Samantha Mary Kerr (born 17 April 1999) is a Scottish football

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who plays for Bayern Munich and the Scotland national team. She has previously played for Central Girls, Glasgow City and Rangers.

Club career

Kerr played for Central Girls (previously Falkirk FC Girls) from age 12 to 16. In May 2015, she captained Graeme High School to the Scottish School Girls Cup.

Glasgow City

In January 2016, at the age of 16, Kerr signed for Glasgow City. Of her signing, Glasgow City head coach

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said, "Sam Kerr is a young player with special qualities... We are delighted she has chosen to join Glasgow City to further develop her talents as she progresses into a fantastic career in the game." In March 2016, she helped the club defeat Glasgow Girls to advanced to the semi-finals of the Scottish Women's Premier League Cup. Kerr was a member of The Glasgow City squad that won the SWPL for the 10th consecutive year at the end of the 2016 season; this was the first time in Scottish football history that any senior club achieved this (no men's team amassed more than

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and

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– the 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland – and played in the

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, reaching the quarter-finals of the competition in 2019–20.'Qualifying for the last eight of the UWCL, I was crying for hours' – Samantha Kerr (Glasgow City)
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Rangers

In December 2020, Kerr moved to Rangers on a pre-contract arrangement agreed six months earlier (teammate

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made the same switch). In the 2021–22 season, she scored the first-ever goal scored by the women's team at

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in a win over

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, and was named in the PFA Scotland Team of the Year as Rangers won the SWPL championship for the first time.

Bayern Munich

Kerr signed a three-year contract with Bayern Munich on 30 May 2023.

International career

Kerr has represented Scotland at the under-15 and under-17 levels including the group stage of the

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. Her UEFA competition debut was on 9 October 2014 against Montenegro. Samantha has also represented Scotland at the under-19 level at The Euros and The La Manga Cup in Spain. She was added to the full

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squad for the first time in November 2018, and was one of two uncapped players picked for the 2020 Pinatar Cup. Kerr made her full international debut in that tournament, playing the last 13 minutes of a 3–0 win against

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on 4 March.

Career statistics

International appearances

:''Scotland statistics accurate as of match played 11 April 2023.''

Honours

Club

Glasgow City *

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Rangers *

: 2021–22, * City of Glasgow Woman's Cup: 2022,

Individual

*Scotland Player of the Year: 2022

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kerr, Samantha 1999 births Living people Scottish women's footballers Glasgow City F.C. players Rangers W.F.C. players Scottish Women's Premier League players Women's association football midfielders Footballers from Falkirk People educated at Graeme High School Scotland women's international footballers Scottish expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Germany FC Bayern Munich (women) players Scotland women's youth international footballers Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Germany