Kim Turner (footballer)

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Kim Turner
Personal information
Full name Kimberley Turner
Date of birth (1985-02-01) 1 February 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Glentoran (Head of Women and Girls)
Youth career
2000–2003 Belfast United
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2007 Southern Miss Lady Eagles
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007 Claremont Stars 3 (0)
2009 Grindavík 6 (1)
2009–2010 Manchester City 7 (1)
2010–2013 Blackburn Rovers Ladies 35 (2)
2013–2014 Manchester City 6 (0)
2014–2015 Sheffield 5 (0)
2015–2019 Fylde 40 (3)
International career
Northern Ireland 46 (4)
Managerial career
2020–2022 Fylde (joint with Danielle Young)
2022– Glentoran
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:01, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:01, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Kimberley Turner (born 1 February 1985) is a Northern Irish former footballer, who is currently The Girls' Academy Director and Women's First Team Coach at Glentoran FC. Turner played for Manchester City and Northern Ireland as a midfielder.

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Club career

Early career

Turner represented Orangefield High School and Belfast United LFC. She toured America in 1999 as part of a cross-community project called Belfast Together. [1]

Senior career

Turner was awarded with a Football Scholarship and played in the NCAA C-USA for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles for four seasons while attending the University of Southern Mississippi. In the summer of 2006 Turner (aged 21) made her first appearance in the WPSL signing for Ajax America Women. She then signed for new WPSL club Claremont Stars for their 2007 season, [1] but made only three appearances due to a knee injury. [2]

By 2009, Turner was playing in Iceland with Grindavík. [3]

At the end of the Icelandic season, Turner moved to England to join Manchester City Ladies, before moving on to compete in the Women's Premier League for Blackburn Rovers Ladies in 2010. [4] In 2013, she left Blackburn to rejoin former club Manchester City and make the club's history as the first professional Man City team to compete in the WSL. [5]

International career

Turner is a full Northern Ireland international. She also played for the Northern Ireland underage teams. [1]

Coaching career

In May 2020 Turner was appointed joint manager of Fylde, alongside Danielle Young. [6] She left the position in July 2022. [7] Shortly afterwards she returned to Belfast for an "absolute dream job" as Head of Girls and Women's Academy with Glentoran. [8]

In Turner's first with Glentoran the team successfully retained the County Antrim Cup [9] and the Women's Irish Cup. [10]

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  8. "'One club feel' important for growing women's game in Northern Ireland - Kim Turner". BBC Sport. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  9. https://shekicks.net/glentoran-beat-crusaders-strikers-in-county-antrim-cup-final/
  10. https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/gallery/glentoran-beat-sion-swifts-win-25445285