Nicky Grant

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Nicky Grant
Personal information
Full name Nichola Anne Grant [1]
Date of birth (1976-08-13) 13 August 1976 (age 47) [1]
Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Forfar Farmington
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Cove Rangers
Cumbernauld United
Stenhousemuir
2001 ÍBV 10 (3)
2002 Arsenal
2002–2003 Glasgow City
2003 1. FFC Frankfurt
2003–2005 Kilmarnock Ladies
2005 Doncaster Rovers Belles
2005–2006 Hibernian Ladies
2006–2010 Hamilton Academical Ladies
2007 QBIK
2011 Celtic Ladies
2011 Hamilton Academical Ladies
2012– Forfar Farmington
International career‡
1993–2006 Scotland 98 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:00, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:00, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Nichola Anne "Nicky" Grant (born 13 August 1976) is a Scottish international footballer, who plays as a midfielder. She currently plays in the Scottish Women's Premier League for Forfar Farmington, having previously played in England for Arsenal and Doncaster Rovers Belles as well as in Iceland, Germany and Sweden. Grant amassed over 90 appearances for the Scotland women's national football team.

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Club career

Born in Aberdeen and brought up in Elgin, [2] Grant first came to prominence as a member of a successful Cove Rangers team, [3] where she signed an individual paid contract (the first such deal in Scottish football). [4] She scored twice in the 1995 Scottish Women's Cup final as Cove beat Cumbernauld United 5–1 at McDiarmid Park, [5] and twice in the 1996 final as they defeated Aberdeen by the same score at the same venue. [6] They won the trophy for the third time in 1997. [7] After switching to Cumbernauld United, Grant won a domestic treble in 1997–98. [8]

In the 2000 Scottish Women's Cup final, Grant scored four goals in Stenhousemuir's 9–0 win over Clyde. [9]

Grant spent the 2001 summer season in Iceland with ÍBV and scored three goals in ten Úrvalsdeild appearances. [10] [11] She then collected an FA Women's Premier League winners medal with Arsenal Ladies in 2002, but did not wish to move to London long-term. [12] In 2003 Grant joined Frauen Bundesliga champions 1. FFC Frankfurt as a full–time professional. She did not remain in Germany for long due to injuries and returned to Scotland to work as a teacher while playing for Kilmarnock. [12]

In January 2005, Grant rejected an approach from Sunderland in favour of Doncaster Rovers Belles. [13] Grant helped Doncaster avoid relegation by scoring the second goal in a vital 2–0 win over Bristol City, but she was sent off for removing her shirt in celebration. [14]

In summer 2007 she joined Swedish Damallsvenskan club QBIK at the invitation of international teammate Ifeoma Dieke. [2]

After a spell at Hamilton Academical, Grant signed for Celtic in 2011. [15] She returned to Accies during the Scottish Women's Premier League mid–season break. [16] Grant signed for Forfar Farmington ahead of the 2012 season, after moving to the Angus area for work reasons. [17]

International career

Grant made her senior debut for Scotland against Italy in October 1993. [18] The Scots were beaten 4–0 in the 1995 UEFA Women's Championship qualification match hosted in Senigallia. [19]

In summer 2003 Grant had a disagreement with the Scotland management team and spent a year out of the national team. She was recalled in July 2004 after her Kilmarnock Ladies manager Jim Chapman interceded. [20]

Personal life

Grant's brother Graeme is also a footballer, who played with Buckie Thistle and Forres Mechanics in the Highland Football League, as well as spending 2002–03 with Elgin City in the Scottish Football League Third Division. [12]

As of 2019, she was the head teacher of Alness Academy having been appointed at the end of the previous year. She had previously held senior roles at schools in Aberdeenshire and Moray. [21]

Grant became the Director of Education for Highland in 2019, after just 9 months at Alness Academy.

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