Hollie Thomson

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Hollie Thomson
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Playing for Scotland in May 2009
Personal information
Full name Hollie Thomson
Date of birth (1986-12-25) 25 December 1986 (age 36)
Place of birth Blackpool, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Our Lady's
Fleetwood Gym
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2003 East Durham College
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2005 Civil Service Strollers
2005–2008 Hamilton Academical
2008–2012 Hibernian
2013 Rangers
2020 Motherwell
International career‡
2006–2009 Scotland 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:14, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:14, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

Hollie Thomson (born 25 December 1986) is a Scottish former football midfielder who played for Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) clubs Hamilton Academical, Hibernian, Rangers and Motherwell. She has represented the Scotland women's national football team at youth and senior level.

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Early life

Thomson's father Bobby was also a footballer. She was born and grew up in England, where Bobby had played for Blackpool. [1]

Club career

In 2008 Thomson emulated her father Bobby by signing for Hibernian: "I always strive to get better and when Hibs asked me to join I didn't think twice about it. Hibernian is a big and very successful club and I wanted to be part of that." [2] In 2013 she transferred to Rangers, after falling into dispute with the manager of Hibernian. [3] She signed for Motherwell in January 2020, following an injury-related break from football. [4]

International career

In September 2003, while attached to East Durham College, Thomson was named in the Scotland women's national under-19 football team by coach Tony Gervaise. [5] As a Civil Service Strollers player she scored twice in a 4–1 win over Israel in May 2005, which qualified Scotland for the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship finals for the first time. [6] In the final tournament Thomson scored an own goal against France as Scotland made a first round exit.

According to the Scottish Football Association (SFA), Thomson made her senior Scotland debut in a 1–0 friendly defeat by Finland at Veritas Stadion, Turku in September 2007. [7] Other sources indicate she featured as a 72nd-minute substitute for Pauline Hamill in a 4–0 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) defeat by Russia at McDiarmid Park on 24 May 2006. [8] [9] She scored her first and only senior goal for Scotland at the 2008 Cyprus Women's Cup, in a 3–2 defeat by Russia. [7]

International goals

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentResultCompetition
1.12 March 2008 GSP Stadium, Nicosia Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2–3 2008 Cyprus Cup

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References

  1. ↑ Westbrook, Kieran (14 July 2012). "Livingston ladies footballer follows in famous dad's footsteps". Daily Record (Scotland) . Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Hibee Hollie makes bad boy so proud". The Scotsman. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  3. ↑ Halliday, Stephen (25 January 2014). "Hibs' Bobby Thomson reflects on linesman punch ban". The Scotsman . Retrieved 4 June 2022. She moved to Rangers because she fell out with the manager at Hibs – so she's a chip off the old block!
  4. ↑ "First four recruits ahead of new SWPL1 season". Motherwell F.C. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  5. ↑ Clark, Ginny (17 September 2003). "Women's football: Young guns have no fear". Daily Record (Scotland) . Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "Scotland's women qualify for finals". The Herald (Glasgow). 3 May 2005. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Hollie Thomson". Scottish Football Association . Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "Womens Football". The Pink 2. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  9. ↑ "Scotland 0-4 Russia". UEFA . Retrieved 4 June 2022.


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