Birmingham City defender has come a long way from her debut at John Hyland Park in 2008
There have been a mountain of highs and a heap of lows since then, but if manager Vera Pauw puts Quinn’s name on the team-sheet for Monday’s friendly against Morocco in Marbella , then the Blessington native will become just the sixth Irish woman - after Olivia O’Toole, Emma Byrne, Grant, Áine O’Gorman and Fahey - to win 100 caps for her country.
“You had Emma Byrne on top of it, putting her career on the line. I got to talk to her after the Scotland game [last month’s World Cup qualifying play-off win in Glasgow], I just reiterated what we all think of her, she still gets mentioned in every single camp. And we’re making sure that the younger girls coming through know what we had to do.
What might well change it even more, of course, is the team’s qualification for the World Cup, Quinn hopeful that the impact of that achievement will have a similar effect as 2002 had on her 12-year-old self. “If the tournament wasn’t in Ireland, I think the next best place is probably Australia for us to get our fans there and to make that experience special. To play the hosts in Sydney in front of a full stadium in our opening game, I’m just ridiculously excited. I need to calm down.”
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