Full name Gemma Fay Years Team Place of birth Perth, Scotland Name Gemma Fay | Playing position Role Football player Number 1 Date joined 1998 | |
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Date of birth (1981-12-09) 9 December 1981 (age 34) Current team Scotland women's national football team (Goalkeeper) | ||
Darren fletcher gemma fay and mark wotte welcome the new intake of performance school pupils
Gemma Fay (born 9 December 1981) is a Scottish female international football goalkeeper and actress. She currently plays in Iceland for Stjarnan. Fay has made 200 appearances for the Scotland national team, becoming their most capped player of all time.
Contents
- Darren fletcher gemma fay and mark wotte welcome the new intake of performance school pupils
- Gemma fay at 200 caps
- Career
- Acting
- References
Gemma fay at 200 caps
Career
Fay made her senior Scotland debut against Czech Republic in May 1998 and Fay won 23 Scotland caps before the age of 19. She praised the contribution of her national goalkeeping coach, Jim Gallacher.
In 2009, Fay took over the captain's armband from long-term skipper Julie Fleeting and then reached 100 caps against Canada at the Cyprus Cup in 2009. In December 2011 Fay and three Celtic women's team mates were approached about playing for Team GB at the 2012 Olympics.
Fay moved on to 141 appearances in May 2012, equalling the record held by Pauline Hamill, after playing in a 3–1 friendly win over Poland in Gdańsk. She set a new record of 142 appearances after playing in Scotland's next match, a 4–1 friendly defeat to Sweden.
Fay lost her place in the Glasgow City team in 2017 to Lee Alexander. In an effort to prolong her international career, Fay moved to Icelandic club Stjarnan in April 2017. She made her 200th full international appearance in July 2017, in a friendly against Ireland.
Acting
In 2013, Gemma made her TV acting debut in the one-off Sky Living drama Rubenesque.