Watch as Katie Taylor scores two screamers in past life as Ireland football international

She has won it all as a boxer - but Katie Taylor could easily have secured a legacy as a top footballer.

The Bray star represented Ireland at international level from schoolgirls right the way up to the senior side, where she won 11 caps and scored two goals.

And they weren’t just any old goals! Taylor’s strikes against Italy and Hungary were world-class.

The 40-year-old on Saturday brings down the curtain on a glittering career in the ring when she fights Flora Pili in front of more than 83,000 fans at Croke Park.

It’s a fitting finale for the superstar that brought women’s boxing into the spotlight - first as an amateur and then on the professional circuit.

She fought to bring women’s boxing to the Olympics, where she won gold at the London Games in 2012. That medal sits alongside her five World Championship wins, six European Championship titles, and countless other honours.

She turned pro and transformed women’s boxing in that arena, moving from fights that brought in thousands in prize money to bouts that earned her millions.

But while she was developing as a boxer, she was also impressing on the pitch in the Wicklow and District Schoolboys League and then at senior level, where she finished with Peamount United.

She won the FAI Under-19 Women’s Player of the Year award in 2004 and scored her first senior goal in a 2-1 Euro 2009 qualification win against Hungary.

Her second goal came against Italy, while she brought her Ireland career to an end in September 2009.

Ahead of her Croke Park fight, videos of her two goals appeared on social media.

Her strike against Italy was a sensational first-time finish on the half-volley from a cleared free-kick.

And against Hungary, she delivered a stunning strike high into the net from a difficult angle, again from distance.

You can watch the goals below.

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