Jacqueline Burns (born 6 March 1997) is a Northern Irish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

for

Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...

in the

Women's Championship The Women's Championship (formerly The FA Women's Championship) is the second-highest division of women's football in England. The division was established in 2014 as the FA Women's Super League 2 (WSL 2). WSL 2 replaced the previous level 2 d ...

. She previously played in the United States for the

Carson–Newman University Carson–Newman University is a private Baptist university in Jefferson City, Tennessee. Carson-Newman is affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention (Southern Baptist Convention). Founded in 1851, the university enrolls about 2,500 studen ...

's women's soccer team and spent part of the 2019 season in Iceland with ÍBV. She has appeared for the Northern Ireland women's national team.

Career

Club

On 24 August 2020,

Glentoran Glentoran Football Club is a professional football club that plays in the NIFL Premiership. The club was founded in 1882. History Early history In 1914, Glentoran won the Vienna Cup, becoming the first United Kingdom team to win a European t ...

announced the signing of Burns. On 11 March 2022, BK Häcken announced the signing of Burns on a contract until the end of the 2023 season. On 24 June 2022, Häcken announced that Burns had left the club by mutual consent. On 5 August 2022,

Reading Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of Letter (alphabet), letters, symbols, etc., especially by Visual perception, sight or Somatosensory system, touch. For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process invo ...

announced the double signing of Burns. On 21 September 2023, Burns signed a new contract with Reading. On 2 July 2024, Reading announced the departure of Burns after their demotion to the

Southern Region Women's Football League The Southern Region Women's Football League is at the fifth and sixth levels of the English women's football pyramid, with the seven other Regional Leagues – Eastern, London & SE, South West, West Midlands, East Midlands, North East and Nor ...

International

Burns has been capped for the

Northern Ireland national team The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. From 1882 to 1920, all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Foo ...

, appearing for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle. According to the

Irish Football Association The Irish Football Association (IFA) is the governing body for association football in Northern Ireland. It organised the Ireland national football team from 1880 to 1950, which after 1954, became the Northern Ireland national football team. ...

, Burns made her senior debut on 3 July 2013, in a 3–0 defeat by the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

Career statistics

References

External links

* * * * 1997 births Living people Women's association footballers from Northern Ireland Northern Ireland women's international footballers Women's association football goalkeepers College women's soccer players in the United States Expatriate women's association footballers from Northern Ireland Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Sportspeople from Cookstown Association footballers from County Tyrone Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland) players Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in Iceland Glentoran W.F.C. players UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players Carson–Newman Eagles Carson–Newman University alumni {{NorthernIreland-women-footy-bio-stub