Paul Callaghan (born 2 August 1971) is an Irish Gaelic football coach and former goalkeeper for the Donegal county team.
[1] He served as the understudy of Gary Walsh during Donegal's successful 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship team.
[1] He brought the Sam Maguire Cup home to a crowded community hall in Burt on the Friday night after the final.
[2] Callaghan also played association football for Grianan Celtic and advanced as far as the All-Ireland Senior Schools Soccer final with Scoil Mhuire in Buncrana when he was 17 years of age.
[1][2] Leeds United and Bradford City, which were professional association football clubs in England, expressed interest and invited him for trials but he did not attend them after receiving advice to become a goalkeeper in Ireland's soccer leagues.
[5] He has also been goalkeeping coach under county managers Brians McEniff and McIver in the 2000s, training such players as Paul Durcan.