| Faye Kirby | |
| Fullname: | Faye Mary Kirby |
| Birth Date: | 5 April 2004 |
| Birth Place: | Crosby, Liverpool |
| Height: | 1.69m |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | Liverpool |
| Clubnumber: | 22 |
| Youthyears1: | 2006–2011 |
| Youthclubs1: | Maghull Football Club |
| Youthyears2: | 2006–2013 |
| Youthclubs2: | Litherland Tigers Junior F.C |
| Youthyears3: | 2013–2022 |
| Youthclubs3: | Everton F.C |
| Years1: | 2022– |
| Clubs1: | Liverpool F.C |
| Caps1: | 3 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs2: | →Aberdeen F.C (loan) |
| Caps2: | 7 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019–2020 |
| Nationalteam1: | England U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2020–2021 |
| Nationalteam2: | England U17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2021–2022 |
| Nationalteam3: | England U18 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 3 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2022–2023 |
| Nationalteam4: | England U19 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 07:43, 20 May 2024 (UTC) |
Faye Mary Kirby (born 5 April 2004) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Women's Super League club Liverpool,[1] [2] and the England U19.[3]
Faye Kirby attended Great Crosby Catholic Primary School for her primary school education.[4] She joined St. Mary's College, Crosby for secondary school education,[5] [6] where she became the first ever girl in the history of the school to play a competitive game of football.[7] She began her career playing grassroots football for Maghull Football Club and Litherland Tigers Junior, playing against all-male teams who were two years older than herself,[8] before joining Everton Academy at age 7.[9] Kirby remained at Everton Academy for eleven seasons then was until she completed a move to Liverpool in September 2022.[10] [11]
Kirby made her debut for Liverpool in the League Cup against West Ham United on 25 January 2022.[12] She later made her league debut against Chelsea on 3 May 2023 where she earned player of the match for her performance.[13] [14] [15] Kirby started another two times for Liverpool in the 2022–23 season and earned the team's Young Player of the Year Award, Performance of the Season and the Save of the Season Award.[16]
At the start of the 2023–24 season, Kirby joined Aberdeen F.C. on loan, to play in the Scottish Premier League, and was due to stay there for the first half of the 2023–24 season.[17]
On 13 August 2023, Kirby made her debut for Aberdeen against Motherwell, which the team winning 3–2. On 13 September 2023, against Hibernian, Kirby attained a complete rupture of her ACL,[18] [19] where in the 55th minute. The ACL injury ended Kirby's season prematurely due to the long rehabilitation process from the injury.[20] During Kirby's short time at Aberdeen, she was able to attain two clean sheets – one on 3 September 2023 against Spartans and the other on 10 September 2023 against Hamilton Academical.[21]
Kirby has been selected to play for England U16, England U17, England U18 and England U19. She has played against a number of countries while playing internationally, such as: Slovenia, Switzerland, Belarus, the US, the Netherlands and Spain.[22]
| Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Liverpool | 2022–23 | Women Super League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Women Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Aberdeen (loan) | 2023-24 | SWPL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Career total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||