Brian Fenton

Brian Fenton (born 2 March 1993) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Raheny club and previously played for the Dublin county team. He was the 2018 and 2020 GAA/GPA Footballer of the Year. His father, also Brian, is from Spa outside Killarney and the family home is in Raheny. He first trained as a physiotherapist and then studied for a Masters in Business Management, going on to work in medical sales. He was a member of the Dublin team that won the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship in 2014 and made his senior debut in 2015 in a national league game against Monaghan, scoring a goal. He won the National Football League and the Leinster Senior Football Championship with Dublin that year, starting both games in midfield, and was named Man of the Match in the 2015 All-Ireland final, which Dublin won against Kerry. He won the League title again in 2016, scoring a point in the final against Kerry.