Personal information | |||
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Full name | Colette Cavanagh | ||
Date of birth | 24 November 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Celtic | ||
Youth career | |||
Rossvale | |||
2011– | Celtic | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015 | Celtic | ||
2016–2017 | Spartans | 23 | (4) |
2018 | Celtic | ||
2019–2022 | Hibernian | ||
2022–2023 | Rangers | 11 | (6) |
2023– | Celtic | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2012 | Scotland U15 | 1 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Scotland U16 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 October 2022 |
Colette Cavanagh (born 24 November 1998) is a Scottish international footballer who currently plays midfield for Celtic in the Scottish Women's Premier League.
Cavanagh started her career at youth level with Rossvale, Then joined Celtic Girls in 2011, She made her first team debut at sixteen [2] before moving to join Spartans [3] in Edinburgh to attend the University of Edinburgh. She returned to Celtic for a season in 2018 before moving to Hibernian, In September 2021 she won the SWPL 1 Player of the Month for September [4] [5] becoming the first player to win the award with two different clubs her first award was with Celtic in May 2018. [6] In 2019 she was part of the team that won the Scottish Women's Premier League Cup and in 2022 Cavanagh was included in the first-ever PFA Scotland Women's Team of the Year. [7] [8] In 2022 she joined Rangers [9] [10] where she spent one season, scoring 6 goals in 11 appearances. Colette then returned to Celtic [11] for a third spell before the start of the 2023–2024 league season.
Hibernian
Rangers
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