Michelle Barr (born 19 October 1978) is a Scottish football

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and former player who is the head coach of

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team. She formerly played in the

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for both

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and Rangers. She has previously played professionally in the

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ic Úrvalsdeild and has been capped for the

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women's national team on 87 occasions.

Career

In 1999, Barr won the first Scottish Sports Aid Foundation award for women's football, £500. As a player, she has won every domestic honour in the Scottish women's game and was a runner-up in the English FA Women's Cup Final in 2002 with

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. Barr made her debut for the

women's national team in 1996 against the

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and went on to win 87 caps, scoring once. She played professionally in Iceland for ÍBV between 2001 and 2004, becoming club captain. She joined the coaching staff at

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as a volunteer assistant in 2005, becoming assistant coach to Angie Hind the following season. Barr and Hind both left Dartmouth in December 2010. Barr was employed by the Scottish Football Association as National Youth Support Programme Manager for Girls/Women's football and is also assistant coach of the national Under-15 Girls team. She joined Rangers for the 2013 Scottish Women's Premier League season. In May 2014 she became head coach of the

, based in Norfolk, Virginia.

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Michelle Barr
Celtic FC profile
Michelle Barr
Rangers FC profile * 1978 births Living people Scottish women's footballers Scotland women's international footballers FA Women's National League players Sportspeople from Lanark Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. players Leeds United Women F.C. players Celtic F.C. Women players Footballers from South Lanarkshire F.C. Kilmarnock Ladies players Women's association football central defenders Scottish Women's Premier League players Rangers W.F.C. players Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Scottish expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States USL W-League (1995–2015) players Michelle Barr Dartmouth Big Green women's soccer coaches Scottish football managers Female association football managers Old Dominion University faculty Boston Renegades players {{Scotland-footy-defender-1970s-stub