Stephanie Roche's recall into the Republic of Ireland team, almost three years after the last of her 55 caps, is another chapter in a storied career.
When Roche was the runner-up for the 2014 Puskas Award for best goal of the year, she rubbed shoulders with the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and the Dubliner shined a much-needed light on the women's game in Ireland.
But either side of that magical goal has been a career of high and lows, goals and injuries, of travel and unrelenting determination.