Julie Elizabeth Nelson (born 4 June 1985) is an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

defender from

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

who plays for Crusaders Strikers. She represents Northern Ireland on the

Northern Ireland women's national football team The Northern Ireland women's national football team represents Northern Ireland in international women's football. Although most national football teams represent a sovereign state, FIFA statutes permit Northern Ireland as a member of the United ...

. She previously played for Durham Women, Glasgow City, Everton Ladies, and

Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja (ÍBV) is an Icelandic multi-sports district association from Vestmannaeyjar off the south coast of Iceland. It was founded in 1903 as Fótboltafélag Vestmannaeyja by Björgúlfur Ólafsson, military doctor for ...

. Nelson made her international debut during the 2004 Algarve Cup. Later on, she made her 100th appearance for Northern Ireland in September 2018, becoming the first player to reach that landmark. Nelson was awarded the

British Empire Medal The British Empire Medal (BEM; formerly British Empire Medal for Meritorious Service) is a British and Commonwealth award for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the Crown. The current honour was created in 1922 to ...

(BEM) in the

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for services to women's football. On 7 July 2022 in a 4-1 loss to Norway, Nelson scored the first goal in Euro's history for the Northern Ireland Women's National team. With the same goal, Nelson also became the oldest woman to score in history of the Euros at 37 years and 33 days.

Honours

;with Glasgow City *

Scottish Women's Premier League The Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) is the highest level of league competition in women's football in Scotland. Its two divisions are SWPL 1 and SWPL 2. The league was formed when the Premier Division of the Scottish Women's Football League ...

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: 2014 ; with Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja * Úrvalsdeild runner-up: 2012 ; with Crusaders Strikers * Women's Premier League: 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010

References

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Glasgow City player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nelson, Julie 1985 births Living people Íþróttabandalag Vestmannaeyja players Everton F.C. (women) players Glasgow City F.C. players Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in Iceland Women's association footballers from Northern Ireland Northern Ireland women's international footballers FA Women's National League players Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland Women's association football defenders Durham W.F.C. players FIFA Century Club Recipients of the British Empire Medal UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players