Ger Cafferkey

Playing career Cafferkey studied at NUI Galway. While there he played for the university team.

Cafferkey played in the 2006 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship final loss to Down. Cafferkey also started at full back in the 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, but Mayo lost again, this time by a single point, in this case to Dublin.

Cafferkey was named in the 2012 All Star football team in the full-back position. Due to his preference for defence he never scored for Mayo in either the league or the championship. His last appearance was against Dublin at Croke Park in the 2019 National Football League, having won the man of the match award in the previous game against Cavan, but limping off the field at Croke Park in the first half with one of his customary hamstring injuries, and then having his championship season curtailed by injury. Cafferkey's announcement followed swiftly from a similar one by Andy Moran.

Cafferkey did not seek the media spotlight. He only twice appeared before the media: in 2013 (the league defeat of Kerry) and 2019 (the previously mentioned league game against Cavan) to collect two man of the match awards.

Honours Team All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runner-up: 2012, 2013 Connacht Senior Football Championship: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship: 2006 Connacht Under-21 Football Championship: 2006, 2007, 2008 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship runner-up: 2006

Individual All Star: 2012, nominated 2013 Man of the match: v Kerry in the 2013 NFL and v Cavan in the 2019 NFL