Kate Longhurst

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Kate Longhurst
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Longhurst with West Ham in 2018
Personal information
Full name Kate Leanne Longhurst [1]
Date of birth (1989-05-02) 2 May 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth Chelmsford, England [2]
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, wing-back
Team information
Current team
 Retired
Youth career
Colchester United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2009 Colchester United 77 (46)
2009–2010 Watford 17 (3)
2010–2011 Millwall Lionesses 16 (12)
2011–2013 Chelsea 21 (4)
2013–2018 Liverpool 68 (3)
2018–2023 West Ham United 93 (3)
2023–2024 Charlton Athletic 20 (2)
2024–2025 Nottingham Forest 22 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:01, 31st July 2025 playing positions aren't capitalised in prose(UTC)

Kate Leanne Longhurst (born 2 May 1989) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder or wing-back. Longhurst won back to back WSL titles in her time at Liverpool WFC. She became the joint all-time Women's Super League record appearance maker in 2023 with 182 appearances.

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Club career

Longhurst with the Women's Super League winner's medal in 2014 Kate Longhurst 2014 (cropped).jpg
Longhurst with the Women's Super League winner's medal in 2014

Longhurst began her career with Colchester United. [3] In the 2007–08 season, she scored 15 goals in 21 appearances. The following season, she scored 3 goals in 11 appearances. [4] In 2009, she joined top-flight side Watford [2] and finished the 2009–10 season with 3 goals in 17 matches. [4] At the end of the season, she signed with Millwall Lionesses.

In 2011, Longhurst joined Chelsea. She scored the Blues' second goal in the 101st minute in the 2012 FA Women's Cup Final. [5]

Longhurst signed with Liverpool in 2013, helping the side to back-to-back FA WSL titles in 2013 and 2014. On 22 May 2018, she left Liverpool following the expiration of her contract. [6]

On 9 August 2018, Longhurst joined West Ham United. [2] On 23 September, Longhurst scored West Ham's first ever FA WSL goal, in a 4–3 defeat to Arsenal. [7]

Longhurst joined Charlton Athletic on 10 June 2023 [8] before moving to Nottingham Forest on 22 July 2024. [9]

Longhurst announced her retirement from playing professional football on 11 May 2025. [10]

International career

Longhurst represented England at various youth levels. [3] In 2006, she partnered Ellen White in the Nationwide Under-17 Tournament final as she netted for England in a 2–0 win over Scotland. [11]

Honours

Liverpool
Chelsea
West Ham United
Nottingham Forest

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/08/2018 and 31/08/2018" (PDF). The FA. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "WSL-winning midfielder Kate Longhurst joins West Ham". West Ham United F.C. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Reds no.7 Kate Longhurst on her love for the city of Liverpool". Liverpool F.C. Women. 4 March 2018. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Kate Longhurst stats". The Football Association. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  5. ↑ Leighton, Tony (26 May 2012). "Birmingham City win women's FA Cup as Chelsea suffer shootout misery". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Kate Longhurst to leave Liverpool Ladies". Liverpool F.C. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Battling Hammers narrowly beaten at Arsenal - West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "DONE DEAL | Kate Longhurst is an Addick | Charlton Athletic Football Club". www.charltonafc.com. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "Forest Women complete signing of Kate Longhurst". Nottingham Forest Football Club. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  11. ↑ "Katie and Kate savour England success". Women's Soccer Scene. 17 April 2006. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
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