Personal information | |||
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Full name | Julie Stewart | ||
Birth name | Julie Fleeting | ||
Date of birth | 18 December 1980 | ||
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 | ||
2006 | → Valur (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]