Aaron McCarey (born 14 January 1992) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for NIFL Premiership side Portadown.

[9] He played four full matches for the club, all victories,[10] starting with a 2–1 home win over Alfreton Town on 22 February 2011.

[12] On 11 August 2012, McCarey was named in a Wolves matchday squad for the first time, remaining unused as Carl Ikeme played in their League Cup first round match against Aldershot Town at home, a penalty shoot-out victory.

[20] On 28 November 2013, he signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract with Wolves, and on the same day joined League Two club York City on loan until 4 January 2014.

[24] He joined League Two club Portsmouth on a one-month emergency loan on 23 September 2015, following injuries to Paul Jones and Brian Murphy.

He made his European debut against Rapid Vienna at the Allianz Stadion in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League group stage.

[37] McCarey was capped once for the Republic of Ireland national under-17 team, playing in a 3–1 home defeat to Poland in a friendly on 21 April 2009.

[54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63] He received his first call up to the senior Republic of Ireland national team as a replacement for Keiren Westwood, for a friendly against Spain in New York in June 2013.

[64] McCarey had to wait almost five years to get his next senior call-up, again deputising for Keiren Westwood for Ireland's friendly versus Turkey on 23 March 2018.