Joanne Love

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Joanne Love

| image = Joanne love.jpg

| image_size = 250

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|12|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Paisley, Scotland

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=3}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Glasgow City

| clubnumber = 6

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Largs Girls

| years1 = 2000–2006

| years2 = 2006

| years3 = 2006–2007

| years4 = 2007–2011

| years5 = 2011–

| clubs1 = Kilmarnock Ladies

| clubs2 = Cocoa Expos

| clubs3 = Doncaster Rovers Belles

| clubs4 = Celtic

| clubs5 = Glasgow City

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

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| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

| caps5 = 267

| goals5 = 96

| nationalyears1 = 2002–

| nationalteam1 = Scotland{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_player_profile.cfm?page=2492&playerID=31755&squadID=2|title=Joanne Love – Women's A Squad|access-date=5 August 2014|publisher=The Scottish FA}}

| nationalcaps1 = 191

| nationalgoals1 = 13

| club-update = 10:25, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 8 April 2019

}}

Joanne Love (born 6 December 1985) is a Scottish international footballer who plays as a midfielder. Since 2011 she has played for Glasgow City, having previously played in Scotland for Kilmarnock and Celtic, in the English FA Women's Premier League for Doncaster Rovers Belles and in the United States for Cocoa Expos.

Making her international debut aged 16, by 2009 Love had amassed over 75 caps for Scotland. Two years later she became the fourth player to make a century of appearances, behind Pauline Hamill, Julie Fleeting and Gemma Fay. She last appeared for her country in 2019, claiming her 191st cap at the age of 33.

Club career

Born in Paisley and raised in Kilbirnie, Love began her career with Kilmarnock.[https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-area/jo-love-sse-scottish-womens-12946299 The SSE Scottish Women's Cup: Seven league titles and it all started with jumpers for goalposts], Daily Record, 19 July 2018[https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/17588682.cuthbert-hails-loves-influence-ahead-euro-under-19-finals/ Cuthbert hails Love's influence ahead of Euro Under-19 finals], The Herald, 21 April 2019 {{subscription required}} In 2006 she played in the American W-League for Cocoa Expos.{{cite web|url=http://www.carolinadynamo.com/news.php|title=News|access-date=2011-02-22|publisher=Carolina Dynamos|date=2006-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708121330/http://www.carolinadynamo.com/news.php|archive-date=8 July 2011}}

After three years at Celtic, Love signed for rivals Glasgow City in February 2011;{{cite web|url=http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/2412|title=Jo Love joins Glasgow City|access-date=2011-02-20|website=She Kicks|date=2011-02-11}}[http://www.scotzine.com/2011/02/celtic-lose-striker-to-city-rivals/ Celtic lose Midfielder to City Rivals] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418003729/http://www.scotzine.com/2011/02/celtic-lose-striker-to-city-rivals/ |date=18 April 2023 }}, Scotzine, 11 February 2011[https://thecelticstar.com/the-mistakes-of-celtics-lost-decade-must-not-be-repeated/ The Mistakes of Celtic’s Lost Decade Must Not Be Repeated], The Celtic Star, 8 December 2021 she remained with the club for over a decade, winning multiple Scottish Women's Premier League championships and cups and featuring in the UEFA Women's Champions League.[https://www.pressreader.com/uk/evening-times/20150321/282102045162203 Loving feeling for Jo if City land historic win], Evening Times, 21 March 2015, via PressReader[https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/15270040.players-making-history-still-treadmill-love-game/ Players making history: Still on the treadmill all for Love of the game], The Herald, 7 May 2017 {{subscription required}}[https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/other-football/scotland-international-jo-love-world-16624480 Scotland international Jo Love on the World Cup, VAR and the one change she'd make to women's football], Adam Miller, Football Scotland, 25 July 2019[https://www.glasgowcityfc.co.uk/latest/2020/11/2/leanne-crichton-and-jo-love-extend-to-2022 Leanne Crichton and Jo Love extend to 2022], Glasgow City FC, 3 November 2020

Outside football Love is a scientist who works as a chemical analyst for Glasgow City Council.[https://www.fifa.com/news/the-scotland-stalwart-lending-a-scientific-hand The Scotland stalwart lending a scientific hand], FIFA, 17 April 2020

