Suzanne Lappin

Suzanne Lappin (born 13 October 1986) is a Scottish former international football midfielder who last played for Glasgow City in the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) before retiring in 2015.[1] She began her senior career with Glasgow City in 2003 before spending two seasons in the English FA WSL with Liverpool Ladies in 2011 and Chelsea Ladies in 2012; her time at Liverpool also included a loan spell at Celtic. Lappin re-signed with Glasgow City in 2012.[2]

Suzanne Lappin
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-10-13) 13 October 1986
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Youth career
Cumbernauld Cosmos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2011 Glasgow City 142 (133)
2011 Liverpool Ladies 5 (0)
2011 → Celtic (loan)
2012 Chelsea Ladies 11 (0)
2012–2015 Glasgow City
International career‡
2007–2014 Scotland 11 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:00, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:00, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

Lappin has 11 caps and 3 goals for the Scotland women's national football team.[3] At youth level, she captained the Scotland side that qualified for the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship for the first time.[3]

Club career

As a goal scoring central midfielder,[4] Lappin joined Glasgow City in 2003 from Cumbernauld Cosmos U-16s.[5] She signed for Liverpool for the inaugural season of the Football Association Women's Super League (FA WSL) in 2011.[3] At that time, she was Glasgow City's all-time record goalscorer with 170 goals.[6]

Lappin made her debut for Liverpool in a friendly win over Hibernian Ladies.[7] During the WSL mid–season break, Lappin joined Celtic and scored on her debut for the Hoops in a 3–0 win over Rangers.[8]

Lappin returned to the FA WSL with Chelsea Ladies in January 2012. She scored on her debut for the London club, in a 3–0 FA Women's Cup win over Brighton. In Chelsea's semi final victory over Arsenal, Lappin was an unused substitute. She was left out of the squad altogether for Chelsea's controversial defeat to Birmingham City in the 2012 FA Women's Cup Final.

In October 2012, Glasgow City announced that they had re–signed Lappin from Chelsea.[2] Lappin retired in 2015 after a total of 259 appearances with Glasgow City and as their all-time leading goalscorer with 231 goals.[1]

International career

An away double-header versus England gave a 16-year-old Lappin her first taste of national youth team football.[3] She progressed to captain Scotland's U-19 team to qualification for the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, but missed the final tournament due to university commitments.[4]

According to the Scottish Football Association, Lappin made her senior Scotland debut as a 90th-minute substitute for Joanne Love[9] in a 3–2 friendly win over Belgium at McDiarmid Park in August 2007.[3] Her next appearance was not until February 2011, in a 4–2 win in Wales.[3] In April 2011 Lappin scored her first goal at international level, during a 6–2 defeat to Holland in Volendam.[3]

International goals
Results list Scotland's goal tally first.[3]
#DateVenueOpponentResultCompetitionScored
13 Apr 2011Kras Stadion, Volendam Netherlands2–6Friendly1
222 Sep 2013Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn Faroe Islands7–22015 FIFA Women's World Cup qual.1
326 Sep 2013Fir Park, Motherwell Bosnia and Herzegovina7–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qual.1

Personal life

Lappin has followed in the footsteps of James McGrory and Stevie Chalmers, other footballers from The Garngad.[10]

References
  1. Parks, Gordon (27 April 2015). "Glasgow City FC: Suzanne Lappin ends her time at the club after 231st goal in the city". Daily Record. Glasgow: Daily Record. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  2. "Glasgow City Re-Sign Record Goalscorer Lappin". She Kicks. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  3. "Profiles: Suzanne Lapin". scottishfa.co.uk. Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  4. "In the spotlight". Glasgow City FC. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  5. "Suzanne Lappin". Glasgow City FC. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  6. "Club details". Glasgow City FC. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  7. "Liverpool give Scots trio debuts". She Kicks. 1 March 2011. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  8. Gillian Campbell (24 May 2011). "Celtic women triumph in derby clash". Celtic FC. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  9. "HAT TRICK FOR FLEETING IN SCOTLAND FRIENDLY". Spartans WFC. 26 August 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  10. "Garngad Football". Garngad Irish Heritage Group. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
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