Simone Magill (born 1 November 1994) is a Northern Irish professional

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in the FA Women’s Super League

Playing career

Club

Mid-Ulster

Magill began her football career in the development programs of Cookstown Youth FC and Mid-Ulster Ladies F.C. where she first played with an all female squad. During the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 seasons, Magill would claim awards for the Northern Ireland Women's Premier League Player of the Year honors. She also finished the 2012 season as top goalscorer with 18 goals.

Everton

When she was 18, Magill made the move to WSL Side

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after a successful trial in 2013 and later won Fans' Player of the Season in 2014/15. Suffering injury, Magill was sidelined for much for the 2016 season, but returned by the during the 2017 Spring Series scoring 5 goals in just 7 appearances. In June 2017, Magill signed her first full-time professional contract with Everton. She was the second Everton player to do so and the first female

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footballer to sign a full-time contract. In May 2019 Magill won Everton's Player of the Season Award.

International

Magill has represented

at multiple youth levels throughout her career and made her senior international debut aged 15. She has captained the U-17 and U-19 squads. In June 2016, Magill claimed herself a world record by scoring the fastest ever goal at international women's level in a European Qualifying match against Georgia. The 11-second goal beat the previous 12-second record scored by US forward,

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International goals

Honours

Everton *

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runners-up (1): 2013–14 *

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Winners (1):

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Individual * Women's Premier League Player of the Year: 2010, 2012 * Everton Ladies Player of the Season: 2014–15 * Fastest International Women's goal scored (World Record) ''3 June 2016'' * Everton Ladies Player of the Season: 2018–19

References

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* * * 1994 births Living people Everton F.C. (women) players Women's association footballers from Northern Ireland Northern Ireland women's international footballers Women's Super League players Women's association football forwards UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players {{NorthernIreland-women-footy-bio-stub Aston Villa W.F.C. players