Danielle Gibbons
Personal information
Full name Danielle Michelle Gibbons[1]
Date of birth (1992-07-31) 31 July 1992
Place of birth Preston, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Euxton Girls
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 Preston North End 25 (0)
2011–2017 Liverpool 11 (0)
2017–2018 Sheffield 17 (0)
2018–2019 Blackburn Rovers 12 (0)
International career
2010–2011 England U-19 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:50, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:21, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Danielle Michelle Gibbons (born 31 July 1992) is an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Blackburn Rovers of the FA Women's National League North. In 2015 Gibbons required surgery to remove a vestibular schwannoma, which made her deaf in her left ear.[3][4][5] Gibbons began her career with Preston North End and was signed by Liverpool ahead of the inaugural 2011 season of the FA Women's Super League. She was Liverpool's longest-serving player by the time she left the club for Sheffield, following the FA WSL Spring Series.[6] In 2018 she signed for Blackburn Rovers.[7]

References

  1. "Информация о спортсмене" (in Russian). Universiade Kazan 2013 Russia. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  2. "Danielle's hit the heights for GB". Lancashire Evening Post. 31 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  3. "Danielle Gibbons issues Conti Cup target for Liverpool". FA. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  4. Philbin, Paul (21 November 2015). "Liverpool Ladies star Danielle Gibbons scoops Special Recognition award after return from brain tumour". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  5. Currie, Jo (16 October 2015). "Liverpool Ladies: Danielle Gibbons 'proud' of comeback after tumour". BBC. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  6. "Goalkeeper Danielle Gibbons signs for World's First". Sheffield F.C. Ladies. 18 September 2017. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  7. Whyatt, Katie (17 January 2019). "Danielle Gibbons interview: 'How do you tell your mum you have a brain tumour?'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 February 2019.


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