Danielle Hill

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| name = Danielle Hill

| fullname = Danielle Marie Hill{{cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/RulesandRegulations/~/media/Files/PDF/TheFA/PlayerRegistrations/2012/registrations-list-february-2012.ashx|publisher=The Football Association|accessdate=6 April 2012|title=List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/02/2012 and 28/02/2012}}

| image = Danielle Hill (48568260956) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Hill playing for Blackburn Rovers in August 2019

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1988|04|15}}

| birth_place = Liverpool, England

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| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = Blackburn Rovers

| clubnumber = 13

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| youthclubs1= Everton Ladies

| years1 = 2003–2008

| years3 = 2008–2010

| years4 = 2010–2012

| years5 = 2013–2014

| years6 = 2014

| years7 = 2014–2015

| years8 = 2015

| years9 = 2015

| years10= 2015–2018

| years11= 2015

| years12= 2019–

| clubs1 = Everton

| clubs3 = Blackburn Rovers

| clubs4 = Everton

| clubs5 = Avaldsnes IL

| clubs6 = Durham

| clubs7 = Liverpool Feds

| clubs8 = Doncaster Rovers Belles

| clubs9 = Notts County

| clubs10= Blackburn Rovers

| clubs11= → Birmingham City (loan)

| clubs12= Blackburn Rovers

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| clubs2 = ÍBV

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Danielle Marie Hill (born 15 April 1988) is a retired English football goalkeeper and currently the goalkeeping coach for the Blackburn Rovers of the FA Women's Championship. She retired in 2020 after a spell with Blackburn Rovers. Hill briefly played for Doncaster Rovers Belles in the FA WSL 2. Born in Liverpool, she began her career with Everton Ladies and had a previous spell with Blackburn Rovers. She also played for ÍBV of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild and in Norway for Toppserien club Avaldsnes IL. She has represented England up to Under 23 level.

Club career

Hill joined Everton as a junior, making her senior debut at the age of 15.{{cite news |url=http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/LadiesNews/0,,10303~1365739,00.html |title=Lakeland lands England starlet |date=14 August 2008 |accessdate=4 October 2010 |publisher=Blackburn Rovers FC |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905150505/http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/LadiesNews/0%2C%2C10303~1365739%2C00.html |archivedate=5 September 2012}} Although primarily an understudy to first-choice club and England keeper Rachel Brown, she took over when Brown was injured during the 2007–08 season, playing in the League Cup Final win over Arsenal{{cite news|url=http://www.toffeeweb.com/season/07-08/reports/Arsenal(w).asp|title=Everton Ladies 1–0 Arsenal|date=28 February 2008|accessdate=12 August 2009|publisher=ToffeeWeb}} and earning her first call-up to the senior England squad.{{cite news|url=http://www.fgmag.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=5379 |title=Blackburn sign Danielle Hill |publisher=Fair Game |date=13 August 2008 |accessdate=12 August 2009 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In the 2005 summer season, Hill played in Iceland with ÍBV and made three Úrvalsdeild appearances.{{cite web|url=http://www2.ksi.is/asp/listar/leikmadur.asp?pLeikmadurNr=169794&pListi=5 |title=Danielle Hill |accessdate=3 August 2013 |publisher=Football Association of Iceland |work=KSI.is |language=Icelandic |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054042/http://www2.ksi.is/asp/listar/leikmadur.asp?pLeikmadurNr=169794&pListi=5 |archivedate=4 March 2016}}

Hill left Everton to join Blackburn Rovers Ladies in the 2008 close season. However, in only her second game for her new club, Hill suffered cruciate ligament damage against Chelsea{{cite news|url=http://www.fgmag.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=5523|title=Season over for Danielle Hill|publisher=Fair Game|date=23 September 2008|accessdate=12 August 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120903214354/http://www.fgmag.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=5523|archivedate=3 September 2012}} and missed the remainder of the season.{{cite web |url=http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/LadiesProfiles/0,,10303~1395585,00.html |title=Danielle Hill |publisher=Blackburn Rovers F.C. |accessdate=12 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317185821/http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/LadiesProfiles/0%2C%2C10303~1395585%2C00.html |archivedate=17 March 2009}}