International career

In March 2000, Love was called up to the Scotland under-18 team at the age of 14.{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=278&newsCategoryID=6&newsID=317|title=Women to Meet France in Youth Match|access-date=2011-07-25|publisher=Scottish Football Association|date=2000-03-15}} She made her senior debut for Scotland in the 2002 Algarve Cup during a 3–0 defeat to Canada and scored her first international goal against France in a February 2004 friendly match.{{cite web|url=http://www.theglaswegian.co.uk/football/womans-football/2009/04/08/celtic-ace-joanne-love-reaches-cap-milestone-102692-21262970/|title=Celtic ace Joanne Love reaches cap milestone|access-date=2010-10-08|publisher=The Glaswegian}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fran-wom-intres-det.html|title=France – Details International Matches Women|website=RSSSF|access-date=9 June 2012}}

Love reached 100 caps in March 2011 in a 1–0 loss to Canada during the 2011 Cyprus Cup. She was awarded her 150th cap in a friendly match against Wales in August 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=128&newsCategoryID=6&newsID=7354|title=Jo Love hits 100 caps at Cyprus Women's Cup|access-date=2011-03-25|publisher=Scottish Football Association|date=2011-03-25}}{{cite news|title=Scotland women draw with Wales|url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish_fa_news.cfm?page=1962&newsCategoryID=6&newsID=13551|access-date=5 August 2014|work=Scottish Football Association|date=3 August 2014}} By the time of her 191st and last cap in a friendly victory against Brazil in April 2019, she was the national record holder for appearances by an outfield player (she was named in the squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup two months after that,[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48433806 Jo Love: Scotland midfielder wants to leave 'legacy'], BBC Sport, 29 May 2019 but did not feature in Scotland's three matches – unlike at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 tournament where she was introduced as a substitute in the first two matches and started in the third, a win over Spain).

A football training programme for young girls operated by Ayrshire College is named in her honour.[https://www1.ayrshire.ac.uk/news-events/news/2019/ayrshire-s-jo-love-soccer-centre-turns-one/Jo Love Soccer Centre at Ayrshire College Turns One]{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Ayrshire College, 8 October 2019

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first. Goal against France in Feb 2004 not included in SFA profile.

class="wikitable sortable" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Result !! Competition !! Scored
1	18 February 2004	Stade Louis Michel, Sète	{{fbw\|FRA}}	align="center" \| 1–1	Friendly	align="center" \|1
2	6 May 2006	Richmond Park, Dublin	{{fbw\|IRL}}	align="center" \| 2–0	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qual.	align="center" \|1
3	10 March 2008	Alpha Sports Centre, Larnaca	{{fbw\|CAN}}	align="center" \| 2–0	Friendly	align="center" \|1
4	13 February 2011	Bridge Meadow Stadium, Haverfordwest	{{fbw\|WAL}}	align="center" \| 4–2	Friendly	align="center" \|1
5	16 June 2012	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh	{{fbw\|ISR}}	align="center" \| 8–0	2013 UEFA Women's Championship qual.	align="center" \| 1
6	15 July 2012	Chris Anderson Stadium, Aberdeen	{{fbw\|CMR}}	align="center" \| 2–0	Friendly	align="center" \|1
7	15 September 2012	Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli	{{fbw\|WAL}}	align="center" \| 2–1	2013 UEFA Women's Championship qual.	align="center" \| 1
8	31 October 2013	Dyskobolia Stadium, Grodzisk Wielkopolski	{{fbw\|POL}}	align="center" \| 4–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qual.	align="center" \| 1
10	23 October 2015	Fir Park, Motherwell	{{fbw\|BLR}}	align="center" \| 7–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying	align="center" \| 2
13	29 November 2015	St Mirren Park, Paisley	{{fbw\|MKD}}	align="center" \| 10–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying	align="center" \| 3
14	7 June 2016	FC Minsk Stadium, Minsk	{{fbw\|BLR}}	align="center" \| 1–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying	align="center" \| 1

References

External links

{{FIFA player|191821}}
{{UEFA player|61873}}
[http://www.glasgowcityladiesfc.co.uk/Jo-Love.htm Glasgow City LFC player profile]
[http://www.killiefc.com/Season%202005-06/FCKilmarnock/PlayerProfiles/06JoLove.htm Jo Love] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194150/http://www.killiefc.com/Season%202005-06/FCKilmarnock/PlayerProfiles/06JoLove.htm |date=3 March 2016 }} at Killiefc.com
{{Soccerway|joanne-love/101675}}

Category:1985 births

Category:Living people

Category:Scottish women's footballers

Category:Scotland women's international footballers

Category:Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. players

Category:Celtic F.C. Women players

Category:FA Women's National League players

Category:FIFA Women's Century Club

Category:Glasgow City F.C. players

Category:Kilmarnock F.C. Women players

Category:Scottish Women's Premier League players

Category:People from Kilbirnie