Megan Cunningham

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Megan Cunningham
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Personal information
Date of birth (1995-07-14) 14 July 1995 (age 27)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Partick Thistle
(on loan from Rangers)
Number 25
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2011 Celtic (0)
2012–2014 Hamilton Academical (0)
2015 Glasgow City (0)
2016–2019 Celtic 62 (0)
2020– Rangers 14 (0)
2022–Partick Thistle (loan) 6 (0)
International career
2010–2011 Scotland U17
2012–2014 Scotland U19
2015 Scotland 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01 May 2023

Megan Cunningham (born 14 July 1995) is a Scottish football goalkeeper who plays for Partick Thistle in the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL), on loan from Rangers [1] She has two caps for Scotland. [2]

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Club career

Cunningham signed for Celtic in March 2009, but moved to Hamilton Academical in February 2012 to get more playing time. [3] She moved to Glasgow City for the 2015 season [4] before returning to Celtic for the 2016 season. [3] Cunningham signed for Rangers in December 2019, ahead of the 2020 season. [5] She joined Partick Thistle on loan at the start of the 2022 season. [6]

International career

Cunningham has two Scotland international caps. [2] She made her debut on her first call-up in a friendly against Northern Ireland away on 8 February 2015, when she was subbed on in minute 63. [7] At the 2015 Cyprus Cup she played a full match against Italy. [8] She represented Scotland as well at under-17 level and under-19 level. [2] [4]

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References

  1. "Megan Cunningham joins on loan".
  2. 1 2 3 "Megan Cunningham". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish FA. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Celtic women sign keeper Cunningham for 2016 season". celticfc.net. Celtic FC. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Glasgow City sign Megan Cunningham".
  5. "Rangers Women: Six players sign professional contracts". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 December 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  6. "Scottish Women's Premier League 22/23: Your complete guide to the SWPL". 6 August 2022.
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  8. "Italy-Scotland".