Charlotte Watson
Scottish field hockey player
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Charlotte Watson (born 23 April 1998)[1] is a Scottish field hockey, who plays as a forward for Scotland and Great Britain.[2][3]
Dundee, Scotland
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| Born |
23 April 1998 Dundee, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Loughborough Students | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Scotland | 67 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Great Britain | 9 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
Charlotte Watson was born and raised in Dundee, Scotland.[2]
Career
Club hockey
She plays club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League Premier Division for Loughborough Students.
She has previously played for Holcombe and in Scotland's Women's Premiership league for Dundee Wanderers.[4][5]
National teams
Scotland
Watson made her senior international debut for Scotland in 2016, during a test match against South Africa in Cape Town.[6]
In 2018, Watson was a member of the Scottish team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast.[7][8]
Her most prominent appearance in Scottish colours to date was in 2019 at the EuroHockey Championship II in Glasgow. At the tournament, Watson scored Scotland's second goal in the final, helping the team to a 2–1 win and their third gold medal at the event.[6][9]
Great Britain
In 2019, Watson was given her first call up to the Great Britain women's team. Her first appearance was during a test match against Japan in Hiroshima.[6] Following her debut, Watson went on to represent the team during a test series against India and at the FIH Olympic Qualifiers, in Marlow and London respectively.[10]
International Goals
Note: The following data includes goals for both Scotland and Great Britain.
Goal |
Date | Location | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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| 1 | 28 July 2017 | Glasgow National Hockey Centre, Glasgow, Scotland |  France | 2–1 | 4–1 | Test Match | [12] |
| 2 | 22 October 2017 | Belfast Harlequins HC, Belfast, Northern Ireland |  Ireland | 1–1 | 1–1 | [13] | |
| 3 | 2 June 2018 | Glasgow National Hockey Centre, Glasgow, Scotland | 2–5 | 2–6 | [14] | ||
| 4 | 21 February 2019 | Acqua Acetosa, Rome, Italy |  Italy | 1–1 | 1–3 | [15] | |
| 5 | 15 May 2019 | Glasgow National Hockey Centre, Glasgow, Scotland |  Canada | 1–1 | 1–4 | [16] | |
| 6 | 19 May 2019 | 1–3 | 1–7 | [17] | |||
| 7 | 11 June 2019 | Banbridge Hockey Club, Banbridge, Northern Ireland |  Ukraine | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2018–19 FIH Series Finals | [18] |
| 8 | 4 August 2019 | Glasgow National Hockey Centre, Glasgow, Scotland | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship II | [19] | |
| 9 | 10 August 2019 | Italy | 2–0 | 2–1 | [20] | ||
| 10 GB | 2 October 2019 | Marlow Hockey Club, Marlow, England |  India | 2–1 | 3–1 | Test Match | [21] |
