Lee Gibson

Lee Helen Gibson (née Alexander; born 23 September 1991) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Women's Premier League club Glasgow City and the Scotland women's national team.

Lee Gibson
Personal information
Full name Lee Helen Gibson[1]
Date of birth (1991-09-23) 23 September 1991
Place of birth Rutherglen, Scotland[2]
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Glasgow City
Number 29
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2011 Hamilton Academical
2011–2015 Glasgow City 42 (0)
2016 Mallbackens IF 22 (0)
2017– Glasgow City 17 (0)
International career‡
2007–2008 Scotland U17 3 (0)
2009–2010 Scotland U19 8 (0)
2017– Scotland 46 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:56, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Early life

Gibson was born in Rutherglen and grew up in the Stewartfield area of East Kilbride. She attended Claremont High School.[3]

Playing career

Club

Gibson played for Glasgow City for five years, winning fourteen trophies including four consecutive domestic trebles, before signing a full-time professional contract with Swedish Damallsvenskan club Mallbackens IF in December 2015.[3] She rejoined Glasgow City in December 2016.[4]

She helped City progress to the quarter-finals of the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League by saving three of four kicks in a penalty shootout against Brondby.[5]

International

Gibson was first called up to the full Scotland squad in November 2015 for a Euro 2017 qualifying match against Macedonia.[6] Still uncapped, she was named in the Scotland squad for the Euro 2017 finals.[7] Alexander became the first choice goalkeeper for Scotland after Euro 2017, when Gemma Fay retired.[8]

Her international debut came in a 3–0 friendly victory over Hungary in Telki on 14 September 2017,[9] and she helped the team qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.[8] An important moment in the qualifying group was when Gibson saved a penalty kick against Poland.[8] Scotland were eliminated in the group stage of the World Cup, with Gibson playing in all three matches. In the third match, which Scotland had to win to progress, she initially saved a penalty but a retake was ordered by VAR.[5] The retaken penalty was scored and Scotland, who had led 3–0, could only draw 3–3 with Argentina.[5]

Personal life

She married David Gibson in May 2022, and adopted her husband's name for her next international appearance.[10] The marriage had originally been scheduled for the summer of 2020.[11]

Career statistics

International appearances
Scotland statistics accurate as of match played 11 April 2023.[12]
YearScotland
AppsGoals
201730
2018100
201990
202050
202180
202270
202340
Total460

Honours
Glasgow City

References
  1. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ List of Players – Scotland" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 19. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. "Lee Alexander". Glasgow City F.C. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  3. Thomson, Paul (17 December 2015). "Goalkeeper Lee Alexander signs first pro contract with Swedish side Mallbackens she died on september 1st 2019 due to a car crs". Daily Record. Glasgow. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  4. "Lee Alexander returns to Glasgow". Glasgow City F.C. 13 December 2016. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  5. Dewar, Heather (1 November 2019). "Women's Champions League: Glasgow City hero Lee Alexander still pained by World Cup exit". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  6. "Lee Alexander in Scotland women's squad to face Macedonia". BBC Sport. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  7. Thomson, Paul (10 July 2017). "East Kilbride's Lee Alexander off to Women's Euros with Scotland". Daily Record. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  8. MacBeath, Amy (11 September 2018). "Lee Alexander: 'It's been a rollercoaster at times for Scotland'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  9. "Kerr begins reign with resounding victory". Scottish Football Association. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  10. @ScotlandNT (24 June 2022). "Our Number 1 wears a new name on the back of her shirt this evening, following her wedding last month. #SWNT" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 June 2022 – via Twitter.
  11. Thomson, Paul (5 June 2019). "Scots women's football star Lee Alexander finds love match - with men's team kitman". Daily Record. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  12. Lee Gibson at the Scottish Football Association
  13. Dewar, Heather (24 November 2019). "Scottish Women's Cup: Glasgow City 4–3 Hibernian". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
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