Rebecca Eileen Dempster (born 10 February 1991) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Fimauto Valpolicella. She has made three appearances for the Scotland national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rebecca Eileen Dempster | ||
| Date of birth | 10 February 1991 | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Fimauto Valpolicella | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008 | Inverness City Ladies | ||
| 2009 | Celtic Women | ||
| 2010 | Forfar Farmington | ||
| 2011 | Hibernian Ladies | 17 | (10) |
| 2012–2013 | Aberdeen Ladies | 33 | (11) |
| 2016– | Fimauto Valpolicella | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007–2009 | Scotland U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Scotland U19 | 11 | (12) |
| 2011–2012 | Scotland | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 May 2017 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:52, 15 May 2017 (UTC) | |||
Early life
editDempster grew up in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, and was educated at Ellon Academy.[1]
Playing career
editClub
editDempster played for Inverness City[2] before joining Celtic in 2009. After a spell with Forfar Farmington, she joined Hibernian ahead of the 2011 season.[3] on 25 May 2011, she was part of the Hibernian team that won the Scottish Women's Premier League Cup, beating Spartans 5–2 in the final.[4]
In 2012, Dempster joined Aberdeen, where she played for three seasons. She then spent a year out of official football before signing for Fimauto Valpolicella in Italy in 2016.[5][6] In her first season, Valpolicella won promotion from Serie B.
International
editDempster made her debut for the Scotland under-17 team against Sweden in September 2007, going on to make four appearances at that level.[7] She then progressed to the under-19 squad, where she scored twelve goals in eleven appearances, including a hat-trick in a 5–1 win against Bulgaria in September 2009.[8] At the 2010 European Championships, she scored three times in three matches.[9]
Dempster was given her first call-up to the full Scotland squad in 2010. She won her first international cap in a friendly match against France on 18 May 2011. She made further appearances against Northern Ireland and Cameroon in 2012.[10]
Honours
editClub
editReferences
edit- ^ "Rebecca's Scotland football ambition". The Ellon Times. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ "Rout helps women's promotion push". Inverness Courier. 18 November 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ "Hibernian Ladies get season underway". STV News. 20 March 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ "Five-star Hibs lift League Cup". Women's Soccer Scene. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ Pellone, Stefano (11 July 2016). "Calcio femminile, i nuovi movimenti di mercato". Mondo Sportivo (in Italian). Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ "Fimauto Valpolicella: Rebecca Dempster fa il punto sul suo campionato". Calcio Femminile Italiano (in Italian). 13 April 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ "Rebecca Dempster – Women's U17 Squad Matches". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ "Rebecca Dempster – Women's U19 Squad Matches". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ "Dempster bows out on a high". UEFA. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ "Rebecca Dempster – Women's A Squad Matches". Scottish Football Association. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ "R. Dempster". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ "Il Valpo torna in serie A !" (in Italian). ASD Fimauto Valpolicella. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
External links
edit- Rebecca Dempster at Soccerway
- Rebecca Dempster at the Scottish Football Association
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