Josephine Giard (born 22 March 1996) is a German

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. She previously played for FSV Gütersloh in Germany and in Scotland with

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. She plays football while wearing an

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as she was diagnosed with

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as a child. She said in an interview on Scottish football show

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that she likes to be open with this to encourage other people dealing with the condition to feel confident in playing.

Club career

FSV Gütersloh

From 2013 to 2017, Giard played for FSV Gütersloh in the 2. Frauen-Bundesliga. On 1 September 2013, she made her senior debut for the club and scored the team's fourth goal in a 4–0 win over Halle in the first round of the

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. On 8 September 2013, she made her league debut in a 1–0 loss to

VfL Wolfsburg II VfL Wolfsburg II was a German association football team from the city of Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. It was the reserve team of VfL Wolfsburg. The team's greatest success was two league championships in the tier four Regionalliga Nord, in 2013–14 ...

. Giard made a total of 98 appearances during her 5 years at Gütersloh, scoring 39 goals.

Celtic

On 23 February 2018, Giard left Gütersloh to join

(SWPL) club

. On 25 February 2018, she made her debut in a 4–0 home victory against

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in the first round of the

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. On 11 March 2018, she made her league debut in a 2–0 win over Forfar Farmington. On 25 March 2018, she scored twice in a 3–0 away victory against

in the second round of the SWPL Cup. Her first goal for Celtic was also the team's 1,000th goal in all competitions since it was established in 2007.

Hamilton Academical

Giard signed for Hamilton Academical in the second tier of the SWPL in November 2020, after leaving Celtic earlier that month.

Career statistics

Club

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Josephine Giard
at DFB Datencenter * * 1996 births Living people Celtic F.C. Women players German women's footballers German expatriate women's footballers Women's association football forwards 2. Frauen-Bundesliga players Scottish Women's Premier League players Expatriate women's footballers in Scotland German expatriate sportspeople in Scotland FSV Gütersloh 2009 players Hamilton Academical W.F.C. players Footballers from Rostock 21st-century German sportswomen {{Germany-women-footy-bio-stub