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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Corinne Louise Yorston [1] | ||
Date of birth | 15 June 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Fleet, Hampshire, England | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Keynsham Town | ||
Youth career | |||
Beaulieu Belles | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–2003 | Southampton Saints | ||
2003–2005 | Fulham Ladies | ||
2005–2009 | Bristol Academy | ||
2009–2010 | Arsenal Ladies [2] | 20 | (2) |
2010 | → Keynsham Town (on loan) | ||
2010–2014 | Bristol Academy | 53 | (7) |
2015 | Yeovil Town | 16 | (8) |
2016–2018 | Bristol City | ||
2017 | → Oxford United (on loan) | ||
2018– | Keynsham Town | 29 | (8) |
International career | |||
2003–2009 | England | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Corinne Louise Yorston (born 15 June 1983) is an English international footballer who plays as a defender [3] for Keynsham Town. Although primarily a left-back, who won most of her England caps playing in central defence, she has also played as a midfielder at club level. She has also previously represented English Universities. [4]
Yorston began her career with Southampton Saints. [5] She was inspired by Southampton coach Sue Lopez. [6] In the 2003 close season, Yorston joined Fulham Ladies [7] with whom she made her England debut in 2003. Soon after this she suffered a couple of stress fractures that kept her out of the game for nearly a year. [8]
She joined Bristol Academy in the 2005 close season, [9] and went on to have three seasons as club captain. She joined Arsenal Ladies in July 2009, [10] [11] but returned to Bristol in 2010. She was loaned out to Keynsham Town to maintain fitness ahead of Bristol's FA WSL season, which began in April 2011. [12]
At the end of the 2014 season, Yorston left Bristol Academy to join FA WSL 2 side Yeovil Town. [13]
Yorston won 19 caps at Under-19 level and also played at Under-23 level before joining the England senior team. She made her debut, as a substitute, in the game against Germany in September 2003 and played, again as a substitute, in the game against Denmark in February 2004. Her next game for England was not until March 2007 when she was a substitute for Rachel Unitt in the game against Scotland.
In May 2009, Yorston was one of the first 17 female players to be given central contracts by the Football Association. [14]
She was allotted 151 when the FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England’s inaugural international. [15] [16]
Yorston has a degree in biochemistry and graduated with a Master's from the University of Bath, [17] where she had been awarded a Talented Athlete Scholarship. [18] After completing her Masters she began studying for an MPhil at the FA National Women's Player Development Centre at Loughborough University. [19]