Abbi Grant

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.

Abbi Grant
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-12-11) 11 December 1995
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Position(s) 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 13 (2)
National team‡
2009 Scotland U15 1 (1)
2010–2012 Scotland U17 14 (5)
2012–2014 Scotland U19 22 (2)
2018– Scotland 6 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:11, 7 March 2020 (UTC)

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 by the Scotland national team.[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 during Euro 2021 qualifying, in an 8–0 victory over Cyprus at Easter Road on 30 September 2019. She scored her first international goal during the 2020 Pinatar Cup, in a 1–0 victory against Iceland.[9]

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. "Scotand 1–0 Iceland". BBC Sport. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  10. "Abbi Grant #SBSSWPL Player of the Month". She Kicks. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  11. "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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