Amber Barrett presented with International Goal of the Year award

The 33rd FAI International Awards were held in The Round Room in The Mansion House on Tuesday night to honour those who have excelled over the last year, with Amber Barrett winning the International Goal of the Year award.

The Milford native pipped Nathan Collins and fellow senior team-mate Michael Obafemi to win the award for her finish against Scotland that helped Vera Pauw's team qualify for FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.

Ireland striker Amber Barrett last week joining Belgian Cup winners Standard Liege and arrive at her new club after Ireland’s campaign in Australia, which kicks off against the co-hosts in Sydney on July 20.

It had to be didn't it! Amber Barrett's famous goal in Glasgow against Scotland that got us to our first ever women's World Cup has won the FAI goal of the year. No pressure do do the same against Australia @amberbarrett ☘️ #coygig pic.twitter.com/WMvxL2dWMn

— Éire Guide (@eireguide) June 20, 2023

Taking in performances from June 2022-June 2023, the annual awards brought together many people to celebrate those who have made a big impact on Irish football. Defender Nathan Collins won the Senior Men's International Player of the Year award and goalkeeper Courtney Brosnan was named as the Senior Women's International Player of the Year following superb seasons. Evan Ferguson was selected as the Young Men's Player of the Year and Heather Payne collected the first ever Young Women's Player of the Year award. Rebekah Grant won the Football For All International Player of the Year after playing a key role in the Deaf Women's Futsal Team qualifying for this year's World Cup. This year's recipient of the Special Merit Award is Niamh O'Donoghue. She was the first woman elected to the FAI Council, the first woman elected to the FAI Board and someone who had a significant impact in shaping the structures of women and girls' football. The two inductees into the FAI Hall of Fame are former international defender Kevin Moran and ex-WNT goalkeeper Sue Hayden - two legendary figures for their respective teams. A jury of members from Soccer Writers' Ireland helped select some of the nominees and winners from seven different categories. Lee McColgan of Cockhill Celtic was nominated for Amateur Player of the Year 33rd FAI INTERNATIONAL AWARDS WINNERS SENIOR MEN’S INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Nathan Collins YOUNG MEN’S INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Evan Ferguson SENIOR WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Courtney Brosnan YOUNG WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Heather Payne INTERNATIONAL GOAL OF THE YEAR WNT | Amber Barrett v Scotland MEN’S UNDER-21 INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Will Smallbone MEN’S UNDER-19 INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Sean Grehan MEN’S UNDER-18 INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Sam Curtis MEN’S UNDER-17 INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Naj Razi MEN’S UNDER-16 INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Matthew Moore MEN’S UNDER-15 INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Rory Finneran UNDER-18 SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Peter Grogan (St. Mary’s CBS, Carlow) WOMEN’S UNDER-19 INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Scarlett Herron WOMEN’S UNDER-17 INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Aoife Kelly WOMEN’S UNDER-16 INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Freya Healy UNDER-15 GIRLS SCHOOLS INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Abigail Bradshaw (St. Colmcille’s Community School, Knocklyon) FOOTBALL FOR ALL INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Rebekah Grant (Deaf Futsal) SSE AIRTRICITY LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Rory Gaffney (Shamrock Rovers) AMATEUR INTERNATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Stephen Chambers SPECIAL MERIT Niamh O'Donoghue HALL OF FAME Kevin Moran Sue Hayden