Gillian Coultard

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gillian Coultard
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Jul 22, 1963(1963-07-22)
Age	61
Birthplace	Thorne
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Cancer

Gillian Coultard Biography

Gillian Coultard is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on July 22, 1963 in Thorne, England, United Kingdom. Gillian Coultard (born 22 July 1963) is a former English footballer, as well as a the former England captain. She is among England Women’s most captained internationals with 119 appearances as well as being the highest in the field of England international up to the point that Rachel Yankey reached 120 caps in 2012. At the time , she was among the five soccer players (Bobby Moore Billy Wright, Bobby Charlton and Peter Shilton were the others) who have surpassed 100 caps in England and was the first female and amateur athlete to do so.

Coultard included the time to train for four sessions as well as played a match each week, despite her full-time job as a production line of the Pioneer factory located in Castleford. She took her annual leave for work, to compete soccer for England and turned down numerous opportunities to join semi- professional clubs from Belgium, Italy, Sweden and Finland.

Coultard won her 100th England cap in a 4–0 win over Scotland at Almondvale Stadium in August 1997. That October, before a 1999 World Cup qualifier against Holland at Upton Park, she was presented with a silver cap by Sir Geoff Hurst in recognition of the achievement.

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.. Coultard was appointed England captain in 1991 when the previous captain Debbie Bampton was injured. Bampton was restored as captain in 1995, but Coultard regained the captaincy in 1997 when Bampton retired from international football.

In May 2005, Coultard found herself diagnosed with cancer of the breast which was treated successfully with chemotherapy, surgery and radiation therapy. On the 19th of October, 2006 she was admitted into the English Football Hall of Fame. Coultard directed the new Hartlepool United Ladies team in the 2008-09 season. In 2009 Coultard was offered an opportunity to coach Estonia’s national team. Estonia women’s national soccer team, but she turned down the opportunity due to personal reasons.

Gillian Coultard Net Worth

Gillian Coultard is one of the richest Association Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gillian Coultard 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At the club levels, Coultard won two National League titles as well as Six FA Women’s Cup finals during the span of 24 years playing for Doncaster Belles. As a teenager, she joined the club She eventually played over 300 appearances, and was an integral player in the team that was the most dominant women’s soccer team in England. She quit soccer at the conclusion of the 2000-01 season giving a touching farewell appearance in her team the Belles in a match against Charlton Athletic in May 2001.

In the beginning of England’s success in the 2001 UEFA Women’s Championship qualification campaign Coultard was captain of the team. The 119th and last cap of Coultard was in a 1-0 win against Switzerland during May of 2000. Coultard was later an inactive member of the England team that suffered a record-breaking loss, an 8-0 defeat away to Norway during June of 2000. On October 20, 2000, the 37-year old Coultard announced her retirement from international football to focus on a coaching position at Durham’s National Women’s Football Academy in Durham.

– England women manager Hope Powell on Coultard

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Gillian Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Gillian Coultard celebrates birthday on July 22 of every year.