Английская Википедия:Fran Kirby

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:EngvarB Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox football biography Francesca Kirby (born 29 June 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Chelsea and the England national team. She began her career with hometown club Reading before moving to Chelsea in July 2015. In August 2014, Kirby won her first senior cap for England. She represented her country at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France and the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands.

In April 2018, Kirby was awarded the PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year and the Football Writers' Women's Footballer of the Year. She was named to the shortlist for the Ballon d'Or in 2021, ranking 10th. She was also named to the Top 10 of The GuardianШаблон:'s The 100 Best Female Footballers In The World in 2021, ranking 7th. As of December 2020, she is Chelsea W.F.C.'s all-time top scorer.

Early life

Шаблон:Quotebox Born and raised in Reading with her brother Jamie and parents Denise and Steve, Kirby began playing football as a young girl after watching her brother play. She would play any chance she got: at school, in the street, in the front garden. At a young age, her mother, Denise, wrote in a birthday card that Fran would play in a World Cup one day: she was her biggest supporter.

Kirby attended Caversham Park Primary School and Chiltern Edge, Sonning Common where she played against boys. As part of the "Where Greatness Is Made" campaign, a plaque honouring Kirby was installed at local club Caversham Trents. At age 7, she joined Reading's academy and made her senior debut at 16.

Club career

Reading, 2012–15

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, brought about by the death of her mother. 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 21 appearances.

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. She ended the season as the league's top goalscorer; netting four against London Bees, as well as hat-tricks against Durham, Watford and Doncaster Rovers Belles. Shortly after, she became the first female player to receive a professional contract from the club. At the 2014 FA Women's Awards, Kirby was named the inaugural WSL2 Players' Player of the Year.

Kirby continued her goalscoring form into the 2015 WSL2 season, taking 11 goals in five league appearances for Reading, including all four goals in a 4–2 away win against Yeovil Town and five goals in a 7–0 win against London Bees. Following the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Reading accepted an undisclosed transfer fee from Chelsea and she completed a move in July 2015. It was reported that the fee of between £40,000 and £60,000 constituted a British record, although Chelsea denied this was the case and Kirby was not aware of the figure.

Chelsea, 2015 – present

At the 2015 FA Women's Cup Final, staged at Wembley Stadium for the first time, Kirby was a cup-tied spectator for Chelsea's 1–0 win over Notts County. It was Chelsea's first major trophy. In October 2015, she scored twice in Chelsea's 4–0 win over Sunderland which secured the club's first FA WSL title; a league and cup double. The same month, Kirby scored Chelsea's first ever UEFA Women's Champions League goal in a 1–0 win over Glasgow City.

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Kirby during a 2019–20 FA Women's League Cup match, November 2019

Kirby's form extended into the 2016 FA WSL season. In April, she secured Chelsea's return to Wembley Stadium by scoring a late, extra-time winner against Manchester City in the FA Women's Cup semi-final. Four days later, she scored both goals in Chelsea's 2–0 WSL win at Arsenal.

On 22 April 2018, Kirby was awarded the PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year and the Football Writers' Women's Footballer of the Year for the 2017–18 season.

In February 2020, Chelsea announced that Kirby was diagnosed with pericarditis,Шаблон:RШаблон:R which had ruled her out of the team since November 2019.Шаблон:R She overcame her infection, despite being told by cardiologists that she may never play again,Шаблон:R and played 70 minutes in Chelsea's FA Community Shield win against Manchester City on 29 August 2020. On 9 December 2020, Kirby's 2 goals in a 5–0 win against Benfica in the UEFA Women's Champions League, saw her overtake Eniola Aluko as Chelsea's all-time goal scorer, with her 69th and 70th goals for the club, five years after signing.

During a match against her former club, Reading on 10 January 2021, Kirby scored four goals lifting Chelsea to a 5–0 win. In the 2021 FA Women's League Cup final match against Bristol City W.F.C., Kirby scored two goals and created four assists as defending champions Chelsea won 6–0 at Vicarage Road.

Kirby was singled out by observers as the top performer for Chelsea during their double-winning 2020–21 campaign.Шаблон:R She later won FWA's 2021 Women's Footballer of the Year award. On 5 December, Kirby scored the opening goal in the delayed 2020–21 FA Cup final against Arsenal, helping her team lift the trophy and secure the domestic quadruple of the 2020–21 season, the first English women's club to achieve the feat.

In the 2023–24 League Cup quarterfinal, Kirby scored two goals and made two assists in the 5–0 win against Sunderland.

International career

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Kirby in 2019

Early in her career, Kirby was 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. She was named on the substitutes' 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 friendly win at Victoria Park, Hartlepool.

