Ryan McHugh

Ryan McHugh is an Irish Gaelic footballer born on 11 April 1994 who plays club football for Cill Chartha and represents the Donegal county team, usually in the half-back line. He comes from a footballing family: his father Martin won the 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship with Donegal and his brother Mark later won the same title. McHugh captained the Donegal minor team in 2012, joined the senior panel in 2013 and became widely known after scoring two goals in the 2014 All-Ireland semi-final against Dublin at Croke Park, in a season when Donegal reached the final and he was named GAA/GPA Young Footballer of the Year. He has won the Ulster Senior Football Championship with Donegal several times, received All Star awards in 2016 and 2018, and won the 2017 Donegal Senior Football Championship with his club.