Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christy Louise Grimshaw[1] | ||
Date of birth | 8 November 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Kirkcaldy, Scotland, | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | AC Milan | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
Deeside | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2018 | Barry Buccaneers | 65 | (31) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2013 | Aberdeen | 15 | (3) |
2019–2020 | Metz | 13 | (1) |
2020– | AC Milan | 57 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2021– | Scotland | 12 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 April 2023 |
Christy Louise Grimshaw (born 8 November 1995) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club AC Milan and the Scotland national team.
Grimshaw was born in Kirkcaldy[3] but raised in Stonehaven, where she was educated at Mackie Academy.[4]
After starting her club career at Deeside, Grimshaw moved to the local Scottish Women's Premier League club Aberdeen Ladies and played in their first team at 17 years old.[4] In 2014 she began studying at Barry University in Miami and playing college soccer for the "Barry Buccaneers" under Scottish coach Denise Brolly.[5] In a five-year stint (she redshirted in 2016) she played 65 games and scored 31 goals.[2]
After her graduation Grimshaw rejected offers from English FA WSL teams Bristol City and Brighton to sign for FC Metz of the French Division 1 Féminine.[4] She started seven of her 13 league appearances for Metz, scoring one goal, as the club finished bottom of the 2019–20 Division 1 Féminine table and were relegated.[6]
In July 2020, Grimshaw signed for Italian Serie A club Milan, a scenario which she described as: "like a football fairy tale".[7] Milan finished as runners-up in both the league and Coppa Italia, but Grimshaw was happy with life at the club and her coach Maurizio Ganz.[8][9] She signed a contract extension in May 2021.[10]
Interim coach Stuart McLaren called up Grimshaw for her debut in the Scotland women's national football team in June 2021, for a 10-day training camp which included friendly matches against Northern Ireland and Wales.[11]
She won her debut cap in her first game, appearing as a 90th-minute substitute for Claire Emslie in Scotland's 1–0 win over Northern Ireland at Seaview in Belfast.[12] She scored her first goal for Scotland in a 7–1 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification win over the Faroe Islands at Hampden Park on 21 September 2021.[13]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Scotland | 2021 | 8 | 2 |
2022 | 3 | 0 | |
2023 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 12 | 2 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 21 September 2021 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland | Faroe Islands | 4–0 | 7–1 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
2 | 22 October 2021 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland | Hungary | 1–0 | 2–1 |