Megan Cunningham (born 14 July 1995) is a
Scottish
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football
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goalkeeper
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who plays for
Partick Thistle
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in the
Scottish Women's Premier League
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(SWPL), on loan from
Rangers
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She has two
caps
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for
Scotland
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.
Club career
Cunningham signed for
Celtic
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Sports Foot ...
in March 2009, but moved to
Hamilton Academical
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in February 2012 to get more playing time.
She moved to
Glasgow City for the
2015 season before returning to
Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
*Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Foot ...
for the
2016 season.
Cunningham signed for
Rangers
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* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with prot ...
in December 2019, ahead of the 2020 season. She joined Partick Thistle on loan at the start of the 2022 season.
International career
Cunningham has two
Scotland
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international caps.
[ She made her debut on her first call-up in a friendly against ]Northern Ireland
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away on 8 February 2015, when she was subbed on in minute 63. At the 2015 Cyprus Cup
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Venues
Squads
Group stage
Te ...
she played a full match against Italy
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. She represented Scotland as well at under-17 level and under-19 level.[
]
References
External links
Megan Cunningham
at UEFA.com
1995 births
Living people
Scottish women's footballers
Scotland women's international footballers
Celtic F.C. Women players
Glasgow City F.C. players
Women's association football goalkeepers
Hamilton Academical W.F.C. players
Scotland women's youth international footballers
Partick Thistle W.F.C. players
21st-century Scottish sportswomen
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