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2004–
  
Glasgow City

Current team
  
Glasgow City F.C.

Years
  
Team

Height
  
1.65 m


Number
  
15

Role
  
Football player

Playing position
  
Defender

Name
  
Emma Fernon

Position
  
Defender

Date of birth
  
(1987-03-12) 12 March 1987 (age 28)

Place of birth
  
Coatbridge, Scotland

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Emma Black (née Fernon; born 12 March 1987) is a former Scottish female international football defender who last played for Glasgow City in the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) before retiring in 2015. During her international career, Black earned 40 caps and scored 1 goal for the Scotland women's national football team.

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Club career

Black began her career with Glasgow City as a striker, before subsequently converting to defence. She has currently helped the club win seven successive Scottish Women's Premier League titles, adding to a previous success in 2004–05, and has participated in the UEFA Women's Champions League where she became the club's first ever European goalscorer when she netted against Athletic Bilbao, in August 2006.

International career

Black captained the Scotland under-19 side before making her debut for the senior side in August 2009, against the Netherlands as second-half substitute for Kirsty McBride. She scored her first international goal in a friendly against Northern Ireland in May 2010.

International goals

Results list Scotland's goal tally first.

References

Emma Fernon Wikipedia