Inter-county McGoldrick was part of the Derry
Minor side that won the 2002
Ulster Minor Championship and
All-Ireland Minor Championship. He was a member of the Derry
Under-21 team that finished runners-up to
Tyrone in the 2006
Ulster Under-21 Football Championship. McGoldrick was called up to the Derry
Senior football
panel in November 2005 for the 2006 season. He started in Derry's opening 2006 Championship games against
Tyrone and
Donegal, but missed the
Kildare and
Longford games due to a broken hand. He had an injury hit season in 2007, but came back strongly in 2008 starting all Derry's
National League games. He was part of the Derry team that won the
2008 National League where Derry beat
Kerry in the final. McGoldrick and Derry also reached the National League final in
2009, but were defeated by Kerry. He missed the final due to injury. In that campaign he mostly played at
centre half back, as opposed to his usual role in the forward line and has remained as a defender ever since. He has been named as the Derry captain for the 2011 season by new manager John Brennan.
Championship games :''Score column lists Derry's score first.'' •
Indicates substitute appearance. Club McGoldrick was instrumental in the Eoghan Rua side that won both the 2006
Derry Intermediate and
Ulster Intermediate Championships, before losing out in the 2007
All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship final to
Ardfert of
Kerry. McGoldirck attends
St. Mary's University College in
Belfast and plays football for the college. He won the CAU Indoor 7s Competition with St Mary's in 2008.
International McGoldrick represented
Ireland in the Under-17
International Rules Series ==Hurling career==