| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christy Louise Grimshaw [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 November 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Kirkcaldy, Scotland, | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | AC Milan | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Deeside | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2018 | Barry Buccaneers | 65 | (31) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2013 | Aberdeen | 15 | (3) |
| 2019–2020 | Metz | 13 | (1) |
| 2020– | AC Milan | 77 | (8) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021– | Scotland | 12 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 April 2023 | |||
Christy Louise Grimshaw (born 8 November 1995) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club AC Milan and the Scotland national team.
Grimshaw was born in Kirkcaldy [3] but raised in Stonehaven, where she was educated at Mackie Academy. [4]
After starting her club career at Deeside, Grimshaw moved to the local Scottish Women's Premier League club Aberdeen Ladies and played in their first team at 17 years old. [4] In 2014 she began studying at Barry University in Miami and playing college soccer for the "Barry Buccaneers" under Scottish coach Denise Brolly. [5] In a five-year stint (she redshirted in 2016) she played 65 games and scored 31 goals. [2]
After her graduation Grimshaw rejected offers from English FA WSL teams Bristol City and Brighton to sign for FC Metz of the French Division 1 Féminine. [4] She started seven of her 13 league appearances for Metz, scoring one goal, as the club finished bottom of the 2019–20 Division 1 Féminine table and were relegated. [6]
In July 2020, Grimshaw signed for Italian Serie A club Milan, a scenario which she described as: "like a football fairy tale". [7] Milan finished as runners-up in both the league and Coppa Italia, but Grimshaw was happy with life at the club and her coach Maurizio Ganz. [8] [9] She signed a contract extension in May 2021. [10]
Interim coach Stuart McLaren called up Grimshaw for her debut in the Scotland women's national football team in June 2021, for a 10-day training camp which included friendly matches against Northern Ireland and Wales. [11]
She won her debut cap in her first game, appearing as a 90th-minute substitute for Claire Emslie in Scotland's 1–0 win over Northern Ireland at Seaview in Belfast. [12] She scored her first goal for Scotland in a 7–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification win over the Faroe Islands at Hampden Park on 21 September 2021. [13]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2021 | 8 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 September 2021 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland |  Faroe Islands | 4–0 | 7–1 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 22 October 2021 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland |  Hungary | 1–0 | 2–1 |
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