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Kirsty Smith Headshot
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Kirsty
Smith
Defender

Player Biography

The Scotland international joined the Gers as a free agent for the next two campaigns, having recently left English WSL 2 side Nottingham Forest.

Born in Dalkeith, she started her career in her home nation at Musselburgh Windsor before joining Hibernian to begin her youth career in July 2007. It would be her only spell playing at home to date, as she was part of the side that won back-to-back domestic doubles in 2016 and 2017 respectively.

During her time in the capital, she also claimed three Scottish Women’s Cups, now known as the Sky Sports Cup, in a row, before departing the capital side after 11 years in June 2018.

A fantastic opportunity to move down south then came about with English giants Manchester United, joining alongside former Ger Lizzie Arnot.

She debuted with the side in a League Cup victory over Liverpool, before going on to make 16 appearances for the Red Devils that season, as they claimed the FA Championship title and gained promotion to the Women’s Super League for the first time.

She scored her first goal for the team the following campaign in a League Cup group stage draw with Leicester, spending four years in total with the club before she swapped Manchester for London as a move to West Ham United came about in the summer of 2022.

The full-back continued to gain impressive WSL experience with the English side in recent seasons, before her latest switch saw her move to England’s second tier with Nottingham Forest last summer, where she spent the last 12 months.