Simone Magill
Magill in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-11-01) 1 November 1994
Place of birth Magherafelt, Northern Ireland
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Aston Villa
Number 22
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Mid-Ulster F.C. (18)
2013–2022 Everton 152 (33)
2022– Aston Villa 10 (0)
International career‡
2010 Northern Ireland U17 5 (6)
2010–2013 Northern Ireland U19 24 (13)
2010– Northern Ireland 78 (24)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Simone Magill (born 1 November 1994) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays forward for Northern Ireland and Aston Villa in the FA Women’s Super League

Playing career

Club

Mid-Ulster

Magill began her football career in the development programs of Cookstown Youth FC and Mid-Ulster Ladies F.C. where she first played with an all female squad.[1] During the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 seasons, Magill would claim awards for the Northern Ireland Women's Premier League Player of the Year honors.[2] She also finished the 2012 season as top goalscorer with 18 goals.[3][2]

Everton

When she was 18, Magill made the move to WSL Side Everton L.F.C. after a successful trial in 2013 and later won Fans' Player of the Season in 2014/15.[4] Suffering injury, Magill was sidelined for much for the 2016 season, but returned during the 2017 Spring Series scoring 5 goals in just 7 appearances.[3]

In June 2017, Magill signed her first full-time professional contract with Everton.[5] She was the second Everton player to do so and the first female Northern Irish footballer to sign a full-time contract.[4] In May 2019 Magill won Everton's Player of the Season Award.[6]

International

Magill has represented Northern Ireland at multiple youth levels throughout her career and made her senior international debut aged 15.[3][5] She has captained the U-17 and U-19 squads.[1]

In June 2016, Magill claimed herself a world record by scoring the fastest ever goal at international women's level in a European Qualifying match against Georgia. The 11-second goal beat the previous 12-second record scored by US forward, Alex Morgan.[7]

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreVenueCompetition
1.9 April 2021Kolos Stadium, Kovalivka, Ukraine Ukraine2–12–1UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying play-offs

Honours

Everton

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 Anushree Nande (30 June 2017). "In conversation with Simone Magill, Everton Ladies' child of destiny". www.footballparadise.com. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Simone Magill is top player at Northern Ireland Women's Football Association awards dinner". newsletter. 4 December 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Simone Magill | Everton Football Club". www.evertonfc.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  4. 1 2 "'If I can make football a full-time career, so can other Northern Ireland girls' says Everton star". www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Striker seals pro deal at WSL1 club". www.irishfa.com. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "A word from our Player of the Season". Everton Ladies twitter. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  7. 1 2 Garth Fullerton (7 October 2017). "Now that's quick! Northern Ireland striker receives award for scoring fastest goal ever!". www.belfastlive.co.uk. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
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