Shannon Turner (footballer)

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Shannon Turner
Personal information
Full name Shannon Turner
Date of birth (1997-09-08) 8 September 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Acocks Green, Birmingham, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 West Bromwich Albion
Number 1
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Birmingham City
Boldmere St Michaels 4 (0)
2021– Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 (0)
International career
2016 Northern Ireland U19 3 (0)
2023– Northern Ireland 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shannon Turner (born 8 September 1997) became a goalkeeper for West Bromwich Albion in 2021 after leaving Wolverhampton Wanderers. Born in England, she has represented Northern Ireland at under-19 level. She was on the Northern Ireland squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2022. [1]

Life

Turner was born and brought up in Acocks Green, Birmingham in the West Midlands. [2]

Turner has played for a number of leading English football clubs, including Birmingham City W.F.C. [3]

She joined the Wolves in August 2021. [3]

She was the only uncapped player named to play for the Northern Ireland women's national football team for the UEFA Women's Euro in 2022. [4] She qualified to play for Northern Ireland as some of her grandparents were from there. [5] The other two goalkeepers in the squad are Jackie Burns and Becky Flaherty. [6] Turner said that joining the squad had inspired her to try to be the top Northern Ireland goalkeeper. [7]

She was in Cardiff in April 2023 in a friendly match against the Welsh team which ended in a 3-0 victory for Wales. [8] There was a similar result in Dundee when Northern Irish team were beaten by the Scottish National team's three goals in another freindly match at Dens Park. [9]

Northern Ireland were playing the Republic of Ireland in September 2023 and Turner was in goal. Northern Ireland lost by three goals to none. [10] The next match was the Hungarian team in October 2023 at the Ménfői úti Stadion in Győr, Hungary and Jackie Burns was injured. Shannon deputised in a game that they lost 3-2, however Shannon's save of an attempt by Evelin Fenyvesi was described as superb. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Shannon Turner a surprise candidate for Northern Ireland Women's Euro 2022 squad after Kenny Shiels call". belfasttelegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  2. ↑ "Turner heading to Women's Euro 2022". www.wolves.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  3. 1 2 "Former youth international goalkeeper Turner joins Wolves". www.wolves.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  4. ↑ "Northern Ireland UEFA Women's Euro squad announced". IFA. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  5. ↑ "Northern Ireland call-up came just after I had rediscovered my love for the game, says Wolves keeper Shannon Turner". belfasttelegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  6. ↑ The Athletic Staff. "Northern Ireland's full 23-player Women's Euro 2022 squad". The Athletic. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  7. ↑ "Shannon Turner is keen to prove her credentials to Kenny Shiels and become the Northern Ireland number one". belfasttelegraph. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  8. ↑ "Wales turn on the style to comfortably beat Northern Ireland in friendly". guernseypress.com. 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  9. ↑ "Scotland beat Northern Ireland 3-0 in friendly". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  10. ↑ "Republic of Ireland 3-0 Northern Ireland: Tanya Oxtoby says NI 'on right track' despite loss". BBC Sport. 2023-09-23. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  11. ↑ "Hungary 3-2 Northern Ireland: Drama in Women's Nations League an NI suffer late defeat". BBC Sport. 2023-10-27. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
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