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'''Francesca "Fran" Kirby''' (born 29 June 1993) is an English professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] for [[Reading F.C. Women|Reading]] and the [[England women's national football team|England national team]].
'''Francesca "Fran" Kirby''' (born 29 June 1993) is an English professional [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] for [[Chelsea L.F.C.|Chelsea]] and the [[England women's national football team|England national team]].


==Club career==
==Club career==
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With Reading promoted to the newly formed [[2014 FA WSL|Women's Super League 2 for 2014]], Kirby helped the team achieve third place with 24 goals in sixteen appearances.<ref>{{cite web|title=WSL Player Stats|url=http://www.fawsl.com/playerStats.html#WcstVDlUGxqMPTlz.97|publisher=[[FA WSL]]|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref> She ended the season as the league's top goalscorer; netting four against [[London Bees]],<ref>{{cite web|title=London Bees 1 - 9 Reading FC Women|url=http://www.londonbeeswsl.com/matchesReport/london_bees_v_reading_fc_women_05_october_2014_report.html#WSpG3dRkjszptfPb.97|publisher=[[FA WSL]]|accessdate=12 April 2015}}</ref> as well as [[Hat-trick#Association football|hat-tricks]] against [[Durham Women's F.C.|Durham]], [[Watford LFC|Watford]] and [[Doncaster Rovers Belles]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Reading FC Women 4 - 0 Durham Women FC|url=http://reading.fawsl.com/matchesReport/reading_fc_women_v_durham_women_fc_18_may_2014_report.html#F4zCpmcuPUuB99UU.97|publisher=[[FA WSL]]|accessdate=12 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hat-Trick Heroine Kirby|url=http://reading.fawsl.com/matchesReport/watford_ladies_fc_v_reading_fc_women_10_august_2014_report.html#e5pe5J0OSOT61WyY.97|publisher=[[FA WSL]]|accessdate=12 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Stunning Reading Silence the Belles|url=http://reading.fawsl.com/matchesReport/reading_fc_women_v_doncaster_rovers_belles_30_august_2014_report.html#1cbVW2RGh5XYKktu.97|publisher=[[FA WSL]]|accessdate=12 April 2015}}</ref> Shortly after, she became the first player to receive a professional contract from the club.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Trehan|first1=Dev|title=England striker Fran Kirby says Reading means 'everything' to her|url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/12040/9773998/england-striker-fran-kirby-says-reading-means-everything-to-her|accessdate=12 April 2015|publisher=[[Sky Sports]]|date=24 March 2015}}</ref> At the 2014 FA Women's Awards, Kirby was named the inaugural WSL2 Players' Player of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ji So-Yun named FA WSL 1 Players' Player of the Year|url=http://www.thefa.com/news/fawsl/2014/nov/fa-womens-awards-ji-so-yun-chelsea-fran-kirby-liverpool-david-parker-sheffield-helen-mitchell|publisher=[[The Football Association]]|accessdate=12 April 2015}}</ref>
With Reading promoted to the newly formed [[2014 FA WSL|Women's Super League 2 for 2014]], Kirby helped the team achieve third place with 24 goals in sixteen appearances.<ref>{{cite web|title=WSL Player Stats|url=http://www.fawsl.com/playerStats.html#WcstVDlUGxqMPTlz.97|publisher=[[FA WSL]]|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref> She ended the season as the league's top goalscorer; netting four against [[London Bees]],<ref>{{cite web|title=London Bees 1 - 9 Reading FC Women|url=http://www.londonbeeswsl.com/matchesReport/london_bees_v_reading_fc_women_05_october_2014_report.html#WSpG3dRkjszptfPb.97|publisher=[[FA WSL]]|accessdate=12 April 2015}}</ref> as well as [[Hat-trick#Association football|hat-tricks]] against [[Durham Women's F.C.|Durham]], [[Watford LFC|Watford]] and [[Doncaster Rovers Belles]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Reading FC Women 4 - 0 Durham Women FC|url=http://reading.fawsl.com/matchesReport/reading_fc_women_v_durham_women_fc_18_may_2014_report.html#F4zCpmcuPUuB99UU.97|publisher=[[FA WSL]]|accessdate=12 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hat-Trick Heroine Kirby|url=http://reading.fawsl.com/matchesReport/watford_ladies_fc_v_reading_fc_women_10_august_2014_report.html#e5pe5J0OSOT61WyY.97|publisher=[[FA WSL]]|accessdate=12 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Stunning Reading Silence the Belles|url=http://reading.fawsl.com/matchesReport/reading_fc_women_v_doncaster_rovers_belles_30_august_2014_report.html#1cbVW2RGh5XYKktu.97|publisher=[[FA WSL]]|accessdate=12 April 2015}}</ref> Shortly after, she became the first player to receive a professional contract from the club.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Trehan|first1=Dev|title=England striker Fran Kirby says Reading means 'everything' to her|url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/12040/9773998/england-striker-fran-kirby-says-reading-means-everything-to-her|accessdate=12 April 2015|publisher=[[Sky Sports]]|date=24 March 2015}}</ref> At the 2014 FA Women's Awards, Kirby was named the inaugural WSL2 Players' Player of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ji So-Yun named FA WSL 1 Players' Player of the Year|url=http://www.thefa.com/news/fawsl/2014/nov/fa-womens-awards-ji-so-yun-chelsea-fran-kirby-liverpool-david-parker-sheffield-helen-mitchell|publisher=[[The Football Association]]|accessdate=12 April 2015}}</ref>


