Killian Young (born 4 January 1987 in Tralee) is an Irish sportsman. He plays Gaelic football with his local club Renard, contests the County Championship with divisional side South Kerry, and was a member of the Kerry senior football team from 2006 to 2019.

Having appeared for Kerry in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship and All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship, Young made his Kerry senior championship debut in 2006, breaking into the team in 2007. He filled the number 7 jersey when Aidan O'Mahony moved to centre-back to replace Séamus Moynihan. Young played there in the National Football League and retained his place for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. He was a member of the Kerry team that won Munster and then the All-Ireland that year, and won Young Player of the Year. He captained Kerry to the 2008 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship.[1] He won another senior All-Ireland in 2009 when Kerry overcame old rivals Cork in the final. In 2010, he captained Kerry to the McGrath Cup, overcoming UCC in the final.

References

  1. ^ Kerry 2-12 Kildare 0-11. RTÉ Sports TV story, found at "RTÉ Sport: Kerry 2-12 Kildare 0-11". RTÉ.ie. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2008.. Accessed 24 May 2008.
Preceded by All Stars Young Footballer of the Year
2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by All-Ireland Under-21 FC
winning captain
2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by U21 Footballer of the Year
2008 		Succeeded by


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killian_Young
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