Lee Gibson

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Lee Gibson

| fullname = Lee Helen Gibson{{cite web |title=FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ List of Players – Scotland |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWWC/2019/pdf/FWWC_2019_SQUADLISTS.PDF |publisher=FIFA |accessdate=27 May 2019 |page=19 |date=27 May 2019 |archive-date=6 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606143649/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWWC/2019/pdf/FWWC_2019_SQUADLISTS.PDF |url-status=dead }}

| image = 2025-04-08 Fussball, UEFA Women's Nations League, Deutschland - Schottland STP 2101-2.jpg

| caption = Gibson lining up for Scotland, 2025

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1991|9|23}}

| birth_place = Rutherglen, Scotland{{cite web |title=Lee Alexander |url=http://www.glasgowcityladiesfc.co.uk/LeeAlexander.htm |publisher=Glasgow City F.C. |accessdate=8 April 2019}}

| height = 169cm

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = Glasgow City

| clubnumber = 29

| youthclubs1 =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs2 =

| youthyears2 =

| clubs1 = Hamilton Academical

| years1 = 2007–2011

| caps1 = 10+

| goals1 = 0

| clubs2 = Glasgow City

| years2 = 2011–2015

| caps2 = 32+

| goals2 = 0

| clubs3 = Mallbackens IF

| years3 = 2016

| caps3 = 22

| goals3 = 0

| clubs4 = Glasgow City

| years4 = 2017–

| caps4 = 57+

| goals4 = 0

| nationalteam1 = Scotland U17

| nationalyears1 = 2007–2008

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalteam2 = Scotland U19

| nationalyears2 = 2009–2010

| nationalcaps2 = 8

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalteam3 = Scotland

| nationalyears3 = 2017–

| nationalcaps3 = 54

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| pcupdate = 13 February 2025

| ntupdate = 13 February 2025

}}

Lee Helen Gibson (née Alexander; born 23 September 1991) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Women's Premier League club Glasgow City and the Scotland women's national team.

Early life

Gibson was born in Rutherglen and grew up in the Stewartfield area of East Kilbride. She attended Claremont High School.{{cite news|last1=Thomson|first1=Paul|title=Goalkeeper Lee Alexander signs first pro contract with Swedish side Mallbackens|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/goalkeeper-lee-alexander-signs-first-7023606|accessdate=13 January 2018|work=Daily Record|date=17 December 2015|location=Glasgow}}

Playing career

=Club=

Gibson played for Glasgow City for five years, winning fourteen trophies including four consecutive domestic trebles, before signing a full-time professional contract with Swedish Damallsvenskan club Mallbackens IF in December 2015. She rejoined Glasgow City in December 2016.{{cite news|title=Lee Alexander returns to Glasgow|url=http://www.glasgowcityfc.co.uk/latest/2016/12/13/lee-alexander-returns-to-glasgow|accessdate=13 January 2018|publisher=Glasgow City F.C.|date=13 December 2016|archive-date=11 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711140819/https://www.glasgowcityfc.co.uk/latest/2016/12/13/lee-alexander-returns-to-glasgow|url-status=dead}}

She helped City progress to the quarter-finals of the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League by saving three of four kicks in a penalty shootout against Brondby.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50260449 |title=Women's Champions League: Glasgow City hero Lee Alexander still pained by World Cup exit |first=Heather |last=Dewar |website=BBC Sport |date=1 November 2019 |accessdate=1 November 2019}}

=International=

Gibson was first called up to the full Scotland squad in November 2015 for a Euro 2017 qualifying match against Macedonia.{{cite news|title=Lee Alexander in Scotland women's squad to face Macedonia|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/34874930|accessdate=13 January 2018|work=BBC Sport|date=19 November 2015}} Still uncapped, she was named in the Scotland squad for the Euro 2017 finals.{{cite news|last1=Thomson|first1=Paul|title=East Kilbride's Lee Alexander off to Women's Euros with Scotland|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/east-kilbrides-lee-alexander-womens-10767828|accessdate=13 January 2018|work=Daily Record|date=10 July 2017}} Alexander became the first choice goalkeeper for Scotland after Euro 2017, when Gemma Fay retired.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45489511 |title=Lee Alexander: 'It's been a rollercoaster at times for Scotland' |first=Amy |last=MacBeath |date=11 September 2018 |accessdate=16 September 2018 |work=BBC Sport}}

Her international debut came in a 3–0 friendly victory over Hungary in Telki on 14 September 2017,{{cite news|title=Kerr begins reign with resounding victory|url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/news/kerr-begins-reign-with-resounding-victory/|accessdate=14 January 2018|publisher=Scottish Football Association|date=14 September 2017}} and she helped the team qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. An important moment in the qualifying group was when Gibson saved a penalty kick against Poland. Scotland were eliminated in the group stage of the World Cup, with Gibson playing in all three matches. In the third match, which Scotland had to win to progress, she initially saved a penalty but a retake was ordered by VAR as she had moved her feet off the goal line. The retaken penalty was scored and Scotland, who had led 3–0, could only draw 3–3 with Argentina.

Personal life

She married David Gibson in May 2022, and adopted her husband's name for her next international appearance.{{cite tweet |user=ScotlandNT |title=Our Number 1 wears a new name on the back of her shirt this evening, following her wedding last month. #SWNT |number=1540386327459414016 |date=24 June 2022 |accessdate=24 June 2022}} The marriage had originally been scheduled for the summer of 2020.{{cite news |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scottish-football-star-big-year-16256504 |title=Scots women's football star Lee Alexander finds love match - with men's team kitman |newspaper=Daily Record |first=Paul |last=Thomson |date=5 June 2019 |accessdate=24 June 2022}}

Career statistics

=International appearances=

:Scotland statistics accurate as of 16 May 2024.{{SFA Profile|id=66817}}

rowspan=2\| Year	colspan=2\|Scotland
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Apps	Goals
2017	3	0
2018	10	0
2019	9	0
2020	5	0
2021	8	0
2022	7	0
2023	10	0
2024	2	0
Total\|\|54\|\|0

Honours

;Glasgow City

Scottish Women's Premier League (10): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020–21, 2022–23
Scottish Women's Cup (5): 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50539135 |title=Scottish Women's Cup: Glasgow City 4–3 Hibernian |first=Heather |last=Dewar |work=BBC Sport |date=24 November 2019 |accessdate=13 January 2020 }}
Scottish Women's Premier League Cup (4): 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

References

External links

{{Soccerway|lee-alexander/133873}}
{{SFA profile|id=66817|name=Lee Alexander}}
[https://fogis.se/information/?scr=player&fplid=737acd70-751e-4deb-8788-9b937cfe6d50 Profile]{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at Swedish Football Association (SvFF) {{in lang|sv}}

Category:Living people

Category:1991 births

Category:Footballers from East Kilbride

Category:Scottish women's footballers

Category:Women's association football goalkeepers

Category:Scotland women's international footballers

Category:Glasgow City F.C. players

Category:Hamilton Academical W.F.C. players

Category:Mallbackens IF players

Category:Scottish Women's Premier League players

Category:Damallsvenskan players

Category:Scottish expatriate women's footballers