Kirby continued her goalscoring form into the [[2015 FA WSL|2015 WSL2 season]], taking nine goals in her first two league appearances for Reading. She netted all four goals in a 4–2 away win against [[Yeovil Town LFC|Yeovil Town]] and grabbed five goals in a 7–0 win against London Bees.<ref>{{cite web|title=Royals defeat Glovers to kick of 2015 Campaign|url=http://reading.fawsl.com/matchesReport/yeovil_town_ladies_fc_v_reading_fc_women_19_march_2015_report.html#hCS0b8EzkDXV8YZP.97|publisher=[[FA WSL]]|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Royals take the sting out of the Bees in the Hive|url=http://reading.fawsl.com/matchesReport/london_bees_v_reading_fc_women_29_march_2015_report.html#6CcZLEDTYBIJTFuE.97|publisher=[[FA WSL]]|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref>
Kirby continued her goalscoring form into the [[2015 FA WSL|2015 WSL2 season]], taking nine goals in her first two league appearances for Reading. She netted all four goals in a 4–2 away win against [[Yeovil Town LFC|Yeovil Town]] and grabbed five goals in a 7–0 win against London Bees.<ref>{{cite web|title=Royals defeat Glovers to kick of 2015 Campaign|url=http://reading.fawsl.com/matchesReport/yeovil_town_ladies_fc_v_reading_fc_women_19_march_2015_report.html#hCS0b8EzkDXV8YZP.97|publisher=[[FA WSL]]|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Royals take the sting out of the Bees in the Hive|url=http://reading.fawsl.com/matchesReport/london_bees_v_reading_fc_women_29_march_2015_report.html#6CcZLEDTYBIJTFuE.97|publisher=[[FA WSL]]|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref> Following the [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup]] Reading accepted a British women's transfer record from Chelsea and she completed a move in July 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fran Kirby: Chelsea Ladies sign England striker from Reading|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33445428|website=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|accessdate=8 July 2015}}</ref>


==International career==
==International career==
Kirby has competed as a member of the [[England women's national under-23 football team|England under-23 squad]]. She became the first WSL 2 player to be called up to the [[England women's national football team|senior squad]], in June 2014 for the [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6|World Cup qualifiers]] against [[Belarus women's national football team|Belarus]] and [[Ukraine women's national football team|Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mark Sampson announces 23-player squad for crunch qualifiers|url=http://www.thefa.com/news/england/womens/2014/jun/mark-sampson-announces-final-23-for-crunch-qualifiers-030614|publisher=[[The Football Association]]|accessdate=12 April 2015}}</ref> She was named on the bench against Belarus but did not make an appearance. She made her senior international debut against [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]] in August 2014, getting the second goal in a 4-0 win.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Reid|first1=James|title=Ruthless England Women defeat Sweden in Hartlepool|url=http://www.thefa.com/news/england/womens/2014/aug/england-v-sweden-match-report-030814|publisher=[[The Football Association]]|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref> Her second international goal came in April 2015, scoring the winning goal in a friendly against [[China women's national football team|China]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Magowan|first1=Alistair|title=England 2-1 China: Fran Kirby hits winner for Mark Sampson's side|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32244085|accessdate=11 April 2015|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=9 April 2015}}</ref>
Kirby has competed as a member of the [[England women's national under-23 football team|England under-23 squad]]. She became the first WSL 2 player to be called up to the [[England women's national football team|senior squad]], in June 2014 for the [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6|World Cup qualifiers]] against [[Belarus women's national football team|Belarus]] and [[Ukraine women's national football team|Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mark Sampson announces 23-player squad for crunch qualifiers|url=http://www.thefa.com/news/england/womens/2014/jun/mark-sampson-announces-final-23-for-crunch-qualifiers-030614|publisher=[[The Football Association]]|accessdate=12 April 2015}}</ref> She was named on the bench against Belarus but did not make an appearance. She made her senior international debut against [[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]] in August 2014, getting the second goal in a 4-0 win.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Reid|first1=James|title=Ruthless England Women defeat Sweden in Hartlepool|url=http://www.thefa.com/news/england/womens/2014/aug/england-v-sweden-match-report-030814|publisher=[[The Football Association]]|accessdate=11 April 2015}}</ref> Her second international goal came in April 2015, scoring the winning goal in a friendly against [[China women's national football team|China]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Magowan|first1=Alistair|title=England 2-1 China: Fran Kirby hits winner for Mark Sampson's side|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32244085|accessdate=11 April 2015|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=9 April 2015}}</ref>


