Chloe Mustaki

Chloe Naomi Mustaki (born 29 July 1995) is a footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Bristol City of the English Women's Championship. Born in the United States, she is a member of the Republic of Ireland women's national team and also holds French citizenship. At club level she has previously played for Shelbourne, UCD Waves and Peamount United in her home country, as well as for Girondins de Bordeaux in France and Charlton Athletic in England.

Chloe Mustaki
Mustaki with Bristol City in 2022.
Personal information
Full name Chloe Naomi Mustaki[1]
Date of birth (1995-07-29) 29 July 1995
Place of birth Lima, Ohio, U.S.[2]
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bristol City
Number 12
Youth career
2002–2008 Park Celtic
2008–2011 St. Joseph's
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Peamount United
2014–2016 UCD Waves
2016–2017 Girondins de Bordeaux 15 (0)
2017–2018 UCD Waves
2019 Shelbourne
2019–2020 Charlton Athletic 6 (0)
2021–2022 Shelbourne
2022– Bristol City 15 (1)
International career‡
2012–2014 Republic of Ireland U19 28 (2)
2022– Republic of Ireland 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:00, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2023

Mustaki was the captain of the successful Republic of Ireland women's national under-19 football team which qualified for the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship finals for the first time in 2014, reaching the semi-finals. She was called up for the senior Republic of Ireland women's national team for the first time in October 2019, winning her first cap in February 2022.

Early life

Mustaki was born in Ohio to an Irish mother and a French father of Greek heritage, who had met at Boston University. They left the United States when Mustaki was one year old. The family then lived in Paris for two years, before Mustaki and her mother moved to Cabinteely upon the separation of Mustaki's parents. Mustaki played street football with her brother and his friends and progressed into organised youth soccer with Park Celtic boys and St. Joseph's.[3][4][5]

Club career

For the inaugural 2011–12 season of the Women's National League (WNL), 16-year-old Mustaki joined South Dublin club Peamount United. Seen as a promising midfielder,[6] she helped Peamount secure the league title in her debut season.[7]

Mustaki was one of several Peamount players to follow manager Eileen Gleeson to UCD Waves for 2014–15.[8] In August 2014 Mustaki was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma and underwent chemotherapy. When UCD Waves played in the 2014 FAI Women's Cup final against Raheny United in November, UCD's Áine O'Gorman celebrated her equalising goal by revealing a t-shirt with team-mate Mustaki's squad number 17 on it.[9]

On 16 March 2015 Mustaki played her first football match since July 2014, when she came on as a substitute for UCD Waves against Raheny United at Morton Stadium.[3]

While based at KEDGE Business School in Bordeaux on an Erasmus Programme placement, Mustaki played for Girondins de Bordeaux.[5] She made 15 appearances in the 2016–17 Division 1 Féminine.[2] After returning to Ireland Mustaki helped UCD Waves finish fourth in the 2017 Women's National League and reach the FAI Women's Cup final, which they lost 1–0 to Cork City at the Aviva Stadium.[10]

Mustaki spent a season with Shelbourne in 2019, then signed for English FA Women's Championship club Charlton Athletic in November 2019. She made her debut in a 1–0 FA Women's League Cup win over London City Lionesses.[11] A serious knee injury sustained on international duty curtailed Mustaki's season in March 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic prompted her London-based employer to allow her to work from home in Ireland.[12] She rejoined Shelbourne for 2021.[13] After helping Shelbourne win the 2021 WNL title and playing in the 3–1 2021 FAI Women's Cup Final defeat by Wexford Youths, Mustaki agreed to remain with the club for 2022.[14]

In July 2022 Mustaki returned to English football, signing a one-year professional contract with Women's Championship club Bristol City. [15]

International career

Youth

Mustaki represented Ireland at schoolgirl level while she attended Lycée Français d'Irlande, Clonskeagh.[16] She was named FAI Under-17 Women's International Player of the Year for 2011.[17]

Mustaki was the captain of the Republic of Ireland women's national under-19 football team which qualified for the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship finals for the first time in 2014.[18][19] She featured in wins over Spain, England and Sweden as Ireland negotiated the group stage.[20] They lost 4–0 to the Netherlands in the semi-final, for whom Vivianne Miedema scored a hat-trick.[21] Mustaki was substituted after an hour and was frustrated at her conspicuous lack of energy. Shortly after returning home she was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma.[3]

