Suzanne Mulvey (née Malone; born 4 October 1984) is a Scottish

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who plays as a forward and represented

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at the senior international level.

Club career

Mulvey started her playing career with Hibernian after moving up from their youth teams. In the 2005 summer season, Mulvey played in

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with ÍBV (alongside Hibs teammate Suzy Robertson) and scored three goals in ten

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appearances. Her spell with Hibernian showcased her as one of the most promising young players in Scotland at the time and brought her to the attention of everyone in the game, however, Mulvey brought her time with Hibernian to an end when she moved to play for

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. After Hamilton, she spent a brief spell at Glasgow City, where her time was hampered by a knee injury, before moving to newly-founded

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in late 2007, where she scored goals but struggled to hold down a place in the line-up. Mulvey moved back to Glasgow City in the 2009 pre-season and started her time with the club in Lithuania, in the

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, where she scored four goals in their fixture against Norchi Dinamoeli of Georgia. In 2011 Mulvey returned to Hamilton Academical on loan after a serious back injury had curtailed her involvement with City over the previous two years. In December 2013, Mulvey signed for Rangers Ladies and in her first start for the club she scored the winner in a 2–1 victory over rivals Celtic. She signed for

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in February 2015 after a trial period in which she scored a hat-trick against her former Rangers teammates, then scored again in a win over Everton; however, problems with injuries and travel (she was commuting from

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to Wearside) proved too difficult to overcome and she soon returned to Scotland. She re-joined Celtic for the 2016 season.The No. 13 shirt holds no fear for women’s signing Suzanne Mulvey
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, reuniting her with her former Glasgow City boss Eddie Wolecki Black. The season ended with the team reaching the 2018 Scottish Women's Cup final and winning the SWPL2 to gain promotion and Mulvey was named the division's player of the year as well as its top scorer (26 goals). On the back of her strong form, she was signed by Celtic for a third time (initially as a trialist) in 2019. At the start of the 2020 season she moved to SWPL-2 Partick Thistle, but all football was soon cancelled due to the

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; she remained with the ''Jags'' when play resumed in 2020–21, and moved to Forfar Farmington as player-coach supporting Eddie Wolecki Black for 2021–22, only for the women-only

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club to withdraw from the league prior to its start having been unable to recruit a competitive squad.

International career

Mulvey's first full international match listed on the SFA's website was in February 2007 against

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; However,

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reports that she had scored goals for the senior team against

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and the

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in 2004. She played twice more in the 2006–07 season. In August 2009, following her early season form at Glasgow City, Mulvey was recalled to the Scotland squad after a two-year absence for the game against

. She was in the squad regularly in 2013, with her final

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coming in 2014.

Personal life

Suzanne has three sons.

References

External links

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Official Website of Glasgow City F.C.
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