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Rebecca Dempster

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Rebecca Dempster
Personal information
Full name Rebecca Eileen Dempster
Date of birth (1991-02-10) 10 February 1991 (age 33)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Fimauto Valpolicella
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Inverness City Ladies
2009 Celtic Women
2010 Forfar Farmington
2011 Hibernian Ladies 17 (10)
2012–2013 Aberdeen Ladies 33 (11)
2016– Fimauto Valpolicella
International career‡
2007–2009 Scotland U17 4 (0)
2009–2010 Scotland U19 11 (12)
2011–2012 Scotland 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 May 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:52, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Rebecca Eileen Dempster (born 10 February 1991) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Fimauto Valpolicella. She has made three appearances for the Scotland national team.

Early life

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Dempster grew up in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, and was educated at Ellon Academy.[1]

Playing career

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Club

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Dempster played for Inverness City[2] before joining Celtic in 2009. After a spell with Forfar Farmington, she joined Hibernian ahead of the 2011 season.[3] on 25 May 2011, she was part of the Hibernian team that won the Scottish Women's Premier League Cup, beating Spartans 5–2 in the final.[4]

In 2012, Dempster joined Aberdeen, where she played for three seasons. She then spent a year out of official football before signing for Fimauto Valpolicella in Italy in 2016.[5][6] In her first season, Valpolicella won promotion from Serie B.

International

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Dempster made her debut for the Scotland under-17 team against Sweden in September 2007, going on to make four appearances at that level.[7] She then progressed to the under-19 squad, where she scored twelve goals in eleven appearances, including a hat-trick in a 5–1 win against Bulgaria in September 2009.[8] At the 2010 European Championships, she scored three times in three matches.[9]

Dempster was given her first call-up to the full Scotland squad in 2010. She won her first international cap in a friendly match against France on 18 May 2011. She made further appearances against Northern Ireland and Cameroon in 2012.[10]

Honours

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Club

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Hibernian:

Fimauto Valpolicella:

References

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  1. ^ "Rebecca's Scotland football ambition". The Ellon Times. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Rout helps women's promotion push". Inverness Courier. 18 November 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Hibernian Ladies get season underway". STV News. 20 March 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Five-star Hibs lift League Cup". Women's Soccer Scene. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  5. ^ Pellone, Stefano (11 July 2016). "Calcio femminile, i nuovi movimenti di mercato". Mondo Sportivo (in Italian). Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Fimauto Valpolicella: Rebecca Dempster fa il punto sul suo campionato". Calcio Femminile Italiano (in Italian). 13 April 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Rebecca Dempster – Women's U17 Squad Matches". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Rebecca Dempster – Women's U19 Squad Matches". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Dempster bows out on a high". UEFA. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Rebecca Dempster – Women's A Squad Matches". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  11. ^ "R. Dempster". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Il Valpo torna in serie A !" (in Italian). ASD Fimauto Valpolicella. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
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