Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samantha Mary Kerr[1] | ||
Date of birth | 17 April 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Falkirk, Scotland[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bayern Munich | ||
Number | 26 | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2014 | Falkirk Girls | ||
2014–2015 | Central Girls | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015 | Central Girls | ||
2016–2020 | Glasgow City | ||
2021–2023 | Rangers | 28+ | (6+) |
2023– | Bayern Munich | 6 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2014 | Scotland U16 | 2 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Scotland U17 | 9 | (0) |
2016–2018 | Scotland U19 | 8 | (3) |
2020– | Scotland | 20 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:08, 19 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:46, 19 February 2024 (UTC) |
Samantha Mary Kerr (born 17 April 1999) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Bayern Munich and the Scotland national team as a midfielder. She has previously played for Central Girls, Glasgow City and Rangers.
Kerr played for Central Girls (previously Falkirk FC Girls)[3] from age 12 to 16.[4][5] In May 2015, she captained Graeme High School to the Scottish School Girls Cup.[6]
In January 2016, at the age of 16, Kerr signed for Glasgow City.[7] Of her signing, Glasgow City head coach Scott Booth said, "Sam Kerr is a young player with special qualities... We are delighted she has chosen to join Glasgow City to further develop her talents as she progresses into a fantastic career in the game."[8] In March 2016, she helped the club defeat Glasgow Girls to advanced to the semi-finals of the Scottish Women's Premier League Cup.[9] Kerr was a member of The Glasgow City squad that won the SWPL for the 10th consecutive year at the end of the 2016 season; this was the first time in Scottish football history that any senior club achieved this (no men's team amassed more than nine in a row). She also participated in more title wins in 2018, 2017 and 2019 – the 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland – and played in the UEFA Women's Champions League, reaching the quarter-finals of the competition in 2019–20.[7]
In December 2020, Kerr moved to Rangers on a pre-contract arrangement agreed six months earlier (teammate Kirsty Howat made the same switch).[10] In the 2021–22 season, she scored the first-ever goal scored by the women's team at Ibrox Stadium in a win over Aberdeen,[11] and was named in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year as Rangers won the SWPL championship for the first time.[12]
Kerr signed a three-year contract with Bayern Munich on 30 May 2023.[13]
Kerr has represented Scotland at the under-15[14][15] and under-17 levels[16] including the group stage of the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship.[17] Her UEFA competition debut was on 9 October 2014 against Montenegro.[18] Samantha has also represented Scotland at the under-19 level at The Euros and The La Manga Cup in Spain. She was added to the full Scotland squad for the first time in November 2018,[19] and was one of two uncapped players picked for the 2020 Pinatar Cup.[20] Kerr made her full international debut in that tournament, playing the last 13 minutes of a 3–0 win against Ukraine on 4 March.[21]
Year | Scotland | |
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Apps | Goals | |
2020 | 1 | 0 |
2021 | 1 | 0 |
2022 | 7 | 0 |
2023 | 11 | 1 |
Total | 20 | 1 |
Glasgow City[22]
Rangers