Gillian Coultard
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 July 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Thorne, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) | ||
| Playing position | Sweeper, Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1982 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | ||
| 1982–1986 | Rowntree W.F.C. | ||
| 1986–2001 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 1981–2000 | England | 119 | (30) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 October 2010. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2010 |
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Gillian Coultard (born 22 July 1963) is a retired English football player, and former England captain. She is one of England Women's most capped internationals, with 119 appearances, and was the highest capped outfield England international ever until Rachel Yankey reached 120 caps in 2012. At the time she was one of only five footballers (Bobby Moore, Billy Wright and Bobby Charlton were the others) to have reached over 100 caps for England, and she was the first woman and amateur player to have done so.
Coultard, a midfielder initially, though moving back to sweeper towards the end of her career, made her international debut in a 3–1 win over the Republic of Ireland in 1981, at the age of 18. She went on to score 30 goals at international level, a rate of one every four games, including a pair in England's first ever World Cup finals match, a 3–2 win over Canada in Sweden, in 1995. England were knocked out at the quarter-final stage by eventual tournament runners-up, Germany. Coultard had also been part of the England squad which finished runners-up to Sweden in the first UEFA final in 1984, losing the final on penalties.
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