Megan Bell

Megan Bell (born 17 April 2001) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nottingham Forest in the Women's Super League 2 and Northern Ireland.

Megan Bell

Personal information
Full name	Megan Bell
Date of birth	(2001-04-17) 17 April 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth	Dundonald, Northern Ireland
Position(s)	Midfielder, Right Wing
Team information
Current team	Nottingham Forest
Number	23
Youth career
Ards Rangers	Dungoyne
	Linfield
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2019	Linfield
2019–2020	Durham	10	(2)
2020–2025	Rangers	24	(6)
2024	→ Heart of Midlothian (loan)	7	(2)
2025–	Nottingham Forest	0	(0)
International career‡
2016	Northern Ireland U17	6	(3)
2017	Northern Ireland U19	9	(1)
2017–	Northern Ireland	16	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 November 2019

Early life

Bell was born in Dundonald, Northern Ireland. Growing up, she idolised Steven Gerard, but was a fan of Rangers F.C.^[1]

Club career

Linfield

On 19 August 2015, 14-year-old Bell scored two goals for Linfield on her senior debut in a 6–1 home win over Sion Swifts.^[2] She won three consecutive Women's Premiership titles with Linfield between 2016 and 2018, having left Grosvenor Grammar School in 2017.^[3]

Durham

On 9 July 2019, Bell signed with English FA Women's Championship team Durham.^[4] The move coincided will Bell starting a degree in sport, physical activity and exercise at Durham University.^[5] On 18 August 2019, she made her debut for the team in the season opener against Leicester City, scoring in the 7th minute of a 5–1 win.^[6] After 14 appearances in all competitions in the first half of the season, Bell announced her departure from semi-professional Durham in January 2020 in order to concentrate solely on football.^[7]

Rangers

On 5 January 2020, Bell became a full-time footballer, signing with professional SWPL club Rangers.^[8] since then despite injuries she has made several appearances for Rangers and won the league title and sky sports cup with the club rangers currently just got into finals of the Scottish cup against Celtic

Heart of Midlothian

Megan joined Hearts on loan from Rangers until the end of the season on 25 January 2024.

International career

On 28 November 2017, Bell made her senior debut for Northern Ireland aged 16 years 7 months, starting in a 3–1 2019 World Cup qualifying win away to Slovakia.^[9] On 2 March 2018, Bell scored her first international goal in a 1–1 draw against Romania at the 2018 Turkish Women's Cup friendly tournament.^[10]

Honours

Club

Linfield

• Women's Premiership: 2016, 2017, 2018
• IFA Women's Challenge Cup: 2016

Rangers

• Scottish Women's Premier League: 2021-22,
• Sky sports cup winners : 2022-23