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{{Short description|Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer}}
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{{Infobox Gaelic games player
| code = Hurling
| image = 
| name = Stephen Lucey
| irish = Stiofán Ó Luasaigh
| fullname = Stephen Lucey
| birth_place = [[Croom, County Limerick|Croom]], [[County Limerick]]
| feet = 6
| inches = 2
| occupation = 
| county = Limerick
| province = Munster
| club = [[Croom GAA|Croom]]
| clpositionh = Full-back
| clpositionf = Centre-back
| clubs = [[Croom GAA|Croom]]
| clyears = 1998-present
| clapps(points) = 
| clcountyh = 0
| clcountyf = 1 (UCD)
| clprovince = 
| clallireland = 
| counties = [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]] '''(H)'''<br/> [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]] '''(F)'''
| icpositionh = Full-back
| icpositionf = Centre-back
| icyears = 1999-2009-2011-2015<br/>2000-2015
| icapps(points) = 
| icprovincef = 1
| icprovinceh = 2
| icallirelandh = 2
| icallirelandf = 0
| allstarsf = 0
| allstarsh = 0
| nhl = 1
| nfl = 1
| clupdate = 
| icupdate = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|1|4|df=y}}
}}
'''Stephen Lucey''' (born 4 January 1980 in [[Croom, County Limerick|Croom]], [[County Limerick]]) is a former [[Irish people|Irish]] sportsperson.  He plays [[hurling]] with his local club [[Croom GAA|Croom]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://croomgaa.com/history.htm|title=History|access-date=2009-03-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106125228/http://www.croomgaa.com/history.htm|archive-date=2009-01-06|df=}}</ref> and was with the [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]] senior inter-county team. He also played football with [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/ideymhkfkf/ |title=Doherty shuffles Donegal pack February 12, 2009 |work=Irish Examiner |author=Fintan O’Toole and Brendan O’Brien |date=12 February 2009 |accessdate=2009-03-04}}</ref>

==Playing career==
===Club===

Lucey plays [[hurling]] with his local [[Croom GAA|Croom]] club and has enjoyed some success. He also played with [[UCD GAA|UCD]] during his college days.

===Inter-county===

Lucey first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]] under-21 team.  He won a Munster title at this level in 2000 before later collecting an [[All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship|All-Ireland]] medal following a victory over [[Galway GAA|Galway]].  The following year Lucey won a second set of Munster and All-Ireland under-21 honours, as Limerick completed the second leg of a three-in-a-row.  By this stage he had already joined the county senior team, however, Limerick's hurling fortunes were about to take a dramatic downturn.  Following the county's victory over [[Cork GAA|Cork]] in the [[Munster Senior Hurling Championship|Munster Championship]] in 2001 Limerick failed to win a game in the province until their 2007 Munster semi-final victory over [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]].  This was achieved following a three-game saga, however, Lucey's side later lost the Munster final to [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]].  Limerick later gained revenge by defeating 'the Decies' in the subsequent All-Ireland semi-final, setting up an All-Ireland final meeting with [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] on 2 September 2007. In 2009 Lucey, along with 11 others, was dropped from the hurling squad thus ending his 9-year career.
In early 2011 Lucey was recalled to the hurling panel after new [[Dónal O'Grady]] was appointed as manager.

==Football==

Lucey won a [[Munster Under-21 Football Championship]] in 2000 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://munster.gaa.ie/teams/under21football.html |title=Under 21 Football - Munster Final Winning Teams (1962 - 2008) |access-date=2009-03-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719200959/http://munster.gaa.ie/teams/under21football.html |archive-date=19 July 2008 }}</ref> and played in the All Ireland final only to lose out to [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] in the final. He won 2 [[Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship]] in 2000 and 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://munster.gaa.ie/teams/under21hurling.html |title=Under 21 Hurling - Munster Final Winning Teams (1964 - 2008) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719200433/http://munster.gaa.ie/teams/under21hurling.html |archive-date=19 July 2008 }}</ref> He played in two [[Munster Senior Football Championship]] final only to lose out to [[Kerry GAA|Kerry]] both times. He made a return to the football panel in 2009 and played in another [[Munster Senior Football Championship]] final but lost out to [[Cork GAA|Cork]] by a point. The following year Lucey's bad luck went on as Limerick were once again beaten this time by Kerry in the Munster Final.

==Honours==
Hurling
* 2 [[All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship]] 2000 2001
* 2 [[Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship]] 2000 2001
* 1 [[National Hurling League|National Hurling League Division 2]] 2011
* 1 [[Dublin GAA|Dublin Under-21 Hurling Championship]] 2001
Football
* 1 [[Munster Under-21 Football Championship]] 2000
* 1 [[National Football League (Ireland)|National Football League Division 4]] 2010
* 1 [[McGrath Cup]] 2004
* 1 [[Dublin Senior Football Championship]] 2002
Awards
* 1 [[GPA Gaelic Team of the Year|GPA Hurling Team of the Year]] 2007
* 1 Munster Hurling Team of the Year 2005
* 1 Munster Football Team of the Year 2004

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Teams==
{{Limerick Under 21 Football Team 2000}}
{{Limerick Under 21 Team 2000}}
{{Limerick Under 21 Team 2001}}
{{Limerick Hurling Team 2006}}
{{Limerick Hurling Team 2007}}
{{Limerick Hurling Team 2009}}

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[[Category:UCD hurlers]]
[[Category:21st-century Irish sportsmen]]
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