In May 2015, England manager Mark Sampson named Kirby in his final squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, hosted in Canada. She scored in England's 2–1 win over Mexico and was hailed "mini Messi" by Sampson.Шаблон:RШаблон:R Although Kirby was disappointed to be ruled out by injury from the quarter-finals onwards, England's eventual third-place finish left her with a positive overall impression of the tournament: "a fantastic experience and one I won't forget in a hurry."

Sampson kept Kirby in the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying campaign. In Estonia on 21 September 2015 she scored twice in England's 8–0 win. After "12 months of hell" caused by knee and ankle injuries, Kirby returned to England's line-up for UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands. In England's opening fixture against rivals Scotland, second striker Kirby's clever dummy sent Jodie Taylor through to score England's opening goal in a 6–0 rout. In the next match Kirby and Taylor scored in a 2–0 win over Spain, which secured England's place in the quarter-final. When England were thrashed 3–0 by the hosts in the semi-final, Kirby was rueful: "We had chances and could have had a few penalties. We are bitterly disappointed".

On 6 October 2018, Kirby scored in England's 1–0 friendly win over Brazil at Meadow Lane. In post-match interviews England coach Phil Neville breathlessly proclaimed Kirby's superiority to six-time World Player of the Year Marta: "I'd take my No 10 over Brazil's No 10, that's for sure".

In June 2022 Kirby was included in the England squad which won the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.

Kirby was allotted 186 when the FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England’s inaugural international.

In 2023, Kirby confirmed that she would miss the upcoming FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 due to requiring surgery for an ongoing knee problem.

Great Britain

Kirby was hailed as a "stand out player" in Great Britain's gold medal-winning team at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia. She went on to represent Great Britain at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Personal life

While growing up, Kirby was very close to her mother Denise. When Kirby was 14, Denise died suddenly from a brain haemorrhage. Two years later, Kirby experienced a deep depression, and stated that she "just could not comprehend what had happened. And it stayed like that for many years." Away with England U17, Kirby broke down because she "missed [her] mum". She returned home and dropped out of football. She later reflected that "I'd have days where I wouldn't get out of bed. Or I wouldn't go to college. I could get as far as the bus stop, then I'd just break down crying." One day, one of her friends invited her to play with her amateur team, where she found her love for football again.

In October 2019, Kirby received the honorary degree of Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) from the University of Winchester for her "achievements both on and off the field, in particular her work supporting mental health and wellbeing."

In February 2020, Chelsea revealed Kirby had successfully recovered from pericarditis, a potentially career-ending illness. Kirby had fallen ill in November 2019 and came close to retiring from the game as a result.

In April 2020, Kirby was named in Diva magazine's '"Visible Lesbian 100" list during Lesbian Visibility Week.

In April 2022, Kirby stated on Twitter that she had continued to deal with to an "on-going issue" throughout her career and wanted to "put [her] health first". Emma Hayes, the manager of Chelsea Women, clarified during a press conference that Kirby had been "suffering a lot with fatigue", yet the cause was unknown.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Reading	2012-13	WPLS	14	21	7	11	—		21	32
	2014	WSL 2	16	24	4	4	—		20	28
	2015	WSL 2	5	11	0	0	—		5	11
	Total		35	56	11	15	—		46	71
Chelsea	2015	WSL	5	4	3	3	4Шаблон:Efn	2	12	9
	2016	WSL	7	5	0	0	—		7	5
	2017	WSL	5	6	0	0	—		5	6
	2017–18	WSL	17	8	6	7	8Шаблон:Efn	4	31	19
	2018–19	WSL	16	9	5	4	8Шаблон:Efn	5	29	18
	2019–20	WSL	4	0	2	0	—		6	0
	2020–21	WSL	18	16	7	6	9	6	34	28
	2021–22	WSL	13	6	3	0	6	2	22	8
	2022–23	WSL	8	6	3	2	5	1	16	9
	2023–24	WSL	15	2	3	2	5	1	23	5
	Total		108	62	32	24	45	21	185	107
Career totals			143	118	43	39	45	21	230	178

International

Year	England		Great Britain
	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2014	3	1	colspan=2Шаблон:N/A
2015	12	4	colspan=2Шаблон:N/A
2016	3	0	colspan=2Шаблон:N/A
2017	8	4	colspan=2Шаблон:N/A
2018	8	3	colspan=2Шаблон:N/A
2019	11	1	colspan=2Шаблон:N/A
2021	6	1	2	0
2022	14	3	colspan=2Шаблон:N/A
2023	4	2	colspan=2Шаблон:N/A
Total	69	19	2	0

Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kirby goal.

