Personal information | |||
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Full name | Megan Finnigan [1] | ||
Date of birth | 2 April 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Blackpool, Lancashire, England | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, Centre Back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Everton | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
Everton | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015– | Everton | 131 | (7) |
International career‡ | |||
2015–2016 | England U17 | 9 | (0) |
2016–2017 | England U19 | 10 | (1) |
2018– | England U20 | 7 | (0) |
2019– | England U21 | 10 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:18, 6 November 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 January 2020 |
Megan Finnigan (born 2 April 1998) is an English professional football who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Everton, which she also captains. [2]
Finnigan began her youth career with Everton's academy at the age of nine. [3] She's remained with the club for her development and captained the team in the 2014 FA Woman's Youth Cup final. [2]
Finnigan made her Everton first team debut in 2015 making 6 total appearances that season. [2] She would sign her first professional contract with the Blues in July 2017. [3]
On 27 September 2023, Finnigan was named club captain of Everton ahead of the 2023–24 season. [4]
Finnigan has made appearances for England from U17 through to U20 level. Having captained the U-19s during the 2017 European Championships, [2] she was a member of the U20 squad which claimed bronze at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. [5]
Club | Season | League | FA cup | League cup | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Everton | 2015 | Women's Super League 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
2016 | Women's Super League 2 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
2017 | Women's Super League 2 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
2017–18 | Women's Super League | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
2018–19 | Women's Super League | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
2019–20 | Women's Super League | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
2020–21 | Women's Super League | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 2 | |
2021–22 | Women's Super League | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
2022–23 | Women's Super League | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
2023–24 | Women's Super League | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
Career total | 131 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 78 | 7 |
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