Gemma Fay

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Gemma Fay
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Fay with Scotland in September 2014
Personal information
Full name Gemma Fay [1]
Date of birth (1981-12-09) 9 December 1981 (age 42) [1]
Place of birth Perth, Scotland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
St. Johnstone Girls
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Aberdeen Ladies
0000–2002 Ayr United Ladies
2002–2003 Brighton & Hove Albion Women
2003–2005 Hibernian Ladies
2005–2007 Leeds United Ladies
2007–2009 Hibernian Ladies
2009–2016 Celtic Ladies
2016–2017 Glasgow City
2017 Stjarnan 15 (0)
International career
1998–2017 Scotland [2] 203 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gemma Fay (born 9 December 1981) is a Scottish former female international football goalkeeper and actress. She played in Iceland for Stjarnan. Fay made 203 appearances for the Scotland national team, becoming their most capped player.

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Career

Fay made her senior Scotland debut against Czech Republic in May 1998 [3] and Fay won 23 Scotland caps before the age of 19. She praised the contribution of her national goalkeeping coach, Jim Gallacher. [4]

In 2009, Fay took over the captain's armband from long-term skipper Julie Fleeting and then reached 100 caps against Canada at the Cyprus Cup in 2009. [5] In December 2011 Fay and three Celtic women's team mates were approached about playing for Team GB at the 2012 Olympics. [6]

Fay moved on to 141 appearances in May 2012, equalling the record held by Pauline Hamill, after playing in a 3–1 friendly win over Poland in Gdańsk. [7] She set a new record of 142 appearances after playing in Scotland's next match, a 4–1 friendly defeat to Sweden. [8]

Fay lost her place in the Glasgow City team in 2017 to Lee Alexander. In an effort to prolong her international career, Fay moved to Icelandic club Stjarnan in April 2017. [9] She made her 200th full international appearance in July 2017, in a friendly against Ireland. [10]

In November 2017, Fay was appointed as Scottish Rugby's new Head of Women and Girls' rugby. [11]

Fay was part of the BBC's coverage of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. [12]

Acting

In 2013, Fay made her TV acting debut in the one-off Sky Living drama Rubenesque. [13]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gemma Fay". UEFA. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "Gemma Fay – Women's A Squad". The Scottish FA. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  3. ↑ Alan Marshall (25 May 1998). "Fleet streets ahead of 'em". Daily Record. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  4. ↑ Alan Campbell (7 May 2000). "Pauw wows Europe with new-style Scots women". Sunday Herald. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  5. ↑ Cap Milestones for Fay and Love scottishfa.co.uk. 07-04-2009. Retrieved 07-10-2013.
  6. ↑ "Olympic approach for four Scottish women". BBC Sport. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  7. ↑ "Scotland women decisive in Gdansk". Scottish Football Association. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  8. ↑ "Scotland women beaten by Sweden". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  9. ↑ "Women's football: Gemma Fay leaves Glasgow City to sign for FC Stjarnan". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Scotland captain Gemma Fay glad to mark 200th cap with victory". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "Scottish Rugby: Gemma Fay takes on women's development role". BBC Sport. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  12. ↑ Alan, Tyres (7 June 2019). "BBC selection for Women's World Cup is cause for optimism that tournament is being taken very seriously". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  13. ↑ "Real Life Footballer Gemma Fay Scored with a Hit in Rubenesque". Metro . 12 October 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2013.


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