While attached to University College Dublin Mustaki represented Ireland at the 2017 and 2019 Summer Universiades.[22] She had also been selected for the 2015 edition in Gwangju, but withdrew on medical advice due to the 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in South Korea.[3]

Senior

New Republic of Ireland national team coach Vera Pauw called up Mustaki to the senior squad for the first time in October 2019, for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifier against Ukraine.[23] She retained her squad place and – due to the unavailability of some regular players – was likely to win a debut cap in a March 2020 qualifying match against Greece, but suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in training the day before the game.[24]

Mustaki earned her first cap for Ireland on 19 February 2022 against Russia at the 2022 Pinatar Cup.[25] She made her first competitive appearance on 12 April 2022, playing as a left wing-back in a creditable 1–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A draw with Sweden at Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg.[26]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps
Republic of Ireland 2022 5
Total5

Personal life

Mustaki describes herself as Franco-Irish.[5] She completed ERASMUS Programme placements in Bordeaux and Lisbon while completing her degree in International Commerce and French from University College Dublin (UCD). For her master's degree in International Management she took a placement in London. She then took a job in London with Maven Search in financial services: "I'm mostly headhunting investment bankers over in the States."[24] While injured in 2020 Mustaki worked for Raidió Teilifís Éireann as a television pundit.[27]

Honours

Bristol City

References
  1. "Match Report Mex-IRL 0:0" (PDF). 2017 Summer Universiade. 18 August 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  2. "Chloe Mustaki" (in French). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  3. Hannigan, Mary (21 April 2016). "Chloe Mustaki: 'People think you're back to normal, but you never are'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  4. Fitzmaurice, Courtney (10 June 2020). "Chloe Mustaki 'Hopefully I Can Get That Cap That I've Been Working Towards Since 13'". Her Sport. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  5. Berlier, Sébastien (27 December 2019). "Interview - Chloé Mustaki, internationale irlandaise passée par les Girondins de Bordeaux" (in French). God Save The Foot. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  6. Maher, Gareth. "Player focus – Chloe Mustaki". Women's National League (Ireland). Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  7. Fitzgerald, Brian (22 April 2012). "Peamount - WNL Champions 2012". Extratime.com. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  8. Findlater, Stephen (21 August 2014). "Waves Break New Ground". Dublin Gazette. Archived from the original on 21 February 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  9. Bailey, Ryan (4 November 2017). "'You're never faced with the possibility of dying when you're so young. You don't think about it'". The42.ie. TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  10. "Moment of magic wins Women's FAI Cup final for Cork City". Irish Independent. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  11. "Ireland's Mustaki makes debut after joining Charlton Athletic". RTÉ Sport. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  12. Kelly, David (24 June 2020). "Mustaki finds perspective as she battles her way to fitness following horror injury". Irish Independent. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  13. "Shelbourne announce ex-Charlton Athletic defender Mustaki as part of double signing". The42.ie. TheJournal.ie. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  14. Branigan, Peter (4 March 2022). "Mustaki: Shelbourne enjoying the pressure of being the team to beat". FM104. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  15. "Chloe Mustaki joins Bristol City from Shelbourne". The 42.ie. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  16. "Chloe Mustaki". FAI Schools. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  17. "2012 Three FAI International Award Winners Announced". fai.ie. FAI. 26 February 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  18. Hannigan, Mary (8 December 2014). "Savannah McCarthy the leading light in Ireland's bright under-19 side". The Irish Times. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  19. Hannigan, Mary (13 August 2014). "Sportswoman of the Month". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  20. McGuinnes, Grainne (24 July 2014). "Meet Ireland's newest soccer stars as they prepare for Euro semi-final". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  21. "Ireland women bow out of Under-19 European Championships". The Irish Times. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  22. Donnelly, Dave (25 July 2019). "Cabinteely's Mustaki reflects on Ireland seeing off Brazilians". Dublin Gazette. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  23. Donelan, Ann-Marie (7 October 2019). "Chloe Mustaki excited to make Ireland debut following cancer battle". Off the Ball (media company). Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  24. Hannigan, Mary (11 March 2020). "Chloe Mustaki is ready to pick herself up again". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  25. Doherty, Oisín (20 March 2022). "Chloe Mustaki's journey from darkness into bright lights". Irish Independent. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  26. Fallon, John (13 April 2022). "After an arduous climb, Mustaki savours view from new heights". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  27. Fennessy, Paul (10 January 2021). "'We live in a world where there are a lot of sad and angry people' - The challenges of being a female pundit". The42.ie. TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
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