Indi Cowie | |
Fullname: | Indi Armstrong Cowie[1] |
Birth Date: | 1994 9, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Boca Raton, Florida United States |
Position: | Midfielder / Forward |
Currentclub: | North Carolina Tar Heels (assistant coach) |
Youthclubs1: | CASL |
Youthclubs2: | Triangle United |
Youthclubs3: | Triangle Futbol Club |
Collegeyears1: | 2012 |
Years1: | 2010–2011 |
Clubs1: | Celtic |
Nationalyears1: | 2010 |
Nationalteam1: | Scotland U17[2] |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Manageryears1: | 2013– |
Managerclubs1: | North Carolina Tar Heels (assistant) |
Ntupdate: | 03:13, 10 May 2015 (UTC) |
Pcupdate: | 03:13, 10 May 2015 (UTC) |
Indi Armstrong Cowie (born 24 September 1994) is a Scottish American professional freestyle footballer and football coach. She became an assistant coach to Anson Dorrance at the North Carolina Tar Heels when a knee injury caused her retirement from college soccer.[3] Cowie had previously played as a midfielder or forward for Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) club Celtic and won three caps for the Scotland women's national under-17 football team.[4]
Cowie was born in Florida to parents from the West of Scotland. She was inspired to take up freestyle football after observing a demonstration by John Farnworth.[5] In 2012 male footballer Lionel Messi picked Cowie as the winner of a global freestyle football competition tied in with the FIFA Street video game.[6] As of 2014, Cowie practices her skills for one to three hours per day.[7] In 2015, Cowie became the first woman to do a three revolution - three full circles around the soccer ball with the foot while it is still in the air.[8]