Abbi Grant (born 11 December 1995) is a Scottish

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who plays as a forward for Glasgow City and for the Scotland national team.

Club career

On 13 March 2012, Grant left Rangers to join Forfar Farmington. On 13 February 2014, after two years with Forfar, Grant signed with Glasgow City. She moved to Hibernian in 2015. She also played for Celtic before being re-signed by Glasgow City in 2016. Grant signed for Belgian club Anderlecht in January 2019 and went on to win the Belgian Super League. Grant then signed for Birmingham City in the

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on a two year deal in July 2019. Birmingham City head coach Marta Tejedor welcomed Grant as a "valuable acquisition". Tejedor added: "Abbi is a young and talented player who will give speed and versatility to our attack in different positions of the field." On 21st July 2021, Grant signed for

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ahead of their first WSL season. She returned to Glasgow City for a third time in January 2022, on

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until the end of the season.

International career

In February 2018, Grant received her first senior call-up by the Scotland national team. On 6 March 2018, she made her senior debut in a 2–0 victory over

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. Grant made her first senior level competitive appearance during Euro 2021 qualifying, in an 8–0 victory over

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on 30 September 2019. She scored her first international goal during the 2020 Pinatar Cup, in a 1–0 victory against

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International goals

Honours

Club

;Glasgow City *

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2018 * Scottish Women's Premier League Cup: 2015 *

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, 2015 ;RSC Anderlecht *Belgian Super League: 2018/19

Individual

* SWPL Player of the Month: November 2017, August 2018

References

External links

Abbi Grant
at the Scottish Football Association (SFA)

at Glasgow City
Abbi Grant
at Soccerway {{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Abbi 1995 births Living people Scottish women's footballers Hibernian W.F.C. players Women's association football forwards Scotland women's international footballers Glasgow City F.C. players Celtic F.C. Women players RSC Anderlecht (women) players Expatriate women's footballers in Belgium Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Scottish expatriate women's footballers Rangers W.F.C. players Super League Vrouwenvoetbal players Footballers from Dundee Forfar Farmington F.C. players Women's Super League players Birmingham City W.F.C. players Leicester City W.F.C. players Scottish Women's Premier League players