Caroline Weir

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Caroline Weir
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Weir (No. 9) in a running duel with
Ellen White (England) at the EM 2017
Personnel
Surname Caroline Elspeth Lillias Weir
birthday June 20, 1995
place of birth Dunfermline ,  Scotland
size 173 cm
position Midfield / attack
Juniors
Years station
Elgin Star
2005-2011 Hibernian Edinburgh
Women
Years station Games (goals) 1
2011-2013 Hibernian Edinburgh 40 (21)
2013-2015 Arsenal LFC 16 0(0)
2015 Bristol Academy 8 0(3)
2016-2018 Liverpool FC Women 41 (13)
2018– Manchester City WFC 29 0(8)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2009 Scotland U-15 2 0(1)
2010-2011 Scotland U-17 13 0(9)
2011-2014 Scotland U-19 30 (20)
2013– Scotland 68 0(9)
1 Only league games are given.
As of January 5, 2020

2 As of November 8, 2019

Caroline Elspeth Lillias Weir (born June 20, 1995 in Dunfermline ) is a Scottish soccer player . The player used in midfield and attack has played in England for Manchester City WFC since 2018 . She has been playing internationally for the Scottish national football team since 2013.

Career

society

Weir started her career at the age of 10 in the youth division of the Hibernian Ladies in Edinburgh and played for the first time in the first team shortly before her 16th birthday. In her first season she started five times in twelve games and scored four goals. The Hibs finished the season third. In 2012, she scored nine goals in 19 games and finished the season in fourth. In 2013 she was used in ten of the eleven games of the first round of the championship and scored nine more goals. In August, she then moved to England for Arsenal LFC , where she remained in seven games without scoring and had a brief appearance in the semi-finals of the League Cup. In the 2013/14 UEFA Women's Champions League , she appeared in five games, but was eliminated with the Gunners in the quarter-finals against league rivals Birmingham City LFC . In 2014 and 2015 she came to a total of nine league games with 198 minutes. In July, she then moved to the Bristol Academy , where she scored three goals in eight games, but could not prevent the club from being relegated at the end of the season. She then moved to Liverpool FC Women , who had avoided relegation as the penultimate. Here she was used in all 16 league games of the 2016 season and, with her seven goals as the third-best league goal scorer, contributed to the fact that the Reds had nothing to do with relegation as fifth. In the “Spring Series” short transition season 2017 of the FA Women's Super League, she played all eight games and was the second best goalscorer with five goals. For Liverpool this interlude ended in fourth place. In the 2017/18 season, which has now been adapted to the normal European schedule, she played 17 of 18 games on the English pitch, but was only able to score one goal. She then moved to Manchester City WFC , where she was not used twice in the 2018/19 season and was runner-up. With ManCity she also reached the finals for the cup and the league cup, both of which were won.

In July 2018, she and the team took part in the Women's International Champions Cup , which was played for the first time , where Olympique Lyon was the opponent in the semi-finals . This game was lost with 0: 3. The game for 3rd place could then be won 2-1 against Paris Saint-Germain . She also took part in the 2018/19 UEFA Women's Champions League with ManCity . But they were eliminated in the round of 32 against Atlético Madrid .

National team

Weir initially played two games with the Scottish U-15 team in 2009. With the U-17 team, she took part in the first qualifying round for the 2011 U-17 European Women's Football Championship at a tournament in Austria in October 2010 . She was used in the three games, scored the goal in a 1-0 win against Romania and two goals in a 3-1 win against Austria. Since the Scottish women also won against Ukraine, they qualified for the second round. This took place in April 2011 in Switzerland . After a 1: 4 against France and a 1: 1 against Wales they had no more chances to reach the finals. In the game against the hosts she managed a "flawless" hat-trick to win 3-0 in the first half . In October 2011 they made a new attempt. They didn't lose a game at a tournament in Austria, but they could only win 3-0 against Kazakhstan, scoring the third goal. She also scored a goal in the 2-2 draw against Iceland. As the second worst group runner-up, the Scottish women missed the second round. She had already played for the U-19 team for the first time in August and celebrated her debut in the 4-0 win against Poland with a goal. After a tournament in La Manga in March 2012, she took part a month later in the second qualifying round for the 2012 U-19 European Women's Football Championship . At the tournament in Russia they were able to defeat the hosts 1-0 in the first game, but then lost to Italy (2-4) and Spain (2-3), which meant they were eliminated third in the group. In October they started again and finished second in a tournament in Turkey , which means they reached the second round. In the 8-0 win against Belarus, she also scored her first competitive goal for the U-19 team. In the second round in April 2013 they had home rights, but could not use this in the first game against Denmark and lost with 0: 1. Since the Danes also won the other two games, the victories against Austria and Ukraine, in which they scored three goals, were of no use to the Scottish women. They were only second-best runner-up in the group and only the best runner-up was qualified for the finals alongside the group winners. In September 2013 she won three first qualifying round tournaments with 29-1 goals, of which she scored seven. The second round in April 2014 also ended with three wins. She scored two of the Scottish women’s nine goals. At the finals in Norway in July 2014 , she was able to contribute a goal to the 2-0 win against Belgium in the first game. After losing to the Netherlands and the hosts, they were eliminated as third in the group. This ended her time in the U-teams.

