Danielle Gibbons

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Danielle Gibbons
Personal information
Full name Danielle Michelle Gibbons [1]
Date of birth (1992-07-31) 31 July 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Preston, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Euxton Girls
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2011 Preston North End 25 (0)
2011–2017 Liverpool 11 (0)
2017–2018 Sheffield 17 (0)
2018–2019 Blackburn Rovers 12 (0)
International career‡
2010–2011 England U-19 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:50, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:21, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Danielle Michelle Gibbons (born 31 July 1992) is an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Blackburn Rovers of the FA Women's National League North. In 2015 Gibbons required surgery to remove a vestibular schwannoma, which made her deaf in her left ear. [3] [4] [5] Gibbons began her career with Preston North End and was signed by Liverpool ahead of the inaugural 2011 season of the FA Women's Super League. She was Liverpool's longest-serving player by the time she left the club for Sheffield, following the FA WSL Spring Series. [6] In 2018 she signed for Blackburn Rovers. [7]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Danielle's hit the heights for GB". Lancashire Evening Post. 31 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Danielle Gibbons issues Conti Cup target for Liverpool". FA. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Philbin, Paul (21 November 2015). "Liverpool Ladies star Danielle Gibbons scoops Special Recognition award after return from brain tumour". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  5. ↑ Currie, Jo (16 October 2015). "Liverpool Ladies: Danielle Gibbons 'proud' of comeback after tumour". BBC. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Goalkeeper Danielle Gibbons signs for World's First". Sheffield F.C. Ladies. 18 September 2017. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  7. ↑ Whyatt, Katie (17 January 2019). "Danielle Gibbons interview: 'How do you tell your mum you have a brain tumour?'". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 17 February 2019.


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