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Gemma Fay
Personal information
Full name Gemma Fay[1]
Date of birth (1981-12-09) 9 December 1981 (age 43)[1]
Place of birth Perth, Scotland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Celtic Ladies
Number 1
Youth career
St. Johnstone Girls
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Aberdeen Ladies
–2002 Ayr United Ladies
2002–2003 Brighton & Hove Albion Women
2003–2005 Hibernian Ladies
2005–2007 Leeds United Ladies
2007–2009 Hibernian Ladies
2009– Celtic Ladies
International career‡
1998– Scotland[2] 162 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:00, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:20, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

Gemma Fay (born 9 December 1981) is a Scottish female international football goalkeeper and actress. She currently plays in the Scottish Women's Premier League for Celtic, having previously played in the English FA Women's Premier League for Leeds United. Fay made her senior Scotland debut against Czech Republic in May 1998[3] and has since amassed 160 appearances for the national team, becoming Scotland's most capped player of all time.

International career

Fay won 23 Scotland caps before the age of 19. She praised the contribution of her national goalkeeping coach, Jim Gallacher.[4]

In 2009, Fay took over the captain's armband from long-term skipper Julie Fleeting and then reached a 100 caps against Canada at the Cyprus Cup in 2009.[5] In December 2011 Fay and three Celtic women's team mates were approached about playing for Team GB at the 2012 Olympics.[6]

Fay moved on to 141 appearances in May 2012, equalling the record held by Pauline Hamill, after playing in a 3–1 friendly win over Poland in Gdańsk.[7] She set a new record of 142 appearances after playing in Scotland's next match, a 4–1 friendly defeat to Sweden at Stark's Park in Kirkcaldy.[8]

Acting

In 2013, Gemma made her TV acting debut in the one-off Sky Living drama Rubenesque.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gemma Fay". UEFA. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Gemma Fay - Women's A Squad". The Scottish FA. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  3. ^ Alan Marshall (25 May 1998). "Fleet streets ahead of 'em". Daily Record. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  4. ^ Alan Campbell (7 May 2000). "Pauw wows Europe with new-style Scots women". Sunday Herald. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  5. ^ Cap Milestones for Fay and Love scottishfa.co.uk. 07-04-2009. Retrieved 07-10-2013.
  6. ^ "Olympic approach for four Scottish women". BBC Sport. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  7. ^ "Scotland women decisive in Gdansk". Scottish Football Association. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
  8. ^ "Scotland women beaten by Sweden". BBC. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  9. ^ "Real Life Footballer Gemma Fay Scored With A Hit In Rubenesque". Metro. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2013.

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