Zoe Ness (born 24 March 1996) is a Scottish footballer, who played as a forward for Rangers in the Scottish Women's Premier League.

Zoe Ness
Zoe Ness playing for Lewes on 18 August 2018
Personal information
Full name Zoe Ness
Date of birth (1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Durham, England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Durham 16 (2)
2015–2016 Mallbackens IF 42 (8)
2017–2019 Durham 35 (14)
2019–2020 Lewes 7 (2)
2020–2022 Rangers ? (12)
International career
2009–2010 Scotland U15 4 (0)
2011–2012 Scotland U17 12 (11)
2012–2015 Scotland U19 25 (19)
2018–2021 Scotland 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2021[1]

Club career

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Ness was born in Durham just after her parents had moved there for work. She came through the youth ranks at Durham Cestria before signing a senior deal with Durham in 2014 as the team entered the FA WSL 2 for the first time.[2]

Ness made 20 appearances across all competitions in Durham's debut season before securing a move to Sweden with Damallsvenskan team Mallbackens IF. She scored three goals in the team's final five league games to help them avoid relegation.[3]

After two seasons in Sweden, Ness made a return to Durham ahead of the FA WSL Spring Series in 2017. In July 2019, Ness announced she was ending her second spell at Durham.[4]

In August 2019, Ness subsequently signed for fellow Championship side Lewes.[5]

Ness signed for Rangers in February 2020.[6]

International

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Despite being born in England, Ness is eligible to represent Scotland because both her parents are Scottish. She has played at under-15, under-17 and under-19 level as well as for the senior team.[1]

In 2014, Ness traveled to Norway to compete in the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship with Scotland, scoring in a Group Stage win over Belgium.[7]

Ness was first called up to the senior team for a friendly against Sweden in January 2016[8] but didn't make her debut for a further two years during a friendly against New Zealand at La Manga on 3 March 2018, before playing a second friendly against the same opposition three days later.[1][9] Ness scored her first senior international goal on 10 April 2018 in a 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifier against Poland.[10]

Career statistics

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International appearances

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Scotland statistics accurate as of match played 11 April 2023.[1]
Year Scotland
Apps Goals
2018 3 1
2019 6 0
2020 1 0
2021 2 0
Total 12 1

International goals

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As of match played 5 April 2019. Scotland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Ness goal.[1]
International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 April 2018 St Mirren Park, Paisley, Scotland   Poland 1–0 3–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Zoe Ness at the Scottish Football Association
  2. ^ "SIGNING: Zoe Ness commits her future to Durham". durham.fawsl.com.
  3. ^ "Scotland women set to hand Zoe Ness debut in Sweden friendly". HeraldScotland.
  4. ^ "Zoe Ness announces departure". Zoe Ness Twitter. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Rooks land Scotland international striker". www.lewesfc.com.
  6. ^ "Zoe Ness: Scotland midfielder joins Rangers Women". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  7. ^ Binkovski, Aleksei (15 July 2014). "Scotland off the mark with victory over Belgium". UEFA.
  8. ^ "Sweden 6-0 Scotland | Friendly | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk.
  9. ^ "Scotland Women 2-0 New Zealand: Repeat win breeds confidence - Shelley Kerr". 6 March 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Women's World Cup - Matches". Uefa.com.
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