Colette Cavanagh
Scottish footballer (born 1998)
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Colette Cavanagh (born 24 November 1998) is a Scottish footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Ipswich Town in the Women's Super League 2.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Colette Cavanagh | ||
| Date of birth | 24 November 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ipswich Town | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rossvale | |||
| 2011–2015 | Celtic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Celtic | ||
| 2016–2017 | Spartans | 23 | (4) |
| 2018 | Celtic | ||
| 2019–2022 | Hibernian | ||
| 2022–2023 | Rangers | 11 | (6) |
| 2023–2025 | Celtic | 27 | (5) |
| 2025–2026 | Deportivo de La Coruña | ||
| 2026– | Ipswich Town | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Scotland U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Scotland U16 | 4 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 October 2022 | |||
Career
Cavanagh started her career at youth level with Rossvale, then joined Celtic Girls in 2011. She made her first team debut aged 16[2] before joining Spartans[3] when she relocated to attend the University of Edinburgh. She returned to Celtic for a season in 2018 before moving to Hibernian, and was part of the team that won the 2019 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup. As a Hibs player she won the SWPL 1 Player of the Month for September 2021,[4][5] becoming the first player to win the award with two different clubs (her first was with Celtic in May 2018),[6] and in 2022 was included in the first-ever PFA Scotland Women's Team of the Year.[7][8]
In July 2022 Cavanagh joined Rangers[9][10] where she spent one season, scoring 6 goals in 11 appearances, then returned to Celtic[11] for a third spell before the start of the 2023–24 season.
Honours
Hibernian
Rangers