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Joanne Love

Joanne Love

Scottish footballer

Joanne Love (born 6 December 1985) is a Scottish international footballer who plays as a midfielder. Since 2011 she has played for Glasgow City, having previously played in Scotland for Kilmarnock and Celtic, in the English FA Women's Premier League for Doncaster Rovers Belles and in the United States for Cocoa Expos.

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Making her international debut aged 16, by 2009 Love had amassed over 75 caps for Scotland. Two years later she became the fourth player to make a century of appearances, behind Pauline Hamill, Julie Fleeting and Gemma Fay.[2] She last appeared for her country in 2019, claiming her 191st cap at the age of 33.

Club career

Born in Paisley and raised in Kilbirnie,[3] Love began her career with Kilmarnock.[4][5] In 2006 she played in the American W-League for Cocoa Expos.[6]

After three years at Celtic, Love signed for rivals Glasgow City in February 2011;[7][8][9] she remained with the club for over a decade, winning multiple Scottish Women's Premier League championships and cups and featuring in the UEFA Women's Champions League.[10][3][11][12]

Outside football Love is a scientist who works as a chemical analyst for Glasgow City Council.[13]

International career

In March 2000, Love was called up to the Scotland under-18 team at the age of 14.[14] She made her senior debut for Scotland in the 2002 Algarve Cup during a 3–0 defeat to Canada[5] and scored her first international goal against France in a February 2004 friendly match.[15][16]

Love reached 100 caps in March 2011 in a 1–0 loss to Canada during the 2011 Cyprus Cup. She was awarded her 150th cap in a friendly match against Wales in August 2014.[2][17] By the time of her 191st and last cap in a friendly victory against Brazil in April 2019,[5] she was the national record holder for appearances by an outfield player[1] (she was named in the squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup two months after that,[18] but did not feature in Scotland's three matches – unlike at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 tournament where she was introduced as a substitute in the first two matches and started in the third, a win over Spain).[1]

A football training programme for young girls operated by Ayrshire College is named in her honour.[19]

International goals

Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first. Goal against France in Feb 2004 not included in SFA profile.
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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Joanne Love – Women's A Squad". The Scottish FA. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Jo Love hits 100 caps at Cyprus Women's Cup". Scottish Football Association. 25 March 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  3. [3]
    Players making history: Still on the treadmill all for Love of the game, The Herald, 7 May 2017 (subscription required)
  4. [4]
    The SSE Scottish Women's Cup: Seven league titles and it all started with jumpers for goalposts, Daily Record, 19 July 2018
  5. [5]
    Cuthbert hails Love's influence ahead of Euro Under-19 finals, The Herald, 21 April 2019 (subscription required)
  6. [6]
    "News". Carolina Dynamos. 30 June 2006. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  7. [7]
    "Jo Love joins Glasgow City". She Kicks. 11 February 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  8. [8]
    Celtic lose Midfielder to City Rivals, Scotzine, 11 February 2011
  9. [9]
    The Mistakes of Celtic’s Lost Decade Must Not Be Repeated, The Celtic Star, 8 December 2021
  10. [10]
    Loving feeling for Jo if City land historic win, Evening Times, 21 March 2015, via PressReader
  11. [11]
    Scotland international Jo Love on the World Cup, VAR and the one change she'd make to women's football, Adam Miller, Football Scotland, 25 July 2019
  12. [12]
    Leanne Crichton and Jo Love extend to 2022, Glasgow City FC, 3 November 2020
  13. [13]
    The Scotland stalwart lending a scientific hand, FIFA, 17 April 2020
  14. [14]
    "Women to Meet France in Youth Match". Scottish Football Association. 15 March 2000. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  15. [15]
    "Celtic ace Joanne Love reaches cap milestone". The Glaswegian. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  16. [16]
    "France – Details International Matches Women". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  17. [17]
    "Scotland women draw with Wales". Scottish Football Association. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  18. [18]
    Jo Love: Scotland midfielder wants to leave 'legacy', BBC Sport, 29 May 2019
  19. [19]
    Love Soccer Centre at Ayrshire College Turns One[permanent dead link], Ayrshire College, 8 October 2019
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