Danielle Hill

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Danielle Hill
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Hill playing for Blackburn Rovers in August 2019
Personal information
Full name Danielle Marie Hill [1]
Date of birth (1988-04-15) 15 April 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Blackburn Rovers
Number 13
Youth career
Everton Ladies
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2008 Everton
2005 ÍBV 3 (0)
2008–2010 Blackburn Rovers
2010–2012 Everton 8 (0)
2013–2014 Avaldsnes IL 0 (0)
2014 Durham
2014–2015 Liverpool Feds
2015 Doncaster Rovers Belles 0 (0)
2015 Notts County 0 (0)
2015–2018 Blackburn Rovers 80 (0)
2015 → Birmingham City (loan) 0 (0)
2019– Blackburn Rovers 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:25 27 August 2019 (UTC)

Danielle Marie Hill (born 15 April 1988) is a retired English football goalkeeper and currently the goalkeeping coach for the Blackburn Rovers of the FA Women's Championship. She retired in 2020 after a spell with Blackburn Rovers. Hill briefly played for Doncaster Rovers Belles in the FA WSL 2. Born in Liverpool, she began her career with Everton Ladies and had a previous spell with Blackburn Rovers. She also played for ÍBV of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild and in Norway for Toppserien club Avaldsnes IL. She has represented England up to Under 23 level.

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Club career

Hill joined Everton as a junior, making her senior debut at the age of 15. [2] Although primarily an understudy to first-choice club and England keeper Rachel Brown, she took over when Brown was injured during the 2007–08 season, playing in the League Cup Final win over Arsenal [3] and earning her first call-up to the senior England squad. [4]

In the 2005 summer season, Hill played in Iceland with ÍBV and made three Úrvalsdeild appearances. [5]

Hill left Everton to join Blackburn Rovers Ladies in the 2008 close season. [4] However, in only her second game for her new club, Hill suffered cruciate ligament damage against Chelsea [6] and missed the remainder of the season. [7]

In September 2010 it was revealed that Hill had re-signed for Everton, when she was named in their UEFA Women's Champions League squad. [8]

At Everton's 2012 Christmas party, Hill was involved in an altercation with academy coach Mick O'Brien. [9] [10] She left the club in the aftermath of the incident and moved to Norwegian club Avaldsnes IL on a short-term contract. [11]

In January 2015 Hill signed for Doncaster Rovers Belles, having spent the previous season with Durham WFC. [12] Later in the 2015 season Hill was attached to Notts County. She was ineligible for the 2015 FA Women's Cup Final and The Football Association refused Notts County's request for dispensation to sign another goalkeeper, [13] so Carly Telford played in the team's 1–0 defeat at Wembley Stadium despite a shoulder injury.

In October 2015, Hill, who had been back playing for Blackburn Rovers, signed a short-term deal for Birmingham City as cover for the injured Rebecca Spencer. [14] After a brief period of retirement, she re-joined Blackburn in February 2019. [15]

Hill retired at the end of the 2019–20 season and joined the Rovers staff as the goalkeeper coach. [16]

International career

Hill has represented England at Under-19 [17] and Under-23 level. [4]

Personal life

Tony Hateley is Hill's grandfather, and Mark Hateley is her uncle. [18] Hill attended sixth form at Alsop High School, after winning the national Under-16 Schools championship with Notre Dame Catholic College (Liverpool). [18]

Blackburn statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueWFA CupPremier League CupCounty CupOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Blackburn Rovers Ladies [7] 2008–09 200000000020
2009–10 000000000000
Club total200000000020

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  2. ↑ "Lakeland lands England starlet". Blackburn Rovers FC. 14 August 2008. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
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  5. ↑ "Danielle Hill". KSI.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Season over for Danielle Hill". Fair Game. 23 September 2008. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  7. 1 2 "Danielle Hill". Blackburn Rovers F.C. Archived from the original on 17 March 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  8. ↑ "Danielle Hill". UEFA. Archived from the original on 27 March 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  9. ↑ Hunter, Andy (21 December 2012). "Everton suspend academy coach over alleged fight with female goalkeeper". The Guardian . Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  10. ↑ "Suspension for Everton coach and goalkeeper after assault allegations". British Broadcasting Corporation. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
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  13. ↑ "Women's FA Cup: Notts County goalkeeper request blocked". BBC Sport. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  14. ↑ "Hill bolsters FA WSL Continental Tyres Cup squad". Birmingham City L.F.C. 11 October 2015. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "Hill makes Rovers return!". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  16. ↑ "Danielle Hill". rovers.co.uk. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  17. ↑ "Telford fractures collarbone". Fair Game. 21 July 2005. Retrieved 12 August 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  18. 1 2 Tim Johnson (6 December 2005). "Football: FIRST LADIES; Merseyside schoolgirls set for Blues FA Cup semi-final showdown". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
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