2024 All-Ireland SFC, Forker was vice-principal of Our Lady's Primary School, Tullsaran, and he brought the Sam Maguire Cup there to show the children who were under his care.[8]
Live on television,[9] in the 2025 National League meeting of Armagh and Donegal at MacCumhaill Park, Forker headbutted Michael Murphy in the 44th minute.[10] This was within moments of Murphy's reintroduction (as a substitute) to inter-county football, and referee Sean Hurson sent Forker off.[11][12][13] Forker's headbutt of Michael Murphy was widely compared to Zinedine Zidane's headbutt during the 2006 FIFA World Cup final, though — unlike Zidane's opponent — Murphy stood firm and did not even move.[14][15][16]
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Honours
- Armagh
- Individual
- All Star (1): 2024
References
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