Hollie Thomson

Hollie Thomson
	Playing for Scotland in May 2009
Personal information
Full name	Hollie Thomson
Date of birth	25 December 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth	Blackpool, England
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Our Lady’s
	Fleetwood Gym
Huyton Fc Girls	Everton Fc Girls
College career
Years	Team
2002–2003	East Durham College
2005–2007	Hamilton Academical
2007-2012	Hibernian
2013-2015	Rangers
International career‡
2000-2013	Scotland
	‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:14, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

Hollie Thomson (born 25 December 1986) is a Scottish former football midfielder Hollie also played professional abroad and in England before she moved to Scotland and played for Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) clubs Hamilton Academical, Hibernian, Rangers She has represented the Scotland women's national football team at youth and senior level getting a call up for senior level at the age of 14. Hollie also got scouted by England under both Mo Marley and Hope Powell. Football runs deep in the family with Hollie’s Dad also been a professional footballer.

Early life

Thomson's father Bobby was also a footballer. She was born and grew up in England, where Bobby had played for Blackpool.^[1]

Club career

In 2008 Thomson emulated her father Bobby by signing for Hibernian: "I always strive to get better and when Hibs asked me to join I didn't think twice about it. Hibernian is a big and very successful club and I wanted to be part of that."^[2] In 2013 she transferred to Rangers, after falling into dispute with the manager of Hibernian.^[3]

International career

In September 2003, while attached to East Durham College, Thomson was named in the Scotland women's national under-19 football team by coach Tony Gervaise.^[4] As a Civil Service Strollers player she scored twice in a 4–1 win over Israel in May 2005, which qualified Scotland for the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship finals for the first time.^[5] In the final tournament

According to the Scottish Football Association (SFA), Thomson made her senior Scotland debut in a 1–0 friendly defeat by Finland at Veritas Stadion, Turku in September 2007.^[6] Other sources indicate she featured as a 72nd-minute substitute for Pauline Hamill in a 4–0 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) defeat by Russia at McDiarmid Park on 24 May 2006.^[7]^[8] She scored her first and only senior goal for Scotland at the 2008 Cyprus Women's Cup, in a 3–2 defeat by Russia.^[6]

International goals

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
1.	12 March 2008	GSP Stadium, Nicosia	Russia	2–3	2008 Cyprus Cup

References

^ Westbrook, Kieran (14 July 2012). "Livingston ladies footballer follows in famous dad's footsteps". Daily Record (Scotland). Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ "Hibee Hollie makes bad boy so proud". The Scotsman. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ Halliday, Stephen (25 January 2014). "Hibs' Bobby Thomson reflects on linesman punch ban". The Scotsman. Retrieved 4 June 2022. She moved to Rangers because she fell out with the manager at Hibs – so she's a chip off the old block!
^ Clark, Ginny (17 September 2003). "Women's football: Young guns have no fear". Daily Record (Scotland). Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ "Scotland's women qualify for finals". The Herald (Glasgow). 3 May 2005. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Hollie Thomson". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ "Womens Football". The Pink 2. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
^ "Scotland 0-4 Russia". UEFA. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

External links

Hollie Thomson at Soccerway

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[1] Westbrook, Kieran (14 July 2012). "Livingston ladies footballer follows in famous dad's footsteps". Daily Record (Scotland). Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[2] "Hibee Hollie makes bad boy so proud". The Scotsman. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[3] Halliday, Stephen (25 January 2014). "Hibs' Bobby Thomson reflects on linesman punch ban". The Scotsman. Retrieved 4 June 2022. She moved to Rangers because she fell out with the manager at Hibs – so she's a chip off the old block!

[4] Clark, Ginny (17 September 2003). "Women's football: Young guns have no fear". Daily Record (Scotland). Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[5] "Scotland's women qualify for finals". The Herald (Glasgow). 3 May 2005. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[SFA-6] "Hollie Thomson". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[pink2-7] "Womens Football". The Pink 2. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[8] "Scotland 0-4 Russia". UEFA. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

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