Claire Johnstone

Claire Johnstone
Personal information
Full name Claire Johnstone
Date of birth (1982-01-11) 11 January 1982
Place of birth Portsmouth, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Glasgow City
Youth career
Lincoln Ladies
Doncaster Belles
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Kilmarnock Ladies
2004 ÍBV 13 (0)
2004–2007 Hamilton Academical
2007 Þór/KA 11 (0)
2007–2009 Celtic
2009– Glasgow City
National team‡
1999–2007 Scotland[1]

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:50, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Claire Johnstone (born 11 January 1982) is a Scottish football goalkeeper, currently playing for Rangers in the Scottish Women's Premier League.

Club career

After playing for Doncaster Belles at Under–18 level,[2] Johnstone moved to Scotland in February 2001, where she was signed for Kilmarnock by manager Jim Chapman.[3]

In the 2004 summer season, Johnstone played in Iceland with ÍBV and made 13 Úrvalsdeild appearances. She returned to Iceland in 2007 to play 11 games for Þór/KA.[4]

Johnstone and Suzanne Malone left Celtic for champions Glasgow City in June 2009.[5] In October 2010 Johnstone played as a substitute striker due to an injury crisis and scored in Glasgow City's 16–0 win over Aberdeen.[6]

Before the 2012 Scottish Women's Premier League season, Johnstone held transfer talks with Forfar Farmington. She played in a friendly match but the move broke down.[7]

International career

Johnstone made her senior Scottish national team debut against Moldova in April 1999.[8] For several years Johnstone was the national team's regular understudy to Gemma Fay.

References

  1. ↑ "Claire Johnstone". The Scottish FA. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  2. ↑ "Belles win keeps up the pressure". South Yorkshire Times. 1999-10-07. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
  3. ↑ "Johnstone expects Killie revival". She Kicks. 2010-10-08. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  4. ↑ "Claire Johnstone" (in Icelandic). KSI.is. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  5. ↑ "City Sign Two From Celtic". Glasgow City FC. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  6. ↑ "City goal spree dumps Dons". Glasgow City FC. 2010-10-17. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  7. ↑ "Letter from America solves GK Conundrum". Forfar Formington FC. 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
  8. ↑ "Scotland Women A Squad". The Pink 2. Retrieved 2011-06-21.

Claire Johnstone – FIFA competition record

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