Kirsty McBride

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Kirsty McBride
Personal information
Full name Kirsty McBride
Date of birth (1985-09-09) 9 September 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Tranent, Scotland
Position(s) Left-midfielder
Team information
Current team
Motherwell Ladies
Number 11
Youth career
Hawthorn Boys' Club
Leith Athletic
1999–2002 Hibernian Girls
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2004 Hibernian Ladies
2004–2005 Arsenal
2005–2010 Hibernian Ladies
2011–2015 Celtic
2015– Motherwell Ladies 8 (7)
International career
2003– Scotland 59 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:55, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Kirsty McBride (born 9 September 1985) is a Scottish football midfielder who plays for Motherwell in the SWFL 2nd Division. She has represented the Scotland women's national football team more than 50 times at senior level.

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Early life

After taking up football aged eight, McBride had to leave her first club Hawthorn Boys when she was 12, moving on to Leith Athletic. She was educated at Ross High School. [1]

Club career

McBride joined Hibernian in 1999. [2] McBride captained Hibs Girls and was promoted to the senior team after season 200102. [3] In October 2004 McBride was subject to a transfer bid from Arsenal Ladies. [4] She featured as a late substitute in Arsenal's 30 FA Women's Premier League Cup final victory over Charlton Athletic at Griffin Park. [5] She returned to Hibernian after one year away. [2]

Prior to the 2015 season, McBride joined several of her ex Hibs teammates at ambitious Motherwell. Three months after signing, she formed part of the starting eleven which won the SWFL Second Division Cup, beating Rangers 2–6 in the Final. [6]

International career

In June 2003, 17yearold McBride made her senior debut for Scotland in an 81 win over Portugal. She won her 50th cap in October 2009; an away victory over Greece at the Yiannis Pathiakakis Stadium. [7]

She was unavailable for the 2008 Cyprus Cup because of work commitments. [8]

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