Kelly McDougall

Kelly McDougall
Personal information
Full name Kelly Marie McDougall[1]
Date of birth (1984-01-22) 22 January 1984
Place of birth Whiston, England
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sunderland Women
Youth career
Rainhill United
Knowsley
1996–1998 Everton Ladies
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2008 Everton Ladies
2008– Sunderland Women
National team‡
2003–2004 England 9 (0)

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

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:50, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Kelly Marie McDougall (born 22 January 1984) is an English female international footballer. She plays in midfield for Sunderland Women.

Club career

McDougall joined Everton aged 12, and also played youth football for Knowsley and Rainhill United.[2] She continued to play for Everton while attending the National Player Development Centre at Loughborough University[2] and was an unused substitute when the club won the 2008 FA Women's Premier League Cup.[3]

That August McDougall left Everton after 10 years in the team to sign for Sunderland Women in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division.[4] In her first season at her new club McDougall helped them to promotion and the FA Women's Cup final. Her stoppage-time goal was not enough to win the cup, as Arsenal won 2-1 at Pride Park.[5] In November 2009 McDougall scored the winner as Sunderland beat Arsenal 2–1, only The Gunners' second league defeat in six years.[6]

International career

McDougall scored on her England U16 debut, against Scotland in Dublin.[2] She also played at U18 level[7] then became a regular at U19 level, featuring in the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship.

McDougall made her debut for the senior England team in a 1–0 friendly defeat in Italy on 25 February 2003.[8]

McDougall works for Bothal Primary School in Ashington and teaches P.E (info from Bothal student

References

  1. ↑ "Player Statistics". FIFA. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
  2. 1 2 3 "England Player Biographies". Women Soccer. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
  3. ↑ "Everton win Ladies Premier League Cup". Liverpool Daily Post. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
  4. ↑ "McDougall leaves ladies". Everton FC. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
  5. ↑ Tony Leighton (2009-05-04). "Arsenal give Vic Akers the right send-off with the wrong performance". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
  6. ↑ "Kelly: Goal was the sweetest feeling". Sunderland Echo. 2009-11-28. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  7. ↑ "Women make winning start". TheFA.com. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
  8. ↑ "Young England beaten by Italy". TheFA.com. 2003-02-25. Retrieved 2011-03-12.


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