Kate Longhurst
{{Short description|English footballer (born 1989)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Kate Longhurst
| fullname = Kate Leanne Longhurst{{cite web |title=List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/08/2018 and 31/08/2018 |url=http://www.thefa.com/-/media/files/thefaportal/governance-docs/registrations/august-2018.ashx |publisher=The FA |access-date=3 December 2018 |format=PDF}}
| image = Kate Longhurst Lewes FC Women 0 West Ham Utd Women 5 pre season 12 08 2018-92 (43299955364) (cropped).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Longhurst with West Ham in 2018
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|5|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Chelmsford, England
| height = 1.68 m
| position = Midfielder, wing-back
| currentclub =Nottingham Forest
| clubnumber = 4
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Colchester United
| years1 = 2005–2009
| clubs1 = Colchester United
| caps1 = 67
| goals1 = 46
| years2 = 2009–2010
| clubs2 = Watford
| caps2 = 17
| goals2 = 3
| years3 = 2010–2011
| clubs3 = Millwall Lionesses
| caps3 = 16
| goals3 = 12
| years4 = 2011–2013
| clubs4 = Chelsea
| caps4 = 21
| goals4 = 4
| years5 = 2013–2018
| clubs5 = Liverpool
| caps5 = 68
| goals5 = 3
| years6 = 2018–2023
| clubs6 = West Ham United
| caps6 = 93
| goals6 = 3
| club-update = 14:01, 09 April 2022 playing positions aren't capitalised in prose(UTC)
| years7 = 2023–2024
| clubs7 = Charlton Athletic
| caps7 = 20
| goals7 = 2
| years8 = 2024–
| clubs8 = Nottingham Forest
| caps8 = 4
| goals8 = 1
}}
Kate Leanne Longhurst (born 2 May 1989) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder or wing-back. Longhurst won back to back WSL titles in her time at Liverpool WFC. She became the joint all-time Women's Super League record appearance maker in 2023 with 182 appearances.
Club career
File:Kate Longhurst 2014 (cropped).jpg
Longhurst began her career with Colchester United.{{cite web|url=http://women.liverpoolfc.com/news/reds_no7_kate_longhurst_on_her_love_for_the_city_of_liverpool.html#6PzAdU5imT6h4bvo.97|publisher=Liverpool F.C. Women|date=4 March 2018|language=|access-date=12 August 2018|title=Reds no.7 Kate Longhurst on her love for the city of Liverpool|archive-date=29 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629011812/http://women.liverpoolfc.com/news/reds_no7_kate_longhurst_on_her_love_for_the_city_of_liverpool.html#6PzAdU5imT6h4bvo.97|url-status=dead}} In the 2007–08 season, she scored 15 goals in 21 appearances. The following season, she scored 3 goals in 11 appearances. In 2009, she joined top-flight side Watford and finished the 2009–10 season with 3 goals in 17 matches.{{cite web|url=http://fulltime-league.thefa.com/DisplayStatsForPlayer.do?id=6534466|publisher=The Football Association|date=|language=|access-date=12 August 2018|title=Kate Longhurst stats}} At the end of the season, she signed with Millwall Lionesses.
In 2011, Longhurst joined Chelsea. She scored the Blues' second goal in the 101st minute in the 2012 FA Women's Cup Final.{{cite web|first=Tony|last=Leighton|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/may/26/birmingham-city-ladies-chelsea-ladies-fa-cup|work=The Guardian|date=26 May 2012|language=|access-date=12 August 2018|title=Birmingham City win women's FA Cup as Chelsea suffer shootout misery}}
Longhurst signed with Liverpool in 2013, helping the side to back-to-back FA WSL titles in 2013 and 2014. On 22 May 2018, she left Liverpool following the expiration of her contract.{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/ladies/302761-kate-longhurst-to-leave-liverpool-ladies|publisher=Liverpool F.C.|date=22 May 2018|language=|access-date=12 August 2018|title=Kate Longhurst to leave Liverpool Ladies}}
On 9 August 2018, Longhurst joined West Ham United.{{cite web|url=https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2018/august/09-august/wsl-winning-midfielder-kate-longhurst-joins-west-ham|publisher=West Ham United F.C.|date=9 August 2018|language=|access-date=12 August 2018|title=WSL-winning midfielder Kate Longhurst joins West Ham}} On 23 September, Longhurst scored West Ham's first ever FA WSL goal, in a 4–3 defeat to Arsenal.{{cite web|url=https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2018/september/23-september/battling-hammers-narrowly-beaten-arsenal|title=Battling Hammers narrowly beaten at Arsenal - West Ham United|website=www.whufc.com|access-date=24 September 2018}}
Longhurst joined Charlton Athletic on 10 June 2023{{Cite web |title=DONE DEAL {{!}} Kate Longhurst is an Addick {{!}} Charlton Athletic Football Club |url=https://www.charltonafc.com/news/done-deal-kate-longhurst-addick |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=www.charltonafc.com |language=en}} before moving to Nottingham Forest on 22 July 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-22 |title=Forest Women complete signing of Kate Longhurst |url=https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2024/july/22/forest-women-complete-signing-of-kate-longhurst/ |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=Nottingham Forest Football Club}}
Longhurst announced her retirement from playing professional football on 11 May 2025.{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DJg52RDM8Jm/?igsh=MTZxYnhyeWhuYjZubw== |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=www.instagram.com}}
International career
Longhurst represented England at various youth levels. In 2006, she partnered Ellen White in the Nationwide Under-17 Tournament final as she netted for England in a 2–0 win over Scotland.{{cite web|url=http://www.womenssoccerscene.co.uk/womens-football-news-2005-2006/060417-2.htm|publisher=Women's Soccer Scene|date=17 April 2006|language=|access-date=12 August 2018|title=Katie and Kate savour England success|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507014146/https://womenssoccerscene.co.uk/womens-football-news-2005-2006/060417-2.htm|url-status=dead}}
Honours
References
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External links
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- {{UEFA player|107109}}
- [https://www.whufc.com/teams/ladies/squad/kate-longhurst Kate Longhurst] at West Ham United
- [http://ladies.liverpoolfc.com/playerProfile/kate_longhurst.html Kate Longhurst] at Liverpool
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Category:English women's footballers
Category:Women's association football midfielders
Category:Women's association football forwards
Category:Liverpool F.C. Women players
Category:Chelsea F.C. Women players
Category:Nottingham Forest Women F.C. players
Category:Women's Super League players
Category:West Ham United F.C. Women players