Kim Turner (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kimberley Turner | ||
| Date of birth | 1 February 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Glentoran (Head of Women and Girls) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2003 | Belfast United | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2007 | Southern Miss Lady Eagles | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007 | Claremont Stars | 3 | (0) |
| 2009 | Grindavík | 6 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Manchester City | 7 | (1) |
| 2010–2013 | Blackburn Rovers Ladies | 35 | (2) |
| 2013–2014 | Manchester City | 6 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Sheffield | 5 | (0) |
| 2015–2019 | Fylde | 40 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| Northern Ireland | 46 | (4) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020–2022 | Fylde (joint with Danielle Young) | ||
| 2022– | Glentoran | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:01, 14 December 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:01, 14 December 2022 (UTC) | |||
Kimberley Turner (born 1 February 1985) is a Northern Irish former footballer, who is currently The Girls' Academy Director and Women's First Team Coach at Glentoran FC. Turner played for Manchester City and Northern Ireland as a midfielder.
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Turner represented Orangefield High School and Belfast United LFC. She toured America in 1999 as part of a cross-community project called Belfast Together.[1]
Senior career
[edit]Turner was awarded with a Football Scholarship and played in the NCAA C-USA for the Southern Miss Golden Eagles for four seasons while attending the University of Southern Mississippi. In the summer of 2006 Turner (aged 21) made her first appearance in the WPSL signing for Ajax America Women. She then signed for new WPSL club Claremont Stars for their 2007 season,[1] but made only three appearances due to a knee injury.[2]
By 2009, Turner was playing in Iceland with Grindavík.[3]
At the end of the Icelandic season, Turner moved to England to join Manchester City Ladies, before moving on to compete in the Women's Premier League for Blackburn Rovers Ladies in 2010.[4] In 2013, she left Blackburn to rejoin former club Manchester City and make the club's history as the first professional Man City team to compete in the WSL.[5]
International career
[edit]Turner is a full Northern Ireland international. She also played for the Northern Ireland underage teams.[1]
Coaching career
[edit]In May 2020 Turner was appointed joint manager of Fylde, alongside Danielle Young.[6] She left the position in July 2022.[7] Shortly afterwards she returned to Belfast for an "absolute dream job" as Head of Girls and Women's Academy with Glentoran.[8]
In Turner's first season with Glentoran the team successfully retained the County Antrim Cup[9] and the Women's Irish Cup.[10]
In June 2023 Turner became the Head Coach of Glentoran Women successfully leading them to a league and cup double and qualifying for the Womens Champions League in her first season
Along side her Head Coach role at Glentoran Women, Turner is also the Assistant Coach for the Northern Ireland WU19 squad
2023 - NIFL league Champions, Irish Cup Winner
2024 - Co.Antrim Cup Winner
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "WPSL COMING TO CLAREMONT". WPSL.info. 15 March 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- ^ "2007 Statistics". WPSL.info. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- ^ "KIMBERLEY TURNER". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
- ^ "Andrea Worrall/Manchester City LFC". She Kicks. 26 August 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ^ Oatway, Caroline (27 February 2014). "Kim Turner: Living the dream at 29". Manchester City F.C. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ Moore, Andy (2 June 2020). "Former Fylde Women boss backs new managers to do top job". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "Kim Turner Departs As AFC Fylde Women's Manager". AFC Fylde Women. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ "'One club feel' important for growing women's game in Northern Ireland - Kim Turner". BBC Sport. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ https://shekicks.net/glentoran-beat-crusaders-strikers-in-county-antrim-cup-final/
- ^ https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/gallery/glentoran-beat-sion-swifts-win-25445285
External links
[edit]- 1985 births
- Living people
- Association footballers from Belfast
- Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland
- Blackburn Rovers W.F.C. players
- Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in Iceland
- Manchester City W.F.C. players
- Northern Ireland women's international footballers
- Women's association footballers from Northern Ireland
- Sheffield F.C. Ladies players
- Women's association football midfielders
- Grindavík women's football players
- Southern Miss Golden Eagles women's soccer players
- Fylde Ladies F.C. players
- Expatriate women's association footballers from Northern Ireland