Julie Fleeting

Julie Fleeting
MBE
Fleeting in 2006
Personal information
Full name Julie Stewart
Birth name Julie Fleeting
Date of birth (1980-12-18) 18 December 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Kilwinning, Scotland
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Cunninghame Boys Club
Crosshouse Boys Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2002 Ayr United Ladies
2002–2003 San Diego Spirit 26 (14)
2003 Ross County Ladies
2004–2012 Arsenal Ladies
2006Valur (loan) 2 (4)
2013 Kilwinning Ladies 4 (3)
2013–2015 Celtic Ladies 7 (5)
2015–2016 Glasgow City
International career
Scotland U16
Scotland U20[2]
1996–2015 Scotland[3] 121 (116)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Julie Stewart MBE (née Fleeting; born 18 December 1980) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a forward. She spent nine years at English club Arsenal and was the first Scot to play as a full-time professional in the WUSA playing for San Diego Spirit.[3] She won the Scottish Women's League title with Ayr and seventeen major trophies with Arsenal.

According to the Scottish Football Association, Fleeting has a record of 116 goals (a national record by some distance) and 121 caps for Scotland between her debut in 1996 and retirement in 2015,[3] although those figures appear to include unofficial internationals. Fleeting also captained her country for eight years.[4] According to UEFA, she has a record of 28 goals in 22 games in UEFA competitions for national teams,[5] and 22 goals in 32 games in UEFA club competitions.[5]

She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.[3] She has also represented Scotland in the sport of basketball.[6]

  1. ^ "9 – Julie Fleeting". WUSA.com. 7 May 2004. Archived from the original on 17 May 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  2. ^ "A pitch battle". thefreelibrary.com. 27 February 2002. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d Women A Squad - Julie Fleeting SFA. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. ^ Julie Fleeting believes Scotland's women are hitting their peak BBC Sport. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  5. ^ a b Julie Fleeting - UEFA UEFA. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  6. ^ Vicky Allan (16 May 2004). "Fleeting Visit; It's official. Scottish football is alive and well". The Sunday Herald. Archived from the original on 24 October 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2009.