She played for the Scottish national soccer team for the first time on June 1, 2013 . In the 3-2 win against Iceland she was substituted on in the 78th minute. It was also used in the next game, which was lost 3-0 to Germany , this time in the 73rd minute. In the subsequent qualifying games for the 2015 World Cup , it was initially not used. She then had her third international match in December at the four-nation tournament in Brazil . In the first game against Canada , she was substituted on two minutes before the end of the game. In the 1: 3 defeat against Brazil , she came on the field in the 65th minute. In the game for third place, where they met Canada again, she was in the starting line-up for the first time, but was replaced after an hour. At the Cyprus Cup 2014 and the other World Cup qualifiers, she was initially not used because she played again for the U-19 team at that time. It was not until August 2014 that it was used again in two friendly matches. In the penultimate World Cup qualifier against the Faroe Islands , which was won 9-0, she was then in the starting line-up and scored in the 11th minute the 2-0 and thus her first international goal. But after an hour it was replaced when the score was 7-0. She was also in the starting line-up in the last game of the group stage against Sweden . The Scottish women had lost the home game against the Swedes 3-1 a few months earlier, but otherwise won all games. The Swedes had won all games by then. The Scottish women therefore needed a victory with a three-goal difference in Sweden to qualify directly for the World Cup finals. Since the game was lost 2-0, they still had a chance of the playoffs of the four best runners-up in the group. But they lost the two semi-finals against the Netherlands and missed the World Cup finals. Weir was substituted in and out once.

On February 8, 2015, she played for the first time over 90 minutes in the senior team and scored two goals in the 4-0 win against Northern Ireland . At the Cyprus Cup 2015 , she was used in all four games, but was substituted twice and replaced once.

In qualifying for the 2017 European Championship , she was used in all eight games and scored two goals. The Scottish women qualified for the finals for the first time as the best runner-up in the group. At the EM, she was used in the three games and did not miss a minute. In their first European Championship game they met England and lost 6-0. In the second group game they lost 2-1 to Portugal . The third game was won 1-0 against Spain by a goal she scored. Since Portugal and Spain also lost to England, but the Spaniards won 2-0 against Portugal, the Scottish women were eliminated as third.

In qualifying for the 2019 World Cup , she was one of the seven Scottish women who played all eight games, but could not score a goal. The Scottish women qualified for the first time for the World Cup, where they will meet England in the first game, as in the European Championship.

On May 15, 2019 she was nominated for the World Cup . At the World Cup, she was used in the three group games and did not miss a minute, but was eliminated with her team after the preliminary round.

successes

Awards

  • 2016: Scotland's Player of the Year

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ mancity.com: Caroline Weir signs for City
  2. ↑ bbc.com: Manchester City Women 3-0 West Ham United Women
  3. ↑ bbc.com: Women's Continental League Cup final: Arsenal 0-0 Manchester City (2-4 pens)
  4. ^ Iceland v Scotland 2-3
  5. ↑ scottishfa.co: "Kerr names historic SWNT squad for World Cup"
  6. ↑ scottishfa.co: Weir named as 2016 Vauxhall Player of the Year

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personal data
SURNAME Weir, Caroline
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weir, Caroline Elspeth Lillias (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Dunfermline , Scotland