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Simone Magill
Northern Irish association footballer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Simone Magill (born 1 November 1994) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays forward for Northern Ireland and Birmingham City in the Women’s Championship
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Early life and education
Magill studied at Edge Hill University.[1]
Playing career
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Club
Mid-Ulster
Magill began her football career in the development programs of Cookstown Youth FC and Mid-Ulster Ladies F.C. where she first played with an all female squad.[2] During the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 seasons, Magill would claim awards for the Northern Ireland Women's Premier League Player of the Year honors.[3] She also finished the 2012 season as top goalscorer with 18 goals.[4][3]
Everton
When she was 18, Magill made the move to WSL Side Everton L.F.C. after a successful trial in 2013 and later won Fans' Player of the Season in 2014/15.[5] Suffering injury, Magill was sidelined for much for the 2016 season, but returned during the 2017 Spring Series scoring 5 goals in just 7 appearances.[4]
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In June 2017, Magill signed her first full-time professional contract with Everton.[6] She was the second Everton player to do so and the first female Northern Irish footballer to sign a full-time contract.[5] In May 2019 Magill won Everton's Player of the Season Award.[7]
International
Magill has represented Northern Ireland at multiple youth levels throughout her career and made her senior international debut in 2010, aged 15.[4][6] She has captained the U-17 and U-19 squads.[2]
In June 2016, Magill claimed herself a world record by scoring the fastest ever goal at international women's level in a European Qualifying match against Georgia. The 11-second goal beat the previous 12-second record scored by US forward, Alex Morgan.[8]
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Magill was part of the squad that was called up to the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[9]
Personal life
Magill married teaching assistant and badminton coach Mark Rigby in 2019, having met him at university.[1] As of 2021 the couple were living in Southport.[1]
International goals
Honours
Everton
- FA Women's Cup runners-up (1): 2013–14
- FA WSL 2 Winners (1): 2017
Individual
- Women's Premier League Player of the Year: 2010, 2012[3]
- Everton Ladies Player of the Season: 2014–15[2]
- Fastest International Women's goal scored (World Record) 3 June 2016[8]
- Everton Ladies Player of the Season: 2018–19
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