Abbi Grant

Abbi Grant
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-12-11) 11 December 1995 (age 23)
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
Birmingham City
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–2011 Rangers 1 (0)
2012–2013 Forfar Farmington 34 (11)
2014–2015 Glasgow City
2016 Hibernian
2016 Celtic
2017–2019 Glasgow City (15)
2019 Anderlecht 12 (8)
2019- Birmingham City 0 (0)
National team
2009 Scotland U15 1 (1)
2010–2012 Scotland U17 14 (5)
2012–2014 Scotland U19 22 (2)
2018 Scotland 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:10, 02 July 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:01, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Abbi Grant (born 11 December 1995) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a forward for Birmingham City in the FA WSL and the Scotland national team.

Club career

On 13 March 2012, Grant left Rangers to join Forfar Farmington.[1] On 13 February 2014, after two years with Forfar, Grant signed with Glasgow City.[2] She moved to Hibernian in 2015. She also played for Celtic before being re-signed by Glasgow City in 2016.[3]

Grant signed for Belgian club Anderlecht in January 2019 and went on to win the Belgian Super League. [4]

Grant then signed for Birmingham City in the FA Women's Super League on a two year deal in July 2019.[5] Birmingham City head coach Marta Tejedor welcomed Grant as a "valuable acquisition". Tejedor added: "Abbi is a young and talented player who will give speed and versatility to our attack in different positions of the field."[6]

International career

In February 2018, Grant received her first senior call-up.[7] On 6 March 2018, she made her senior debut in a 2–0 victory over New Zealand.[8]

Grant made her first senior level competitive appearance in a UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying match in an 8-0 victory over Cyprus at Easter Road in Edinburgh on 30th September 2019.

Honours

Club

Glasgow City

RSC Anderlecht

  • Belgian Super League: 2018/19

Individual

References

  1. ^ "A Double Grants for Forfar Farmington". Scotzine. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Scotland Under 19 international Abbi Grant signs for Glasgow City". Glasgow City F.C. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Glasgow City resign Abbi Grant". Glasgow City Football Club. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Abbi Grant hopes Anderlecht move can boost Scotland chances". BBC Sport. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Abbi Grant signs for Blues Women". Birmingham City Football Club. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Abbi Grant: Birmingham City Women sign Scotland forward from Anderlecht". BBC News. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Glasgow City striker Abbi Grant handed senior call-up as skipper Rachel Corsie returns". Sky Sports. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Scotland Women 2-0 New Zealand: Repeat win breeds confidence - Shelley Kerr". BBC Sport. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Abbi Grant #SBSSWPL Player of the Month". She Kicks. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Abbi Grant becomes first player to win #SBSSWPL POTM award for second time". She Kicks. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2018.

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