Erin Jacqueline Cuthbert (born 19 July 1998) is a Scottish professional

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who plays for Chelsea in the

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and is a member of the Scotland national team. She studied at

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, combining graduation from the

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with being a professional football player.

Club career

Scottish football

Cuthbert started her football career at her local boys' club, which is coached by her dad. She also spent time playing for Crosshouse Boys Club, before moving to

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in 2010. She made her

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debut in September 2013 and was named the league's Young Player of the Year for the 2014 season. She transferred to Glasgow City in January 2015 and was part of the City team that won the domestic treble in 2015 then retained the SWPL title in

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, though lost in both cup finals to Hibernian.

Chelsea

On 8 December 2016, Cuthbert left Glasgow City to join

club Chelsea. On 19 March 2017, she made her debut for the Blues in a 7–0 win over

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in the fifth round of the

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. On 30 April 2017, she made her league debut and scored the team's fourth goal in a 6–0 home victory against

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. She finished her first season with 4 goals and 2 assists in 7 appearances in all competitions. On 15 November 2017, Cuthbert made her

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debut for the Blues in a 1–0 win over

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. On 4 February 2018, she scored her first hat-trick for the club in a 10–0 victory against

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in the fourth round of the

. Cuthbert was nominated for the

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award in the 2018–19 season. During that season, she scored in Champions League ties with Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon. Cuthbert signed a new contract with Chelsea in November 2022, which is due to run until the end of the 2024–25 season. She scored two goals in the 3–1 win against

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in the 2023–24 Champions League, bringing Chelsea to the top of their group. She scored in the 1–0 victory over

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in the first leg of the semi-finals. In March 2025, Cuthbert signed a new contract with Chelsea, until the end of the 2026-27 season.

International career

Youth career

Cuthbert represented Scotland at school-girl level, under 15, under 17, and under 19 level. In August 2013, she took part with the U-17 national team in her home country in the first qualifying round for the 2014 Under-17 European Championship and scored the last goal in a 5–1 win against

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. After another 5–1 win over

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, they lost 4–0 to the

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but finished runners-up in the qualifying round. They went on to qualify for the finals as elite round group winners. At the end of November and beginning of December 2013, she also took part in the early finals in England. There, however, they could only win a point in a goalless draw against eventual finalists

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. They lost 4–2 to eventual winner

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and 1–0 to

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in the last game. In October 2014, she then took part with the team in Croatia in the first round of qualifying for the 2015 U-17 European Championship, which she came through with three wins, contributing a goal in each game. In the second round in Poland in March 2015, they beat the

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and

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but lost the third crucial game against France 3–1 and were fourth-best runners-up. In September 2015, she took part with the U-19 team in the first qualifying round in Austria for the 2016 Under-19 European Championship. After beating

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3–2 and

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4–2, they won the decisive match against the

2–1, scoring the winning goal. In the second round in April 2016 in Portugal they could only win the first game against

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1–0. After a 1–1 draw against the

, they still had a chance of reaching the finals by beating

, but lost 2–0 and were eliminated as third in the group. In September 2016, she made a fresh start with the team in the first qualifying round in Albania for the 2017 Under-19 European Championship. After beating the

11–0, in which she scored five goals, and beating Cyprus 8–0, nine Scottish players fell ill with gastrointestinal problems and were unable to play in the final game against

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. Despite Scotland and the Scotland Football Association requesting a postponement, UEFA subsequently ruled that Scotland forfeited the game, and lost 0–3 against Serbia, but they still reached the second round as the second-best runners-up. This took place in Ireland in April 2017 and with three wins the Scots reached the finals to be held in Northern Ireland in August. Cuthbert scored the winning goal from penalties in both 2–1 wins against

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and Finland and two goals in the 5–0 win against Ukraine, giving her a total of ten goals in both qualifying rounds. However, she was not nominated for the finals.

Senior career

Cuthbert made her senior debut on 7 June 2016, coming on as a second-half substitute for

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in a 1–0 win over

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in qualifying for Euro 2017. She scored her first senior international goal in her third international match on 20 January 2017, in a 2–2 draw against

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during a training camp in Cyprus. In March 2017, she then took part with the team at the 2017 Cyprus Cup, where she came to two starts. In May 2017, she was called up to the Scotland squad to compete in the nation's first European Championship finals, and she was the youngest player in the squad. She came on as a substitute in the 63rd minute of the 6–0 defeat by

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. In the second game against

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, she came on as a substitute in the second half and scored Scotland's first

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goal at the 67th minute to equalise. Portugal took the lead again four minutes later, and that was enough for Scotland to lose their second match in a row. Despite the two defeats, they still had a chance to reach the quarter-finals by winning by two goals in the last game against

, with England beating Portugal at the same time. England was able to win their game against Portugal, and despite Scotland managing to get a win over Spain with a goal from

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, it wasn't enough to qualify for the next round. Cuthbert started the match against Spain a played the full match. Cuthbert was one of seven Scots to play all eight games in qualifying for the 2019 World Cup. She was the team's top scorer with four goals, along with Jane Ross. Scotland qualified for the World Cup for the first time, where, as at the European Championship, they met England in their opening game. On 15 May 2019, she was selected for the

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. At the World Cup, she played in the three group games. After losing 2–1 to England and

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, Cuthbert scored for Scotland in the final group match with

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, firing Scotland into a 3–0 lead. Scotland then concede three goals, including the decisive third goal in the fourth minute of added time from a retaken penalty kick. As a result, the Scots were eliminated after the group stage. In the subsequent failed

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for the Euro 2022, Cuthbert had seven appearances and scored three goals. In the first five games of the 2023 World Cup qualifiers, she was ever-present and scored two goals. In April 2024, she was awarded the SFWA Women's International Player of the Year for her performance in the national team.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cuthbert goal.''

Honours

Glasgow City * SWPL:

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* SWPL Cup:

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Chelsea *

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, 2017–18, 2019–20,

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, 2021–22,

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, 2023–24, 2024–25 *

: 2017–18,

, 2021–22,

, 2024–25 *

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: 2019–20,

, 2024–25 *

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runner-up:

Individual *Scotland Player of the Year: 2019, 2021 * PFA WSL Team of the Year: 2018–19, 2023–24 *Chelsea Player of the Year: 2019 * SFWA Women's International Player of the Year: 2024 In July 2023, Cuthbert was given a honorary doctorate from the

References

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Erin Cuthbert
profile at Chelsea FC * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cuthbert, Erin 1998 births Living people Scottish women's footballers Footballers from Irvine, North Ayrshire Scottish Women's Premier League players Women's Super League players Scotland women's international footballers Glasgow City F.C. players Rangers W.F.C. players Chelsea F.C. Women players Women's association football midfielders 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Alumni of the University of the West of Scotland UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players Scotland women's youth international footballers 21st-century Scottish sportswomen