Emma Louise Lipman (born 23 February 1989) is a professional

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who plays as a defender for Como of Serie A, the top level of women's league football in Italy. Lipman was born and brought up in England but chose to play for Malta at international level.

Club career

Lipman joined

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as a 10-year-old and was playing in their

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by the time she was 14 years old. After moving to Yorkshire to attend Leeds Beckett University, Lipman represented Leeds City Vixens and Leeds United in the

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. In July 2013 Lipman transferred to

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. When Sheikh Mansour-backed Manchester City successfully bid for an

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franchise in 2014, they handed Lipman a professional contract. Lipman won a contract extension for Manchester City's 2015 season, but the club's purchase of England full-backs

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and

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reduced her opportunities to play. In February 2016 she joined Sheffield FC, who had just been

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into WSL 2. In 2017 Lipman accepted an offer to play in Italy, with

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. She featured in 21 of 22 league fixtures as the club secured a mid-table finish in Serie A. That prompted Roma to sign Lipman for their newly formed women's team. After playing in 17 of

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's 22

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games, contributing one goal, Lipman signed for another Italian club Florentia San Gimignano in July 2019. In July 2020 Lipman and her Maltese teammate Rachel Cuschieri signed for Lazio, who had narrowly missed promotion to Serie A the previous season.

International career

As well as England, Lipman was also eligible for the national teams of Scotland and Malta due to her grandparents. In May 2019 Lipman received a call-up to Malta's squad for a friendly match against

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. She started Malta's 2–1 win at the Malta Football Association training grounds in Ta' Qali. On 4 October 2019 Lipman won her first official cap for Malta, in a home

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fixture against Italy. Although Lipman's handball conceded an injury time penalty kick, converted by

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, Malta emerged with credit from their 2–0 defeat. Lipman retained her place in the team for the next qualifier, a 1–1 draw with Israel.

International goals

Honours

Manchester City *

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References

External links

*
AS Roma player profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lipman, Emma Living people 1989 births English women's footballers Women's association football defenders Women's Super League players Manchester City W.F.C. players Leeds United Women F.C. players Coventry United W.F.C. players Florentia San Gimignano S.S.D. players Serie A (women's football) players Leeds City Vixens L.F.C. players English expatriate women's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Sportspeople from Nuneaton FA Women's National League players Alumni of Leeds Beckett University Sheffield F.C. Ladies players A.S.D. AGSM Verona F.C. players A.S. Roma Women players People with acquired Maltese citizenship Malta women's international footballers English people of Maltese descent Maltese women's footballers S.S. Lazio Women 2015 players S.S.D. F.C. Como Women players