In September 2010 it was revealed that Hill had re-signed for Everton, when she was named in their UEFA Women's Champions League squad.{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/clubs/player=96431/index.html |title=Danielle Hill |publisher=UEFA |accessdate=4 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110327212755/http://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/clubs/player%3D96431/index.html |archivedate=27 March 2011}}

At Everton's 2012 Christmas party, Hill was involved in an altercation with academy coach Mick O'Brien.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/dec/21/everton-suspend-coach-fight-female-goalkeeper|title=Everton suspend academy coach over alleged fight with female goalkeeper|work=The Guardian|date=21 December 2012|accessdate=14 April 2013|first=Andy|last=Hunter}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20826392|title=Suspension for Everton coach and goalkeeper after assault allegations|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|date=22 December 2012|accessdate=14 April 2013}} She left the club in the aftermath of the incident and moved to Norwegian club Avaldsnes IL on a short-term contract.{{cite news|url=http://touch.h-avis.no/sport/avaldsnes-henter-ny-keeper-1.7827523|title=Avaldsnes henter ny keeper|publisher=Haugesunds Avis|date=29 March 2013|accessdate=14 April 2013|first=Geir Å |last=Kristiansen|language=Norwegian }}

In January 2015 Hill signed for Doncaster Rovers Belles, having spent the previous season with Durham WFC.{{cite news|title=TRANSFER: Hill Joins|url=http://www.doncasterroversbelles.co.uk/news/transfer_hill_joins.html|accessdate=29 January 2015|publisher=Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C.|date=29 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614023030/http://www.doncasterroversbelles.co.uk/news/transfer_hill_joins.html|archive-date=14 June 2015|url-status=dead}} Later in the 2015 season Hill was attached to Notts County. She was ineligible for the 2015 FA Women's Cup Final and The Football Association refused Notts County's request for dispensation to sign another goalkeeper,{{cite news|title=Women's FA Cup: Notts County goalkeeper request blocked|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33679602|accessdate=19 December 2015|publisher=BBC Sport|date=27 July 2015}} so Carly Telford played in the team's 1–0 defeat at Wembley Stadium despite a shoulder injury.

In October 2015, Hill, who had been back playing for Blackburn Rovers, signed a short-term deal for Birmingham City as cover for the injured Rebecca Spencer.{{cite news|title=Hill bolsters FA WSL Continental Tyres Cup squad|url=http://www.birminghamcityladiesfc.co.uk/news/hill_bolsters_fa_wsl_continental_tyres_cup_squad.html|accessdate=24 January 2016|publisher=Birmingham City L.F.C.|date=11 October 2015|archive-date=31 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131004615/http://www.birminghamcityladiesfc.co.uk/news/hill_bolsters_fa_wsl_continental_tyres_cup_squad.html|url-status=dead}} After a brief period of retirement, she re-joined Blackburn in February 2019.{{cite news |title=Hill makes Rovers return! |url=https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2019/february/hill-makes-rovers-return/ |accessdate=17 February 2019 |publisher=Blackburn Rovers F.C. |date=14 February 2019}}

Hill retired at the end of the 2019–20 season and joined the Rovers staff as the goalkeeper coach.{{cite web |title=Danielle Hill |url=https://www.rovers.co.uk/players/ladies/danielle-hill |publisher=rovers.co.uk |access-date=14 October 2021}}

International career

Hill has represented England at Under-19{{cite news|url=http://www.fgmag.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=1748 |title=Telford fractures collarbone |publisher=Fair Game |date=21 July 2005 |accessdate=12 August 2009 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and Under-23 level.

Personal life

Tony Hateley is Hill's grandfather, and Mark Hateley is her uncle.{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Football%3A+FIRST+LADIES%3B+Merseyside+schoolgirls+set+for+Blues+FA+Cup...-a0139475289|title=Football: FIRST LADIES; Merseyside schoolgirls set for Blues FA Cup semi-final showdown|publisher=Liverpool Echo|date=6 December 2005|accessdate=4 October 2010|author=Tim Johnson}} Hill attended sixth form at Alsop High School, after winning the national Under-16 Schools championship with Notre Dame Catholic College (Liverpool).

Blackburn statistics

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="2"\|League !colspan="2"\|WFA Cup !colspan="2"\|Premier League Cup !colspan="2"\|County Cup !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
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Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
rowspan="3" valign="center"\|Blackburn Rovers Ladies \|2008–09 \|2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2009–10 \|0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Club total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0