Simone Magill

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. Magill was named Northern Ireland captain in September 2025.

Simone Magill

Magill celebrates goal against Durham in Women's Championship
Personal information
Date of birth	(1994-11-01) 1 November 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Magherafelt, Northern Ireland
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Birmingham City
Number	16
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2013	Mid-Ulster F.C.		(18)
2013–2022	Everton	152	(33)
2022–2024	Aston Villa	22	(2)
2024–	Birmingham City	19	(7)
International career‡
2010	Northern Ireland U17	5	(6)
2010–2013	Northern Ireland U19	24	(13)
2010–	Northern Ireland	95	(28)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 June 2025 (UTC)

Early life and education

Magill studied at Edge Hill University.^[1]

Playing career

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]

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]

Magill was a part of the squad that was called up to the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.^[9]

Personal life

Magill married Mark Rigby in 2019, having met him at university.^[1] As of 2021 the couple were living in Southport.^[1]

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	19 May 2012	Solitude, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Bulgaria	1–0	4–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
2.	12 April 2016	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia, Italy	Italy	1–0	1–3	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
3.	3 June 2016	Solitude, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Georgia	1–0	4–0
4.	27 February 2019	Evrenseki Stadium, Side, Turkey	Jordan	1–0	6–0	2019 Turkish Women's Cup
5.	3 March 2019	Hane, Side, Turkey	Kazakhstan	4–0	4–0
6.	3 September 2019	Rodney Parade, Newport, Wales	Wales	1–0	2–2	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
7.	18 September 2020	Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	2–0	6–0
8.				6–0
9.	9 April 2021	Kolos Stadium, Kovalivka, Ukraine	Ukraine	2–1	2–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying play-offs
10.	25 November 2021	Petar Miloševski Training Centre, Skopje, North Macedonia	North Macedonia	3–0	11–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
11.				7–0
12.				9–0
13.				10–0
14.	30 November 2021	Seaview, Belfast, Northern Ireland	North Macedonia	7–0	9–0
15.	20 February 2022	Estadio Municipal de Marbella, Marbella, Spain	Switzerland	1–0	2–2	Friendly
16.				2–2
17.	27 October 2023	Ménfői úti Stadion, Győr, Hungary	Hungary	2–2[10]	2–3	2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League
18.	1 December 2023	Arena Kombëtare, Tirana, Albania	Albania	1–0	4–0
19.				2–0
20.	27 February 2024	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Montenegro	1–1	1–1	2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League play-offs
21.	9 April 2024	Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–1	3–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
22.	25 February 2025	Inver Park, Larne, Northern Ireland	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–2	3–2	2025 UEFA Women's Nations League
23.				3–2
24.	3 June 2025	Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	1–1

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
• Northern Ireland Player of the year: 2023
• Northern Ireland Player of the year: 2024
• Birmingham City Player of the year: 2024-25
• Birmingham City Top Goalscorer: 2024-25
• Women’s Championship Player of the month April: 2025