Megan Bell

Megan Bell (born 17 April 2001) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Rangers in the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) and Northern Ireland.

Megan Bell
Personal information
Full name Megan Bell
Date of birth (2001-04-17) 17 April 2001
Place of birth Dundonald, Northern Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder Right Wing
Team information
Current team
 Rangers
Number 11
Youth career
Dungoyne
Linfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Linfield
2019 Durham 10 (2)
2020– Rangers 5 (6)
International career‡
2016 Northern Ireland U17 6 (3)
2017 Northern Ireland U19 9 (1)
2017– Northern Ireland 16 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 November 2019

Club career

Linfield

On 19 August 2015, 14-year-old Bell scored two goals for Linfield on her senior debut in a 6–1 home win over Sion Swifts.[1] She won three consecutive Women's Premiership titles with Linfield between 2016 and 2018, having left Grosvenor Grammar School in 2017.[2]

Durham

On 9 July 2019, Bell signed with English FA Women's Championship team Durham.[3] The move coincided will Bell starting a degree in sport, physical activity and exercise at Durham University.[4] On 18 August 2019, she made her debut for the team in the season opener against Leicester City, scoring in the 7th minute of a 5–1 win.[5] After 14 appearances in all competitions in the first half of the season, Bell announced her departure from semi-professional Durham in January 2020 in order to concentrate solely on football.[6]

Rangers

On 5 January 2020, Bell became a full-time footballer, signing with professional SWPL club Rangers.[7] since then despite injuries she has made several appearances for Rangers and won the league title and sky sports cup with the club rangers currently just got into finals of the Scottish cup against Celtic

International career

On 28 November 2017, Bell made her senior debut for Northern Ireland aged 16 years 7 months, starting in a 3–1 2019 World Cup qualifying win away to Slovakia.[8] On 2 March 2018, Bell scored her first international goal in a 1–1 draw against Romania at the 2018 Turkish Women's Cup friendly tournament.[9]

Honours

Club

Linfield

Rangers

References
  1. "Linfield Ladies Profiles: Megan Bell". Linfield FC.
  2. "NI and Linfield Ladies midfielder Megan Bell joins Durham Women". BBC. 1 July 2019.
  3. Donnelly, Mark (9 July 2019). "SIGNING: Durham Women net Northern Irish international". Durham Women FC.
  4. Fullerton, Gareth (25 July 2019). "Teenager Megan inspiring a future generation of female footballers". belfastlive.
  5. "Leicester City 1-5 Durham". womenscompetitions.thefa.com.
  6. Donnelly, Mark (4 January 2020). "Megan Bell Departs". Durham Women FC.
  7. "Gers The Best Christmas Present - Rangers Football Club, Official Website". Rangers Football Club. 5 January 2020.
  8. "Slovakia v Northern Ireland". IFA.
  9. "Senior Women earn draw against Romania in Turkish Women's Cup". IFA.
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