Rachel Walkingshaw
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 July 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Livingston, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Livingston | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hibernian | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Hibernian | 20 | (9) |
| 2014–2015 | Hutchison Vale | ||
| 2015–2017 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
| 2017–2019 | Spartans | ||
| 2019–2020 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
| 2020– | Livingston | ||
| International career | |||
| 2009 | Scotland U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | Scotland U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 2013 | Scotland U19 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rachel Walkingshaw (born 16 July 1994) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Livingston.
Club career[edit]
Walkingshaw began her career at Hibernian, where she played at youth level with the likes of Claire Emslie, Siobhan Hunter and Caroline Weir.[1] Her breakthrough as a senior player came in the 2013 season in which she made 19 Scottish Women's Premier League appearances, scoring nine goals,[2] and featured in the 2013 Scottish Women's Cup final which Hibs lost to Glasgow City. Six months later she appeared in the 2014 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup final, but again finished on the losing side to the same opposition. Prior to the 2015 season she joined Hutchison Vale,[3] one of four teams relegated at the end of that year.
Walkingshaw next switched to Hearts,[4] and joined the club for a second time in 2019 after a spell at Spartans. After a great start to the SWPL 2 season, the midfielder won the Scottish Building Society SWPL Player of the Month for February 2019.[5][6] Hearts went on to win the divisional title and were promoted to the top tier.[7]
In February 2020, Walkingshaw signed for Livingston, the newly-formed club in her hometown.[8]
International career[edit]
Walkingshaw made five appearances at various youth levels for Scotland.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ South East Girls Selected for Scotland U15 Squad, Scottish Football Association, 7 July 2009
- ^ R. Walkingshaw, Soccerway
- ^ Scottish Women's Premier League (2015 Transfers), Women's Footy Fan, 15 September 2014
- ^ Hearts 4-3 Hutchison Vale (aet) – Match Summary – Scottish Women’s Cup Quarter-final, Tartan Kicks, 19 September 2016
- ^ "#SBSSWPL: Rachel Walkingshaw first ever Hearts Women's player to win POTM award". She Kicks. 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Rachel Walkingshaw". www.soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ Hearts Woman secure SWPL2 League title at Tynecastle, Neil McGlade, Edinburgh Evening News, 17 November 2019
- ^ "Making Livingston debut was 'dream come true' for midfielder Rachel Walkingshaw". Daily Record. 14 February 2020.
- ^ "Rachel Walkingshaw". Scottish FA.
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- Living people
- 1994 births
- Scottish women's footballers
- Livingston W.F.C. players
- Scottish Women's Premier League players
- Women's association football midfielders
- Scotland women's youth international footballers
- Hibernian W.F.C. players
- Heart of Midlothian W.F.C. players
- Spartans W.F.C. players
- Footballers from Livingston, West Lothian
- Scottish football midfielder, 1990s birth stubs