Suzanne Mulvey (née Malone; born 4 October 1984) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a forward and represented Scotland at the senior international level.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 October 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hibernian | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Hibernian | |||
| 2005 | ÍBV | 10 | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | Hamilton Academical | ||
| 2007 | Glasgow City | 2 | (3) |
| 2007–2009 | Celtic | ||
| 2009–2011 | Glasgow City | ||
| 2011–2012 | Hamilton Academical | ||
| 2013 | Glasgow City | 16 | (13) |
| 2014 | Rangers | (20) | |
| 2015 | Sunderland | 5 | (5) |
| 2016 | Celtic | (20) | |
| 2018 | Motherwell | (26) | |
| 2019 | Celtic | ||
| 2020–2021 | Partick Thistle | ||
| 2021 | Forfar Farmington | ||
| International career | |||
| 2007–2014 | Scotland | 37 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editMulvey started her playing career with Hibernian after moving up from their youth teams.
In the 2005 summer season, Mulvey played in Iceland with ÍBV (alongside Hibs teammate Suzy Robertson)[1] and scored three goals in ten Úrvalsdeild appearances.[2]
Her spell with Hibernian showcased her as one of the most promising young players in Scotland at the time and brought her to the attention of everyone in the game, however, Mulvey brought her time with Hibernian to an end when she moved to play for Hamilton.
After Hamilton, she spent a brief spell at Glasgow City, where her time was hampered by a knee injury, before moving to newly-founded Celtic in late 2007, where she scored goals but struggled to hold down a place in the line-up.[3]
Mulvey moved back to Glasgow City in the 2009 pre-season and started her time with the club in Lithuania, in the UEFA Women's Champions League, where she scored four goals in their fixture against Norchi Dinamoeli of Georgia.
In 2011 Mulvey returned to Hamilton Academical on loan after a serious back injury had curtailed her involvement with City over the previous two years.[4][3]
In December 2013, Mulvey signed for Rangers Ladies and in her first start for the club she scored the winner in a 2–1 victory over rivals Celtic. She signed for Sunderland in February 2015 after a trial period in which she scored a hat-trick against her former Rangers teammates, then scored again in a win over Everton;[5] however, problems with injuries and travel (she was commuting from Glasgow to Wearside) proved too difficult to overcome and she soon returned to Scotland. She re-joined Celtic for the 2016 season.[3]
In January 2018, Mulvey signed for second-tier Motherwell, reuniting her with her former Glasgow City boss Eddie Wolecki Black.[6] The season ended with the team reaching the 2018 Scottish Women's Cup final and winning the SWPL2 to gain promotion and Mulvey was named the division's player of the year as well as its top scorer (26 goals).[7] On the back of her strong form, she was signed by Celtic for a third time (initially as a trialist) in 2019.[8]
At the start of the 2020 season she moved to SWPL-2 Partick Thistle,[9] but all football was soon cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic; she remained with the Jags when play resumed in 2020–21,[10] and moved to Forfar Farmington as player-coach supporting Eddie Wolecki Black for 2021–22,[11] only for the women-only Angus club to withdraw from the league prior to its start having been unable to recruit a competitive squad.[12][13]
International career
editMulvey's first full international match listed on the SFA's website was in February 2007 against Japan;[14] However, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation reports that she had scored goals for the senior team against Switzerland and the Czech Republic in 2004.[15] She played twice more in the 2006–07 season. In August 2009, following her early season form at Glasgow City, Mulvey was recalled to the Scotland squad after a two-year absence for the game against Switzerland. She was in the squad regularly in 2013, with her final cap coming in 2014.
Personal life
editSuzanne has three sons.
References
edit- ^ Tvær skoskar stúlkur til ÍBV [Two Scottish girls to ÍBV], Morgunblaðið, 29 May 2005 (in Icelandic)
- ^ "Suzanne Malone". KSI.is (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ a b c The No. 13 shirt holds no fear for women’s signing Suzanne Mulvey, Celtic FC, 7 March 2016
- ^ "Suzanne Malone moves to Hamilton Accies". Glasgow City FC. 30 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ Kelly, Roy (23 February 2015). "Striker Mulvey joins Sunderland Ladies". Sunderland Echo.
- ^ "Ladies add McLaughlin and Mulvey". Motherwell FC. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ "A rundown of who was triumphant at the MG ALBA Scottish Women's Football Awards". Scottish Women's Football. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ SBSSWPL1 | Forfar Farmington 3 Celtic 4, Forfar Farmington FC, 29 April 2019
- ^ Suzanne Mulvey signs for Thistle, Partick Thistle FC, 14 February 2020
- ^ Opening day defeat as Queen’s Park Women lose out to Partick Thistle, Glasgow World, 19 October 2020
- ^ Suzanne Mulvey joins Forfar, Forfar Farmington FC, 12 July 2021
- ^ "Forfar withdraw, Partick Thistle promoted". BBC Sport. 13 August 2021.
- ^ Alan Campbell: Forfar Farmington a sorry casualty of the professional era, Glasgow Times, 15 August 2021
- ^ "Japan v Scotland". The Scottish FA. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
- ^ "International Matches (Women) 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 May 2010.
