 Little playing for Arsenal in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kim Alison Little[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 June 1990[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Mintlaw, Scotland[2] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.62 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Arsenal | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2004 | Buchan Girls FC | ||
| 2005–2006 | Hibs Girls FC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2008 | Hibernian Ladies | 48 | (88) |
| 2008–2013 | Arsenal | 87 | (54) |
| 2014–2016 | Seattle Reign | 63 | (32) |
| 2015–2016 | → Melbourne City (loan) | 12 | (9) |
| 2017– | Arsenal | 109 | (32) |
| 2022 | → OL Reign (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Scotland U19 | 8 | (6) |
| 2007–2021 | Scotland | 140 | (59) |
| 2012–2021 | Great Britain | 9 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2021 | |||
Kim Alison Little MBE (born 29 June 1990) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for and captains Arsenal of the English Women's Super League.[3] Before her retirement from international duty in 2021, Little was vice-captain of the Scotland national team.[4] She began her senior career at Hibernian, winning the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Women's Cup and Scottish Premier League Cup with the club in the 2006–2007 season. With Arsenal, she is a two time Premier League National Division winner, five time League Cup winner, and three time WSL and FA Cup winner. During her time at Seattle Reign, Little won the Golden Boot and Most Valuable Player awards.
Little began representing Scotland at the senior international level in 2007 at age 16, scoring Scotland's first hat trick in 2012, and helping them qualify for Euro 2017 and the 2019 World Cup. She was one of two Scots selected for the Great Britain squad that reached the quarterfinals of the 2012 London Olympics, and again at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
In 2010, she was named the FA's Women's Player of the Year. In 2013, she became the first recipient of the PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year award. In 2016, she was named BBC Women's Footballer of the Year after being nominated for the second consecutive year. Since 2019, Little has been named in the PFA WSL Team of the Year three times.
- ^ a b "Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012 – List of Players Great Britain" (PDF). FIFA. 24 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Kim Little – Scotland National Team". Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Kim Little rejoins Arsenal Ladies". Arsenal F.C. 17 October 2016. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "Kim Little: Scotland midfielder retires from international football at age 31". BBC Sport. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.