Joelle Louise Murray (born 7 November 1986) is a Scottish

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who plays as a defender for Hibernian of the

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. Murray grew up in Chirnside,

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, and started her career playing with local boys' clubs. At the age of 12 she joined the youth set-up at Hibernian Ladies. She progressed through the age groups and into the senior side, winning all domestic honours along the way and latterly being under-17 captain. Murray made her

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debut in July 2004 against Rapide Wezemaal and has made six appearances in the competition to date. After being called up to the Scotland Under-17 squad in 2002, Murray came through the various age-group teams and made her full international debut against

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in August 2007. She scored her first international goal against

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in a May 2009 challenge match.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.''

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