Emma Black | |
Birth Date: | 1987 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Coatbridge, Scotland |
Position: | Defender |
Currentclub: | Glasgow Women F.C. |
Clubnumber: | 15 |
Youthclubs1: | Cumbernauld Cosmos |
Years1: | 2004–2015 |
Clubs1: | Glasgow City |
Caps1: | 107+ |
Goals1: | 33+ |
Years2: | 2018 |
Clubs2: | Motherwell |
Years3: | 2019 |
Clubs3: | Celtic |
Caps3: | 12 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2009–2014 |
Nationalteam1: | Scotland |
Nationalcaps1: | 42 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Pcupdate: | 14 September 2010 |
Ntupdate: | 07:22, 4 April 2023 (UTC) |
Emma Black (Fernon; born 12 March 1987) is a Scottish female international football defender who plays for Glasgow Women F.C. During her international career, Black earned 42 caps and scored once for the Scotland women's national football team. Emma now works with various outlets commentating on the womans game.
Black began her career with Glasgow City as a striker, before subsequently converting to defence. She has currently helped the club win seven successive Scottish Women's Premier League titles,[1] adding to a previous success in 2004–05, and has participated in the UEFA Women's Champions League where she became the club's first ever European goalscorer when she netted against Athletic Bilbao, in August 2006.[2]
Black retired from playing in 2015 to concentrate on raising a family.[3] However, she returned to playing in January 2018 when she signed for Motherwell, who had appointed her partner Eddie Wolecki Black.[4] [5] In December 2018 she signed for Celtic.[6]
Black captained the Scotland under-19 side before making her debut for the senior side in August 2009, against the Netherlands as second-half substitute for Kirsty McBride.[7] She scored her first international goal in a friendly against Northern Ireland in May 2010.[8]
Results list Scotland's goal tally first