Aidan Forker

Aidan Forker (born 6 April 1992) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Sean McDermott's, Maghery, and the Armagh county team.^[2]

Aidan Forker

Personal information
Irish name	Aodhán Mac Fearchair
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Defender
Born	(1992-04-06) 6 April 1992 (age 32)
Occupation	Teacher[1]
Club(s)
Years	Club
	Sean MacDermott's GAC, Maghery
Club titles
Armagh titles	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
2012–	Armagh
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands	1

Forker captained Armagh to the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, with Galway defeated in the final.

Inter-county

Forker made his inter-county debut against Down in the 2012 Dr McKenna Cup.^[3]

He made his championship debut in the 2012 Ulster SFC quarter-final loss to Tyrone.^{[contradictory][4]}

Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney appointed Forker as team captain in 2024.^[5] Thus, Forker was captain when Armagh won the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, with a 1–11 to 0–13 win over Galway in the final.^[6] He won an All Star at the end of the 2024 season.^[7]

At the time Armagh won the 2024 All-Ireland SFC, Forker was vice-principal of Our Lady's Primary School, Tullsaran, and he brougth the Sam Maguire Cup there to show the children who were under his care.^[8]

Live on television,^[9] in the 2025 National League meeting of Armagh and Donegal at MacCumhaill Park, Forker headbutted Michael Murphy in the 44th minute.^[10] This was within moments of Murphy's reintroduction (as a substitute) to inter-county football, and referee Sean Hurson sent Forker off.^[11][12][13] Forker's headbutt of Michael Murphy was widely compared to Zinedine Zidane's headbutt during the 2006 FIFA World Cup final, though — unlike Zidane's opponent — Murphy stood firm and did not even move.^[14][15][16]

Honours

Armagh

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (1): 2024

Individual

• All Star (1): 2024