Kim Turner (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kimberley Turner | ||
Date of birth | 1 February 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Glentoran FC | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2003 | Belfast United | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2007 | Southern Miss Golden Eagles | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007 | Claremont Stars | 3 | (0) |
2009 | Grindavik | 6 | (1) |
2009–2010 | Manchester City | ||
2010–2013 | Blackburn Rovers Ladies | 35 | (2) |
2013–2014 | Manchester City | ||
2014–2015 | Sheffield | ||
2015–2022 | Fylde | 40 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
Northern Ireland | 46 | (4) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:40, 10 December 2007 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:40, 22 September 2010 (UTC) |
Kimberley "Kim" Turner (born 1 February 1985) was a Northern Irish footballer, who is currently The Girls Academy Director and Womens First Team Coach at Glentoran FC. Turner played for Man City Women in the WSL and Northern Ireland as a midfielder.
Club career
Early career
Turner represented Orangefield High School and Belfast United LFC. She toured America in 1999 as part of a cross-community project called Belfast Together.[1]
Senior career
Turner was awarded with a Football Scholarship and played in the NCAA C-USA for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles for four seasons while attending the University of Southern Mississippi. In the summer of 2006 Turner (aged 21) made her 1st appearance in the WPSL signing for Ajax American Women. She then signed for new WPSL club Claremont Stars for their 2007 season,[1] but made only three appearances due to a knee injury. [2]
By 2009, Turner was playing in Iceland with Grindavik.[3]
At the end of the Icelandic season, Turner moved to England to join Manchester City Ladies, before moving on to compete in the Womens Premier League for Blackburn Rovers Ladies in 2010.[4] In 2013, she left Blackburn to rejoin former club Manchester City Women and make the clubs history as the first professional Man City team to compete in the WSL
International career
Turner is a full Northern Ireland international. She also played for the Northern Ireland underage teams.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "WPSL COMING TO CLAREMONT". WPSL.info. 15 March 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- ^ "2007 Statistics". WPSL.info. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- ^ "KIMBERLEY TURNER". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- ^ "Andrea Worrall/Manchester City LFC". She Kicks. 26 August 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
External links
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Association footballers from Belfast
- Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland
- Blackburn Rovers L.F.C. players
- Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in Iceland
- Manchester City W.F.C. players
- Northern Ireland women's international footballers
- Women's association footballers from Northern Ireland
- Sheffield F.C. Ladies players
- Women's association football midfielders
- Grindavík women's football players
- Southern Miss Golden Eagles women's soccer players
- Fylde Ladies F.C. players
- Northern Ireland women's association football biography stubs