In May 2015 national [[Coach (sports)|coach]] [[Mark Sampson]] named Kirby in his final squad for the [[2015 FIFA Women's World Cup]], to be hosted in Canada.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lavery|first1=Glenn|title=England squad named for FIFA Women's World Cup|url=http://www.thefa.com/news/england/womens/2015/may/world-cup-canada-2015-squad-announcement|accessdate=12 May 2015|publisher=[[The Football Association]]|date=11 May 2015}}</ref>
In May 2015 national [[Coach (sports)|coach]] [[Mark Sampson]] named Kirby in his final squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, to be hosted in Canada.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lavery|first1=Glenn|title=England squad named for FIFA Women's World Cup|url=http://www.thefa.com/news/england/womens/2015/may/world-cup-canada-2015-squad-announcement|accessdate=12 May 2015|publisher=[[The Football Association]]|date=11 May 2015}}</ref>


===International goals===
===International goals===

Revision as of 18:35, 8 July 2015

Fran Kirby
Kirby lining up for England in 2015
Personal information
Full name Francesca Kirby[1]
Date of birth (1993-06-29) 29 June 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Reading, England
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 11
Youth career
2001–2010 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Reading 40 (66)
2015– Chelsea
International career‡
2013– England U23 4 (1)
2014– England 9 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 April 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 April 2015

Francesca "Fran" Kirby (born 29 June 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chelsea and the England national team.

Club career

Kirby joined her hometown club Reading at the age of seven and worked her way through the youth teams. She made her debut for the first team at the age of sixteen but quit football the following year after an onset of depression.[3][4] Kirby returned to the club in 2012 and went on to become the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division's top scorer for the 2012-13 season, with 32 goals in twenty-one appearances.[5]

With Reading promoted to the newly formed Women's Super League 2 for 2014, Kirby helped the team achieve third place with 24 goals in sixteen appearances.[6] She ended the season as the league's top goalscorer; netting four against London Bees,[7] as well as hat-tricks against Durham, Watford and Doncaster Rovers Belles.[8][9][10] Shortly after, she became the first player to receive a professional contract from the club.[11] At the 2014 FA Women's Awards, Kirby was named the inaugural WSL2 Players' Player of the Year.[12]

Kirby continued her goalscoring form into the 2015 WSL2 season, taking nine goals in her first two league appearances for Reading. She netted all four goals in a 4–2 away win against Yeovil Town and grabbed five goals in a 7–0 win against London Bees.[13][14] Following the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Reading accepted a British women's transfer record from Chelsea and she completed a move in July 2015.[15]

International career

Kirby has competed as a member of the England under-23 squad. She became the first WSL 2 player to be called up to the senior squad, in June 2014 for the World Cup qualifiers against Belarus and Ukraine.[16] She was named on the bench against Belarus but did not make an appearance. She made her senior international debut against Sweden in August 2014, getting the second goal in a 4-0 win.[17] Her second international goal came in April 2015, scoring the winning goal in a friendly against China.[18]

In May 2015 national coach Mark Sampson named Kirby in his final squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, to be hosted in Canada.[19]

International goals

Scores and results list England's goal tally first.[20]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 3 August 2014 Victoria Park, Hartlepool, England  Sweden 2–0 4–0 Friendly
2. 9 April 2015 Academy Stadium, Manchester, England  China 2–0 2–1 Friendly
3. 13 June 2015 Moncton Stadium, Moncton, Canada  Mexico 1–0 2–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™: List of Players: England" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  2. ^ 2015 World Cup
  3. ^ Hassan, Nabil (17 March 2015). "Fran Kirby: England & Reading forward on overcoming adversity". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  4. ^ Kessel, Anna (27 December 2014). "England forward Fran Kirby aiming for greatness at women's World Cup". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Southern Division Player Stats 2012/13". The Football Association. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  6. ^ "WSL Player Stats". FA WSL. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  7. ^ "London Bees 1 - 9 Reading FC Women". FA WSL. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Reading FC Women 4 - 0 Durham Women FC". FA WSL. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Hat-Trick Heroine Kirby". FA WSL. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Stunning Reading Silence the Belles". FA WSL. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  11. ^ Trehan, Dev (24 March 2015). "England striker Fran Kirby says Reading means 'everything' to her". Sky Sports. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  12. ^ "Ji So-Yun named FA WSL 1 Players' Player of the Year". The Football Association. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  13. ^ "Royals defeat Glovers to kick of 2015 Campaign". FA WSL. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  14. ^ "Royals take the sting out of the Bees in the Hive". FA WSL. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  15. ^ "Fran Kirby: Chelsea Ladies sign England striker from Reading". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  16. ^ "Mark Sampson announces 23-player squad for crunch qualifiers". The Football Association. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  17. ^ Reid, James. "Ruthless England Women defeat Sweden in Hartlepool". The Football Association. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  18. ^ Magowan, Alistair (9 April 2015). "England 2-1 China: Fran Kirby hits winner for Mark Sampson's side". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  19. ^ Lavery, Glenn (11 May 2015). "England squad named for FIFA Women's World Cup". The Football Association. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  20. ^ Fran Kirby at Soccerway
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