Megan Bell
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Megan Bell | ||
| Date of birth | 17 April 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Dundonald, Northern Ireland | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder Right Wing | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hearts | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dungoyne | |||
| Linfield | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2019 | Linfield | ||
| 2019 | Durham | 10 | (2) |
| 2020– | Rangers | 24 | (6) |
| 2024– | → Heart of Midlothian (loan) | 7 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Northern Ireland U17 | 6 | (3) |
| 2017 | Northern Ireland U19 | 9 | (1) |
| 2017– | Northern Ireland | 16 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 November 2019 | |||
Megan Bell (born 17 April 2001) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hearts in the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) and Northern Ireland.
Club career
[edit]Linfield
[edit]On 19 August 2015, 14-year-old Bell scored two goals for Linfield on her senior debut in a 6–1 home win over Sion Swifts.[1] She won three consecutive Women's Premiership titles with Linfield between 2016 and 2018, having left Grosvenor Grammar School in 2017.[2]
Durham
[edit]On 9 July 2019, Bell signed with English FA Women's Championship team Durham.[3] The move coincided will Bell starting a degree in sport, physical activity and exercise at Durham University.[4] On 18 August 2019, she made her debut for the team in the season opener against Leicester City, scoring in the 7th minute of a 5–1 win.[5] After 14 appearances in all competitions in the first half of the season, Bell announced her departure from semi-professional Durham in January 2020 in order to concentrate solely on football.[6]
Rangers
[edit]On 5 January 2020, Bell became a full-time footballer, signing with professional SWPL club Rangers.[7] since then despite injuries she has made several appearances for Rangers and won the league title and sky sports cup with the club rangers currently just got into finals of the Scottish cup against Celtic
Heart of Midlothian
[edit]Megan joined Hearts on loan from Rangers until the end of the season on 25 January 2024.
International career
[edit]On 28 November 2017, Bell made her senior debut for Northern Ireland aged 16 years 7 months, starting in a 3–1 2019 World Cup qualifying win away to Slovakia.[8] On 2 March 2018, Bell scored her first international goal in a 1–1 draw against Romania at the 2018 Turkish Women's Cup friendly tournament.[9]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Linfield
- Women's Premiership: 2016, 2017, 2018
- IFA Women's Challenge Cup: 2016
Rangers
- Scottish Women's Premier League: 2021-22,
- Sky sports cup winners : 2022-23
References
[edit]- ^ "Linfield Ladies Profiles: Megan Bell". Linfield FC.
- ^ "NI and Linfield Ladies midfielder Megan Bell joins Durham Women". BBC. 1 July 2019.
- ^ Donnelly, Mark (9 July 2019). "SIGNING: Durham Women net Northern Irish international". Durham Women FC.
- ^ Fullerton, Gareth (25 July 2019). "Teenager Megan inspiring a future generation of female footballers". belfastlive.
- ^ "Leicester City 1-5 Durham". womenscompetitions.thefa.com.
- ^ Donnelly, Mark (4 January 2020). "Megan Bell Departs". Durham Women FC.
- ^ "Gers The Best Christmas Present - Rangers Football Club, Official Website". Rangers Football Club. 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Slovakia v Northern Ireland". IFA.
- ^ "Senior Women earn draw against Romania in Turkish Women's Cup". IFA.
External links
[edit]- Megan Bell – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Megan Bell at WorldFootball.net
- Megan Bell at Soccerway
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- Women's association footballers from Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland women's international footballers
- Women's association football midfielders
- Durham W.F.C. players
- Rangers W.F.C. players
- Scottish Women's Premier League players
- Linfield F.C. Women players
- Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland) players
- People from Dundonald, County Down
- Association footballers from County Down
- Northern Ireland women's association football biography stubs