Rachel McLauchlan (born 7 July 1997) is a Scottish footballer, who plays as a winger and defender for Brighton & Hove Albion and for the Scotland women's national football team. She previously played for Inverness CTS, Aberdeen, Hibernian, Yeovil Town in England's Women's Super League (FA WSL), Glasgow City and Rangers.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 July 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Livingston, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Winger, Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Deveronvale Girls | |||
| Letham FC Girls | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Inverness City | ||
| 2014–2016 | Aberdeen | (1) | |
| 2016–2019 | Hibernian | 72 | (19) |
| 2019 | Yeovil Town | 7 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Glasgow City | 22 | (2) |
| 2021–2024 | Rangers | 87 | (9) |
| 2024– | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Scotland U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Scotland U19 | 13 | (1) |
| 2016– | Scotland | 17 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:25, 16 April 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editMcLauchlan started her senior career at Inverness City, then transferred to Aberdeen in August 2014.[1] In January 2016 she joined Scottish Women's Premier League title challengers Hibernian.[2] She won six trophies (three Scottish Women's Cups and three SWPL Cups) in her three seasons in Edinburgh.
McLauchlan moved to English club Yeovil Town in January 2019.[3] She returned to Scottish football in July 2019, signing for Glasgow City.[4] By the end of that season she had a SWPL championship medal and a fourth Scottish Cup medal in her collection. During the 2020–21 SWPL season, McLauchlan scored a goal during the team's 2–0 season opener against Celtic.[5]
In January 2021, McLauchlan joined Rangers on a pre-contract agreement arranged in summer 2020,[6] with Glasgow City teammates Kirsty Howat and Sam Kerr doing likewise, while Nicola Docherty had made the same move across the city some months earlier. In her first full season with the Gers, 2021–22, McLauchlan was part of the squad that won the SWPL for the first time in club history;[7] in the second season they won their first SWPL Cup,[8] and in the third season they won their first Scottish Cup, also narrowly missing out on the league title in both years. in the 2024 Scottish Women's Cup final, McLauchlan opened the scoring against Hearts with "an unbelievable strike" from 30 yards and was named as the Player of the Match,[9] eight years after receiving the same award in as a Hibs player in the 2016 final.[10]
On 11 July 2024, McLauchlan signed for Brighton & Hove Albion.[11]
International career
editMcLauchlan made her debut for the Scotland national team in a 7–0 friendly thrashing by the Netherlands, in Livingston, in October 2016. She entered play as an 86th-minute substitute for Hibs teammate Kirsty Smith. In June 2017, Scotland coach Anna Signeul named McLauchlan in her squad for Euro 2017.[12]
Career statistics
editInternational appearances
edit- Scotland statistics accurate as of match played 11 April 2023.[13]
| Year | Scotland | |
|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 17 | 0 |
Honours
editClub
editHibernian
Glasgow City
- Scottish Women's Premier League: 2019
- Scottish Women's Cup: 2019
Rangers
- Scottish Women's Premier League: 2021–22
- Scottish Women's Cup: 2023–24
- Scottish Women's Premier League Cup: 2022–23
- City of Glasgow Women's Cup: 2022
References
edit- ^ "Delighted to announce the signing of Rachel McLauchlan from Inverness City. #youth #talent #COYR". Twitter. Aberdeen FC Ladies. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ Payne, Rick (15 January 2016). "Hibernian Ladies Complete Triple Signing". Hibernian F.C. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ "Rachel McLauchlan: Yeovil Ladies sign Scotland winger from Hibernian Ladies". BBC Sport. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ "Glasgow City sign Scotland cap Rachel McLauchlan from Yeovil". BBC Sport. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "SWPL: Glasgow City beat Celtic on opening day as Rangers thrash Hearts". BBC Sport. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ Gers Sign Rachel McLauchlan, Rangers FC, 24 September 2020
- ^ Rangers end 14 years of Glasgow City dominance with historic SWPL title win, Rangers News, 8 May 2022
- ^
"Sky Sports Cup final - Rangers 2-0 Hibernian: Lizzie Arnot scores screamer and Kirsty Howat adds second to seal victory". Sky Sports. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
Rangers win the first domestic trophy of the Scottish women's season with a 2-0 victory against seven-time champions Hibernian
- ^ Canavan, Amy (26 May 2024). "Rangers 2-0 Hearts". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ Hibs claim cup double after epic SSE Scottish Women's Cup final, Scottish Women's Football, 6 November 2016
- ^ "Albion sign Rachel McLauchlan". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "Signeul announces historic Scotland squad". scottishfa.co.uk. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
- ^ Rachel McLauchlan at the Scottish Football Association
External links
edit- Rachel McLauchlan – UEFA competition record (archive)