Rachel Furness
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Rachel Furness | ||
| Date of birth | 19 June 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Sunderland, England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Reading Women | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Chester-le-Street | ||
| 2004–2006 | Sunderland Women | ||
| 2006–2010 | Newcastle United | ||
| 2010 | Grindavik | 12 | (3) |
| 2010–2016 | Sunderland Women | ||
| 2011 | → Lincoln Ladies (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2017– | Reading Women | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005– | Northern Ireland | 48 | (13) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:46, 20 September 2014 (UTC) |
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Rachel Furness (born 19 June 1988) is an English-born Northern Irish footballer who plays for FA WSL club Reading Women and the Northern Ireland national team. A powerful central midfielder, she featured as a winger or striker earlier in her career. Furness' ex-manager at Sunderland, Mick Mulhern, described her as "a strong and determined player."
Furness attended Usworth Comprehensive School and represented Durham at County level. By season 2002–03 she was already playing for Chester-le-Street Ladies, alongside several other youngsters and former England striker Aran Embleton.
In 2004 Furness moved to Gateshead College to study sports development and fitness. She began playing for the women's football academy at the college and Sunderland. Jill Scott was a team-mate in both sides.
In 2006 Furness moved to Northumbria University to study sports development with coaching, and swapped Sunderland for Newcastle United. However, she had by then suffered a serious knee injury, which required two operations and the removal of most of the cartilage. Doctors advised Furness to stop playing football but she nevertheless resumed playing for Newcastle United.
In December 2009, Furness scored one and made the other for Mel Reay, as Newcastle drew 2–2 at OOH Lincoln Ladies in the FA Women's Cup—only to miss her penalty in the shootout defeat.
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