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Rachel McLauchlan

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Rachel McLauchlan
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-07-07) 7 July 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Livingston, Scotland
Position(s) Winger, Defender
Team information
Current team
 Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 27
Youth career
Deveronvale Girls
Letham FC Girls
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Inverness City
2014–2016 Aberdeen (1)
2016–2019 Hibernian 72 (19)
2019 Yeovil Town 7 (0)
2019–2020 Glasgow City 22 (2)
2021–2024 Rangers 87 (9)
2024– Brighton & Hove Albion 7 (1)
International career‡
2013–2014 Scotland U17 6 (0)
2014–2016 Scotland U19 13 (1)
2016– Scotland 17 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:25, 16 April 2023 (UTC)

Rachel McLauchlan (born 7 July 1997) is a Scottish footballer, who plays as a winger and defender for Brighton & Hove Albion and for the Scotland women's national football team. She previously played for Inverness CTS, Aberdeen, Hibernian, Yeovil Town in England's Women's Super League (FA WSL), Glasgow City and Rangers.

Club career

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McLauchlan started her senior career at Inverness City, then transferred to Aberdeen in August 2014.[1] In January 2016 she joined Scottish Women's Premier League title challengers Hibernian.[2] She won six trophies (three Scottish Women's Cups and three SWPL Cups) in her three seasons in Edinburgh.

McLauchlan moved to English club Yeovil Town in January 2019.[3] She returned to Scottish football in July 2019, signing for Glasgow City.[4] By the end of that season she had a SWPL championship medal and a fourth Scottish Cup medal in her collection. During the 2020–21 SWPL season, McLauchlan scored a goal during the team's 2–0 season opener against Celtic.[5]

In January 2021, McLauchlan joined Rangers on a pre-contract agreement arranged in summer 2020,[6] with Glasgow City teammates Kirsty Howat and Sam Kerr doing likewise, while Nicola Docherty had made the same move across the city some months earlier. In her first full season with the Gers, 2021–22, McLauchlan was part of the squad that won the SWPL for the first time in club history;[7] in the second season they won their first SWPL Cup,[8] and in the third season they won their first Scottish Cup, also narrowly missing out on the league title in both years. in the 2024 Scottish Women's Cup final, McLauchlan opened the scoring against Hearts with "an unbelievable strike" from 30 yards and was named as the Player of the Match,[9] eight years after receiving the same award in as a Hibs player in the 2016 final.[10]

On 11 July 2024, McLauchlan signed for Brighton & Hove Albion.[11]

International career

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McLauchlan made her debut for the Scotland national team in a 7–0 friendly thrashing by the Netherlands, in Livingston, in October 2016. She entered play as an 86th-minute substitute for Hibs teammate Kirsty Smith. In June 2017, Scotland coach Anna Signeul named McLauchlan in her squad for Euro 2017.[12]

Career statistics

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International appearances

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Scotland statistics accurate as of match played 11 April 2023.[13]
Year Scotland
Apps Goals
2016 1 0
2017 4 0
2018 2 0
2019 —
2020 —
2021 7 0
2022 2 0
2023 1 0
Total 17 0

Honours

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Club

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Hibernian

Glasgow City

Rangers

References

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  1. ^ "Delighted to announce the signing of Rachel McLauchlan from Inverness City. #youth #talent #COYR". Twitter. Aberdeen FC Ladies. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  2. ^ Payne, Rick (15 January 2016). "Hibernian Ladies Complete Triple Signing". Hibernian F.C. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Rachel McLauchlan: Yeovil Ladies sign Scotland winger from Hibernian Ladies". BBC Sport. 24 January 2019. Archived from the original on 1 February 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Glasgow City sign Scotland cap Rachel McLauchlan from Yeovil". BBC Sport. 11 July 2019. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  5. ^ "SWPL: Glasgow City beat Celtic on opening day as Rangers thrash Hearts". BBC Sport. 18 October 2020. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  6. ^ Gers Sign Rachel McLauchlan Archived 27 September 2024 at the Wayback Machine, Rangers FC, 24 September 2020
  7. ^ Rangers end 14 years of Glasgow City dominance with historic SWPL title win Archived 22 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Rangers News, 8 May 2022
  8. ^ "Sky Sports Cup final - Rangers 2-0 Hibernian: Lizzie Arnot scores screamer and Kirsty Howat adds second to seal victory". Sky Sports. 11 December 2022. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024. Rangers win the first domestic trophy of the Scottish women's season with a 2-0 victory against seven-time champions Hibernian
  9. ^ Canavan, Amy (26 May 2024). "Rangers 2-0 Hearts". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  10. ^ Hibs claim cup double after epic SSE Scottish Women's Cup final Archived 14 June 2024 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Women's Football, 6 November 2016
  11. ^ "Albion sign Rachel McLauchlan". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. 11 July 2024. Archived from the original on 11 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Signeul announces historic Scotland squad". scottishfa.co.uk. 27 June 2017. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  13. ^ Rachel McLauchlan at the Scottish Football Association
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