Colette Cavanagh

Colette Cavanagh (born 24 November 1998) is a Scottish footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Celtic in the Scottish Women's Premier League.

Colette Cavanagh

Personal information
Full name	Colette Cavanagh
Date of birth	(1998-11-24) 24 November 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Celtic
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–	Celtic	27	(5)
International career‡
2012	Scotland U15	1	(0)
2013–2014	Scotland U16	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct 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

• Scottish Women's Premier League Cup: 2019

Rangers

• Scottish Women's Premier League Cup: 2022–23
• City of Glasgow Women's Cup: 2022

References

1. "Search results".
2. Johnston, Johnston (13 April 2015). "Magnificent Seven from Celtic Women's team". www.celticfc.com. Celtic FC. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
3. Brown, Mark (2 October 2016). "SWPL 1: Spartans edged out by Rangers in nine goal epic encounter". spartansfcwomen.com. Spartans FC. Retrieved 29 September 2022.There was also a starting berth for new signing Colette Cavanagh who recently signed from Celtic Women.
4. "Cavanagh has been voted as the winner of the SWPL 1 Player of the Month for September 2021". hibernian.co.uk. Hibernian FC. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2022.This is the second time that Cavanagh has won a Player of the Month award, last winning for Celtic Women back in May 2018.
5. Frith, Wilf (18 June 2018). "Celtic Women's Colette Cavanagh is #SBSSWPL Player of the Month". shekicks.net. SheKicks. Retrieved 1 October 2022.Colette Cavanagh has been voted as the winner of the Scottish Building Society SWPL Player of the Month for May 2018. She becomes the first SWPL player to win the award for two different clubs.
6. Frith, Wilf (18 June 2018). "Celtic Women's Colette Cavanagh is #SBSSWPL Player of the Month". shekicks.net. SheKicks. Retrieved 1 October 2022.Colette Cavanagh has been voted as the winner of the Scottish Building Society SWPL Player of the Month for May 2018.
7. McPartlin, Patrick (27 April 2022). "Colette Cavanagh: Hibs midfielder named in inaugural PFA Scotland Women's Team of the Year". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. The Scotsman. Retrieved 1 October 2022.Hibs Women player Colette Cavanagh has been included in the first-ever PFA Scotland Women’s Team of the Year.
8. @PFAScotland (26 April 2022). "Your Premiership @PFAScotland Team of the Year" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 October 2022 – via Twitter.
9. Falk, Graham (20 July 2022). "Hibs star who featured in team of the year departs to join Rangers". edinburghnews.scotsman.com. The Scotsman. Retrieved 29 September 2022.Hibs midfielder Colette Cavanagh has completed a move to SWPL champions Rangers.
10. "Rangers sign Colette Cavanagh". rangers.co.uk. Rangers FC. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.On signing for Rangers, Cavanagh said: “I am delighted, it is a huge club and I am excited to be a part of it.
11. "Colette Cavanagh Completes Return to Celtic FC". celticfc.com. Celtic FC. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

External links

• Colette Cavanagh at Celtic FC
• Colette Cavanagh at Soccerway
• Colette Cavanagh at the Scottish Football Association