Sam Kerr (Scottish footballer)

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Sam Kerr
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Sam Kerr (2024)
Personal information
Full name Samantha Mary Kerr [1]
Date of birth (1999-04-17) 17 April 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Falkirk, Scotland [2]
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bayern Munich
Number 26
Youth career
2012–2014 Falkirk Girls
2014–2015 Central Girls
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015 Central Girls
2016–2020 Glasgow City
2021–2023 Rangers 28+ (6+)
2023– Bayern Munich 13 (0)
International career‡
2014 Scotland U16 2 (0)
2015–2016 Scotland U17 9 (0)
2016–2018 Scotland U19 8 (3)
2020– Scotland 28 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:00, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:00, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Samantha Mary Kerr (born 17 April 1999) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Bayern Munich and the Scotland national team as a midfielder. She has previously played for Central Girls, Glasgow City and Rangers.

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Club career

Kerr played for Central Girls (previously Falkirk FC Girls) [3] from age 12 to 16. [4] [5] In May 2015, she captained Graeme High School to the Scottish School Girls Cup. [6]

Glasgow City

In January 2016, at the age of 16, Kerr signed for Glasgow City. [7] Of her signing, Glasgow City head coach Scott Booth said, "Sam Kerr is a young player with special qualities... We are delighted she has chosen to join Glasgow City to further develop her talents as she progresses into a fantastic career in the game." [8] In March 2016, she helped the club defeat Glasgow Girls to advanced to the semi-finals of the Scottish Women's Premier League Cup. [9] Kerr was a member of The Glasgow City squad that won the SWPL for the 10th consecutive year at the end of the 2016 season; this was the first time in Scottish football history that any senior club achieved this (no men's team amassed more than nine in a row). She also participated in more title wins in 2018, 2017 and 2019 – the 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland – and played in the UEFA Women's Champions League, reaching the quarter-finals of the competition in 2019–20. [7]

Rangers

In December 2020, Kerr moved to Rangers on a pre-contract arrangement agreed six months earlier (teammate Kirsty Howat made the same switch). [10] In the 2021–22 season, she scored the first-ever goal scored by the women's team at Ibrox Stadium in a win over Aberdeen, [11] and was named in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year as Rangers won the SWPL championship for the first time. [12]

Bayern Munich

Kerr signed a three-year contract with Bayern Munich on 30 May 2023. [13]

International career

Kerr has represented Scotland at the under-15 [14] [15] and under-17 levels [16] including the group stage of the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. [17] Her UEFA competition debut was on 9 October 2014 against Montenegro. [18] Samantha has also represented Scotland at the under-19 level at The Euros and The La Manga Cup in Spain. She was added to the full Scotland squad for the first time in November 2018, [19] and was one of two uncapped players picked for the 2020 Pinatar Cup. [20] Kerr made her full international debut in that tournament, playing the last 13 minutes of a 3–0 win against Ukraine on 4 March. [21]

Career statistics

International appearances

Scotland statistics accurate as of 17 July 2024. [1]
Year Scotland
AppsGoals
202010
202110
202270
2023111
202480
Total281

Honours

Club

Glasgow City [22]

Rangers

Bayern Munich

Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 Sam Kerr at the Scottish Football Association
  2. ↑ Statutory registers – Births – Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  3. ↑ Wilson, Craig (1 July 2013). "Hibs edge past Falkirk in tight League Cup Final". Pitchero. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "SWPL1: Sam Kerr joins Glasgow City". Scottish FA. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sam Kerr". Central Girls Football Academy. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Champions: Graeme High 4 Bathgate 1". Falkirk Herald. 23 May 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  7. 1 2 'Qualifying for the last eight of the UWCL, I was crying for hours' – Samantha Kerr (Glasgow City), SheKicks, 1 May 2020
  8. ↑ "Sam Kerr joins Glasgow City". Glasgow City F.C. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "SWPL Glasgow City hit ten to win derby in the cup". Scottish FA. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  10. ↑ Rangers sign Falkirk trained midfielder, David Oliver, Falkirk Herald, 7 July 2020
  11. ↑ Rangers Women win at Ibrox, Glasgow City seal UWCL berth, SheKicks, 25 April 2022
  12. ↑ Rangers end 14 years of Glasgow City dominance with historic SWPL title win, Rangers News, 8 May 2022
  13. ↑ "Sam Kerr: Bayern Munich sign Scotland midfielder from Rangers Women". BBC Sport. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "Women's under-15 squad for training camp". Scottish FA. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  15. ↑ "Scots girls net six to brush aside Glasgow City". The Scotsman. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  16. ↑ "Live Women's International Football at Ainslie Park". Live Edinburgh News. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  17. ↑ "Scotland soar with Sweden". UEFA. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  18. ↑ "Scotland U17 – Montenegro U17". UEFA. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  19. ↑ "Sam Kerr earns first Scotland call-up after Lisa Evans withdraws". BBC Sport. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  20. ↑ Dewar, Heather (18 February 2020). "Pinatar Cup: Scotland coach Kerr names two uncapped players in squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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  22. ↑ "Scotland – S. Kerr – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway".
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