Amy Kane Explained

Amy Kane
Birth Date:10 September 1986
Birth Place:Liverpool, England
Position:Midfielder
Years1:–2009
Clubs1:Everton
Years2:2009–2010
Caps2:11
Goals2:0
Years3:2010–2014
Clubs3:Everton
Nationalyears1:2008
Pcupdate:09:08, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Amy Kane (born 10 September 1986)[1] is an English former football midfielder. She played for Everton Ladies and Blackburn Rovers Ladies, as well as representing England at Under-23 level.

Club career

Kane joined Everton Ladies at the age of 15.[2] She progressed the senior side, scoring the winning goal for them in the shock 2007–08 FA Women's Premier League Cup Final win over Arsenal.[3] When homeless Fara Williams signed for Everton, Kane's family took her in and helped her establish herself.[4] Kane joined Blackburn Rovers Ladies in January 2009 in search of more regular first team football.[5]

She returned to Everton in summer 2010 for the club's UEFA Women's Champions League campaign.[6] When the 2014 campaign ended in Everton's relegation, Kane decided to retire in order to focus on her career away from football.[7]

International career

Kane has represented England at Under-19,[8] Under-21[9] and Under-23 levels. In April 2007 she was chosen to join the England senior side's training camp at La Manga Club.[10]

She has also represented Great Britain at the World University Games,[11] scoring a hat-trick in four minutes in Great Britain's first group game of the 2009 tournament in Belgrade, a 10–0 win against Estonia.[12]

Personal life

Kane attended Liverpool John Moores University,[11] on the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme.[13] [14]

In December 2015 she married former Everton team-mate Fara Williams, but they separated a short time later.[15]

Blackburn Rovers statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueWFA CupPremier League CupCounty CupOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Blackburn Rovers Ladies2008–098020000000100
2009–10600020110091
Club Total14020201100191

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amy Kane. Soccerway. 2009-09-04.
  2. News: Blackburn capture Kane . Fair Game . 29 January 2009 . 2009-09-04 .
  3. News: Everton stun gunners to win cup. Tony Leighton. BBC. 28 February 2008. 2009-09-04.
  4. News: McRae. Donald. Fara Williams: 'I had football. A lot of homeless girls have nothing'. 21 March 2015. The Guardian. 17 November 2014.
  5. Web site: Amy Kane . Blackburn Rovers F.C. . 28 October 2009 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100901172059/http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/LadiesProfiles/0%2C%2C10303~1751858%2C00.html . 1 September 2010 .
  6. Web site: Everton Ladies 6 – 0 Klaksvik. Everton F.C.. 4 October 2010. 18 August 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100818163045/http://www.evertonfc.com/match/report/0910/everton-ladies-6-0-klaksvik. dead.
  7. News: Duo Depart. 28 April 2015. Everton L.F.C.. 13 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20171215025556/http://everton.fawsl.com/news/duo_depart.html#DbhCiB7vPdWxyoJo.97. 15 December 2017. dead.
  8. News: England U19s begin with victory. Fair Game. 26 April 2005. 2009-09-04.
  9. News: England U21s beat Finland . https://archive.today/20120730105026/http://www.fgmag.com/news/index.php?newsmode=FULL&nid=2741 . dead. 2012-07-30 . Fair Game . 2006-07-17 . 2009-09-04 .
  10. News: England training camp squad . Fair Game . 2009-09-04 . 2 April 2007 .
  11. News: Great Britain women's football squad announced for World University Games. 2009-06-18. British Universities & Colleges Sport. 2009-09-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720121130/http://www.bucs.org.uk/news.asp?section=000100010002&itemid=3648. 20 July 2011. dead.
  12. News: GB hit double figures . Fair Game . 1 July 2009 . 2009-09-04 .
  13. Web site: Amy Kane . Liverpool John Moores University . 2009-09-04 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090928031021/http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/sportscholarships/92096.htm . 2009-09-28 .
  14. News: FA selects TASS athletes . https://archive.today/20120805172146/http://www.tass.gov.uk/newsitem.asp?id=3&nid=193 . dead. 5 August 2012 . Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme . 3 November 2008 . 28 October 2009 .
  15. News: Taylor . Louise . England's Fara Williams: 'We're feeling the pain but if you want to win it needs to hurt' . 17 June 2018 . . 13 July 2017.

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