Kim Jerray-Silver

{{short description|English footballer}}

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| name = Kim Jerray-Silver

| fullname = Kimberley Jerray-Silver

| image = Arsenal LFC v Kelly Smith All-Stars XI (072) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Jerray-Silver in 2017

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1977|10|06}}

| birth_place = Hillingdon, England

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| position = Defender / Midfielder

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| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1996

| clubs1 = Wembley Ladies

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| years2 = 1996–1999

| clubs2 = Arsenal

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| years3 = 1999–2005

| clubs3 = Fulham

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| nationalyears1 = 1996

| nationalteam1 = England

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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Kimberley Jerray-Silver (born 10 June 1977) is a former English international footballer. She was a full–time professional player with Fulham, whom she joined from Arsenal.

Football career

=Club=

Jerray-Silver won the 1995–96 FA Women's Premier League Cup with Wembley Ladies. In the final against Doncaster Belles, she came on as a second-half substitute. The game finished 2–2 before Wembley won on penalties.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/wembleys-flair-rewarded-in-shootout-1341434.html|title=Wembley's flair rewarded in shoot-out |work=The Independent|author=Pete Davies|date=11 March 1996|accessdate=9 August 2011}}

=International=

In May 1996 Jerray-Silver won a solitary England cap in a 3–0 Euro qualifying win over Portugal at Griffin Park.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/davis-puts-portuguese-to-flight-1348221.html|title=Davis puts Portuguese to flight|author=Tom Chesshyre|work=The Independent|date=20 May 1996|accessdate=12 November 2009}}

Jerray-Silver was given number 117 when the FA announced their legacy numbers scheme to honour the 50th anniversary of England’s inaugural international.{{Cite web |last=Lacey-Hatton |first=Jack |date=2022-11-18 |title=Lionesses introduce 'legacy numbers' for players past and present |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/lionesses-introduce-legacy-numbers-players-28529161 |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=mirror |language=en}}{{cite press release |url=https://www.englandfootball.com/england/womens-senior-team/Legacy?tab=Players |title=ENGLAND PLAYER LEGACY AND RESULTS ARCHIVE |date=18 November 2022 |access-date=27 April 2023 |publisher=The Football Association}}

Personal life

Jerray-Silver became a firefighter and was among the first on the scene at Edgware Road during the 7 July 2005 London bombings.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/4395016.stm|title=Memorial for the victims of 7/7|publisher=BBC|date=1 November 2005|accessdate=28 October 2012}}

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