List of international goals scored by Fran Kirby

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Шаблон:Abbr
1	3 August 2014	Victoria Park, Hartlepool, England	Шаблон:Fbw	2–0	4–0	Friendly
2	9 April 2015	Academy Stadium, Manchester, England	Шаблон:Fbw	2–0	2–1
3	13 June 2015	Moncton Stadium, Moncton, Canada	Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	2–1	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
4	21 September 2015	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	Шаблон:Fbw	3–0	8–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
5				6–0
6	10 June 2017	Tissot Arena, Biel, Switzerland	Шаблон:Fbw	2–0	4–0	Friendly
7	23 July 2017	Rat Verlegh Stadion, Breda, Netherlands	Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	2–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017
8	24 November 2017	Bescot Stadium, Walsall, England	Шаблон:Fbw	4–0	4–0	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
9	28 November 2017	Colchester Community Stadium, Colchester, England	Шаблон:Fbw	2–0	5–0
10	1 March 2018	Mapfre Stadium, Columbus, Ohio, United States	Шаблон:Fbw	4–0	4–1	2018 SheBelieves Cup
11	6 October 2018	Meadow Lane, Nottingham, England	Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	1–0	Friendly
12	9 October 2018	Craven Cottage, London, England	Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	1–1
13	6 July 2019	Allianz Riviera, Nice, France	Шаблон:Fbw	1–2	1–2	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
14	9 April 2021	Stade Michel d'Ornano, Caen, France	Шаблон:Fbw	1–2	1–3	Friendly
15	23 February 2022	Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, England	Шаблон:Fbw	3–1	3–1	2022 Arnold Clark Cup
16	15 July 2022	St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, England	Шаблон:Fbw	1–0	5–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2022
17	26 July 2022	Bramall Lane, Sheffield, England	Шаблон:Fbw	4–0	4–0
18	31 October 2023	Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium	Шаблон:Fbw	2–1	2–3	2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League A
19	5 December 2023	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	Шаблон:Fbw	5–0	6–0

Honours

Chelsea

• FA Women's Super League: 2015,Шаблон:R Spring Series,Шаблон:R 2017–18,Шаблон:R 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
• FA Women's Cup: 2014–15,Шаблон:R 2017–18, 2020–21, 2021–22
• FA Women's League Cup: 2019–20, 2020–21
• FA Women's Community Shield: 2020
• UEFA Women's Champion's League runners-up: 2020–21

England Шаблон:See also

• FIFA Women's World Cup: third place 2015
• UEFA Women's Championship: 2022

Individual

• PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year: 2017–18, 2020–21
• PFA WSL 1 Team of the Year: 2017–18, 2020–21
• FWA Women's Footballer of the Year: 2017–18, 2020–21Шаблон:RШаблон:R
• FA Women's Super League Player of the Month: January 2021, September 2021
• London Football Awards Women's Super League Player of the Year: 2020–21
• FA Women's Super League Player of the Year: 2020–21
• Chelsea Women's Player of the Year: 2017–18, 2020–2021
• Freedom of the City of London (announced 1 August 2022)

Records

• All-time leading scorer for Chelsea Women: 101

See also

• List of UEFA Women's Championship goalscorers
• List of England women's international footballers
• List of Women's Super League hat-tricks
• List of people from Reading, Berkshire

Further reading

• Aluko, Eniola (2019), They Don't Teach This, Random House, Шаблон:ISBN
• Brown, Charlotte (2019), Kirby, John Blake Шаблон:ISBN
• Caudwell, Jayne (2013), Women's Football in the UK: Continuing with Gender Analyses, Taylor & Francis, Шаблон:ISBN
• Clarke, Gemma (2019), Soccerwomen: The Icons, Rebels, Stars, and Trailblazers Who Transformed the Beautiful Game, Шаблон:ISBN
• Dunn, Carrie (2019), Pride of the Lionesses: The Changing Face of Women's Football in England, Pitch Publishing (Brighton) Limited, Шаблон:ISBN
• Dunn, Carrie (2016), The Roar of the Lionesses: Women's Football in England, Pitch Publishing Limited, Шаблон:ISBN
• Grainey, Timothy (2012), Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer, University of Nebraska Press, Шаблон:ISBN
• Smith, Kelly (2012), Footballer: My Story, Transworld, Шаблон:ISBN
• Stay, Shane (2019), The Women's World Cup 2019 Book: Everything You Need to Know About the Soccer World Cup, Books on Demand, Шаблон:ISBN
• Theivam, Keiran and Jeff Kassouf (2019), The Making of the Women's World Cup: Defining Stories from a Sport's Coming of Age, Little, Шаблон:ISBN

External links

• Шаблон:FIFA player
• Football Association player profile
• Chelsea FC player profile
• Шаблон:Soccerway
• Шаблон:Twitter