{"id":275500,"date":"2026-01-09T06:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T06:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/275500\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T06:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T06:40:11","slug":"jake-mulraney-signs-for-rovers-8-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/275500\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Mulraney signs for Rovers! 8 January 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shamrock Rovers today completed the signing of Jake Mulraney to the Hoops ranks ahead of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

A much sought-after signature, Jake joins the Hoops ahead of pre season training starting next week.<\/p>\n

Head coach, Stephen Bradley was speaking about the signing to the club website.<\/p>\n

Jake Mulraney becomes the first Rovers signing for 2026. How happy are you to bring Jake to the club?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re really happy. Jake is one we\u2019ve looked at for some time, so we\u2019re really happy to get him in. He really adds something to the attacking part of the pitch and gives us really good options. So I\u2019m delighted to get him in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jake is a well established and recognised League of Ireland footballer. What do you see as his attributes that will contribute to this Rovers group?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cJake is a really experienced player. He\u2019s a player who we saw in Tallaght Stadium in 2024 (scored two with one assist in a 3-0 victory for Saint Patrick\u2019s Athletic) with the qualities he has. We have seen that time and time again. I think we will improve Jake, and Jake will definitely improve us, there\u2019s no doubt about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jake would be usually seen as a wide player. Do you see him playing in more than one position for Rovers?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI think he can play a number of positions, which was a really important part of getting Jake in. We know he can play on either side, but we also know he can play centrally as well and is really dangerous from all of those areas. He\u2019s a player we can utilise in all those positions.\u201d<\/p>\n

As 29 years of age, do you see Jake\u2018s experience being of assistance to our younger players at the club?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cJake is obviously experienced, but he also has the hunger to want to win. I think that\u2019s quite common with a lot of players as they get older, they understand that winning trophies and medals and playing in Europe it is really important for them. So Jake is really hungry for that and hopefully he can help us achieve more of the success we\u2019ve had.\u201d<\/p>\n

SRFC social media platforms will have an exclusive interview with the player tomorrow (Friday).<\/p>\n

Player bio:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jake Mulraney signs for Shamrock Rovers from Saint Patrick\u2019s Athletic for whom he made over 100 appearances, with 14 of those in UEFA Conference League football.<\/p>\n

Jake also had previous spells in professional football at Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Heart of Midlothian in Scotland, before playing in America with Atlanta United and Orlando City.<\/p>\n

Jake was also capped for Ireland as under 17, \u00a0under 19 and under 21 level.<\/p>\n

\"\"8 January 2026; Shamrock Rovers new signing Jake Mulraney poses for a portrait during his unveiling at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n

\"\"8 January 2026; Shamrock Rovers new signing Jake Mulraney poses for a portrait during his unveiling at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shamrock Rovers today completed the signing of Jake Mulraney to the Hoops ranks ahead of the 2026 season.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-275500","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-featured-news","12":"tag-featurednews","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-latest-news","17":"tag-latestnews","18":"tag-main-news","19":"tag-mainnews","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-top-stories","22":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115863776401676214","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}