Tyler Toland

Tyler Toland (born 8 August 2001) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for WSL 2 club Burnley. She previously played for Spanish club Levante UD, Scottish clubs Glasgow City and Celtic, English clubs Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers and Durham and Tyrone side Sion Swifts.

Toland made her debut for the Republic of Ireland women's national team in 2017, but wasn't selected since November 2019 after falling into dispute with the coach Vera Pauw. In September 2023, she came back to the team.

Club career Early years Tyler Toland was born on 8 August 2001 and was raised in St Johnston, a village in the Laggan district in the east of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. She is the daughter of former Finn Harps player Maurice Toland. She started playing football for Maiden City F.C. while attending Deele College in Raphoe. In 2016, she was voted as Irish under-16 player of the year. Owing to her home club of Maiden City playing in future tournaments that did not allow for girls to participate, Toland signed to play for Northern Irish club Sion Swifts.

Manchester City On 9 August 2019, Toland signed with English FA WSL team Manchester City. She made four appearances for Man City in the 2019–20 season, before being disrupted by an ankle ligament injury in August 2020. In October 2020 Toland accepted an offer to move on loan to Scottish champions Glasgow City.

Celtic Toland signed for Celtic in July 2021, following her release from Manchester City. In the 2021–22 season, Celtic won both the Scottish Women's Premier League Cup and Scottish Women's Cup, but Toland was not a regular first team pick and left the club after the expiry of her one-year contract.

Levante Days after her departure from Celtic, Spanish Primera División club Levante announced the signing of Toland to a two-year contract. After a year in which she didn't played a lot of games, Toland left Levante in a mutual agreement.

Blackburn Rovers In 2023, she would join Blackburn Rovers. She departed the club after the conclusion of the 2024/25 season after Blackburn had withdrawn from the Women's Championship, because the club owner was unwilling to meet the league's requirements on facilities, player welfare and staffing.

Durham In July 2025, Toland signed for Durham on a permanent transfer. She departed the club after the end of the 2025/26 season after making 23 games.

Burnley Toland joined newly promoted Women's Super League 2 side Burnley joining fellow Irish Naoisha McAloon, Jamie Finn and Kiera Sena.

International career Youth In 2014, Toland was selected to play for Republic of Ireland Schools. In 2016, she played for the Republic of Ireland U-15s, U-16s and U-17s. Toland made her first senior start for the Republic of Ireland a month later in October against the Slovakia women's national football team.

Incoming national team coach Vera Pauw selected Toland in her first two squads, for UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifiers against Ukraine and Greece. She remained an unused substitute in both matches and was then dropped from the national team squad after falling into dispute with Pauw. The dispute escalated in May 2021 when Pauw publicly accused Toland's father of "harassment and intimidation", which he said was laughable. Pauw said that Toland's 18-month exile from the national team could end if Toland telephoned to apologise for the perceived misconduct, instead of sending text messages, suggesting "maybe a bit of guts would help her".

In September 2021 the dispute remained unresolved, though Pauw said that Toland's recent lack of first team football at Celtic meant that she would not be considered for the national team in any case. After Pauw was removed from her position in 2023, Toland was brought back into the squad by Eileen Gleeson. Scottish Women's Cup: 2022