Faye Kirby

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Faye Kirby
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Faye Kirby against West Ham United
Personal information
Full name Faye Mary Kirby
Date of birth (2004-04-05) 5 April 2004 (age 19)
Place of birth Crosby, Liverpool
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Aberdeen F.C
(on loan from Liverpool)
Number 1, 22
Youth career
2006–2011 Maghull Football Club
2006–2013 Litherland Tigers Junior F.C
2013–2022 Everton Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2022 Everton F.C 2 (0)
2022– Liverpool F.C 5 (0)
2023– →Aberdeen F.C (loan) 7 (0)
International career
2019–2020 England U16 1 (0)
2020–2021 England U17 1 (0)
2021–2022 England U18 3 (0)
2022–2023 England U19 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Faye Mary Kirby (born 5 April 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Premier League 1 club Aberdeen, on loan from WSL club Liverpool, [1] [2] and the England U19. [3] As of September 2023, Kirby is recovering from an ACL injury. [4] [5]

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Club career

Youth career

Faye Kirby began her career playing grassroots football for Maghull Football Club and Litherland Tigers Junior, playing against all-male teams who were two years older than herself, [6] before joining Everton Academy at age 7. [7] Kirby remained at Everton Academy for eleven seasons then was until she completed a move to Liverpool in September 2022. [8] [9]

Liverpool

Kirby made her "superb" debut for Liverpool in the League Cup against West Ham United on 25 January 2022. [10] She later made her WSL debut against a powerful Chelsea side. [11] She earned player of the match for her "excellent" [12] saves. [13] [14] Kirby started another two times for Liverpool in the 2022–23 season and earned the team's Young Player of the Year Award, Performance of the Season and the Save of the Season Award. [15]

On loan to Aberdeen

At the start of the 2023–24 season, Kirby joined Aberdeen F.C. on loan, to play in the Scottish Premier League, and was due to stay there for the first half of the 2023–24 season. [16]

On 13 August 2023, Kirby made her debut for Aberdeen against Motherwell, which the team winning 3–2. Her second match saw her be heroic despite the 5–1 loss to Rangers. [17]

On 13 September 2023, against Hibernian, Kirby attained a complete rupture of her ACL, [18] [19] where in the 55th minute. [20] The ACL injury ended Kirby's season prematurely due to the long rehabilitation process from the injury. [21] During Kirby's short time at Aberdeen, she was able to attain two clean sheets – one on 3 September 2023 against Spartans and the other on 10 September 2023 against Hamilton Academical. [22]

International career

Kirby has been selected to play for England U16, England U17, England U18 and England U19.[ citation needed ] She has played against a number of countries while playing internationally, such as: Slovenia, Switzerland, Belarus, the US, the Netherlands and Spain. [23]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 September 2023.

Some entries may be missing or incomplete due to a lack of historical statistics.

Appearances and goal by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Everton F.C 2021–22 WSL 00002020
Liverpool F.C 2022–23 WSL 30002050
2023–24 00000000
Aberdeen 2023 SWPL 70000070
Career total1000040140

International

Year England
AppsGoals
201700
201810
201920
202010
202110
202230
202320
Total100

Education

Faye Kirby attended Great Crosby Catholic Primary School for her primary school education. [24] She joined St. Mary's College, Crosby for secondary school education, [25] [26] where she became the first ever girl in the history of the school to play a competitive game of football. [27]

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