Courtney Sweetman-Kirk

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Courtney Sweetman-Kirk
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With Sheffield United in 2022
Personal information
Full name Courtney Alexandra Sweetman-Kirk [1]
Date of birth (1990-11-16) 16 November 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Leicester, England
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Leicester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2011 Leicester City 54 (33)
2011–2013 Coventry City 35 (15)
2013–2014 Lincoln/Notts County 9 (1)
2014–2017 Doncaster Rovers Belles 43 (40)
2017–2018 Everton 18 (5)
2018–2020 Liverpool 30 (10)
2020–2023 Sheffield United 60 (25)
International career
2013 England U-23 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:22, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

Courtney Alexandra Sweetman-Kirk (born 16 November 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a forward, most recently for Sheffield United in the FA Women's Championship. She has also previously played for FA WSL clubs Liverpool, Everton, Notts County and Lincoln as well as Coventry City and Leicester City in the FA Women's Premier League. Sweetman-Kirk has represented England at under-23 level.

Contents

Club career

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With Sheffield United in 2021

Lincoln / Notts County, 2013–2014

Sweetman-Kirk signed with FA WSL 1 club, Lincoln Ladies in July 2013. [3] During her first season with the club, she made seven appearances and scored one goal during a 2–0 win over Chelsea L.F.C. [4] [5] Notts County finished in sixth place during the regular season with a 2–8–4. [6]

Doncaster Rovers Belles, 2015–2017

In July 2014, Sweetman-Kirk signed with FA WSL 2 club, Doncaster Rovers Belles. [7] [8] She scored 20 goals in 20 matches during the 2015 FA WSL 2 season, helping lift the team to FA WSL 1 the following year. [9] She was subsequently named FA WSL 2 Players' Player of the Year. [10] During a match against Everton in August 2015, Sweetman-Kirk scored a hat trick after subbing in during the second half of the match when Everton was up 2–0. Her hat trick resulted in a 3–2 win. [11]

In 2016, she signed a full-time professional contract with Doncaster, [9] only to suffer a broken leg in a pre-season friendly. [12] Although Doncaster were relegated in her absence, in the subsequent FA WSL Spring Series resurgent Sweetman-Kirk scored nine goals in nine games to finish as WSL 2 top goalscorer. [13]

Everton, 2017–2018

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With Everton in 2018

Everton signed Sweetman-Kirk from Doncaster after their promotion to the WSL 1, on a two-year contract and paying an undisclosed fee. [14] She was Everton's top-goalscorer in her first season with nine goals in all competitions

Liverpool, 2018–2020

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Sweetman-Kirk in 2019

Sweetman-Kirk transferred to local rivals Liverpool in July 2018. [15] On 23 May 2020, while the league was still suspended indefinitely during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sweetman-Kirk announced she had left the club following the expiration of her contract earlier in the month. [16]

International

Sweetman-Kirk made her debut for the England under-23 national team in June 2013. [17] Her five goals during the tournament (including a hat trick against Ireland) helped Great Britain win the 2013 World University Games in Russia. [18] [19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 May 2020. [20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA Cup [a] League Cup [b] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leicester City 2008–09 [21] WPL Northern 12430154
2009–10 [22] 2114212315
2010–11 [23] 2115322417
Total543300836236
Coventry City 2011–12 [24] WPL National 17631207
2012–13 [25] 189512310
Total351500824317
Lincoln /

Notts County

2013 WSL 1 71002192
2014 20203070
Total912051162
Doncaster Rovers 2014 WSL 2 131000001310
2015 182010552425
2016 WSL 1 30100040
2017 WSL 2 91010001010
Total434030555145
Everton 2017–18 WSL 1 1852351259
Liverpool 2018–19 WSL 191031422613
2019–20 1101041161
Total301041834214
Sheffield United F.C. 2020-21 Women's Championship 1751030215
2021-22221120422813
2022-232191040269
Total6525401127527
Career total2541291545017318151

Honours

Coventry City

Individual

Sky

Sweetman-Kirk has been an occasional match reporter for Soccer Saturday on Sky Sports.

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