Emma Lipman
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Emma Louise Lipman | ||
Date of birth | 23 February 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Nuneaton, England | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Genoa CFC | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
Coventry City | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2007 | Coventry City | ||
2009–2011 | Leeds City Vixens | ||
2011–2013 | Leeds United | ||
2014–2015 | Manchester City | 15 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Sheffield FC | ||
2017–2018 | AGSM Verona | 21 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Roma | 17 | (1) |
2019–2020 | Florentia | 12 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Lazio | 16 | (1) |
2021–2024 | Como | 56 | (1) |
2024– | Genoa | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019– | Malta | 17 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:08, 25 January 2023 (UTC) |
Emma Louise Lipman (born 23 February 1989) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Genoa in the Italian Serie B. Lipman was born and brought up in England but chose to play for Malta at international level.
Club career
[edit]Lipman joined Coventry City as a 10-year-old and was playing in their first team by the time she was 14 years old.[1] After moving to Yorkshire to attend Leeds Beckett University, Lipman represented Leeds City Vixens[2] and Leeds United in the FA Women's Premier League.
In July 2013 Lipman transferred to Manchester City.[3] When Sheikh Mansour-backed Manchester City successfully bid for an FA WSL franchise in 2014, they handed Lipman a professional contract.
Lipman won a contract extension for Manchester City's 2015 season, but the club's purchase of England full-backs Lucy Bronze and Demi Stokes reduced her opportunities to play. In February 2016 she joined Sheffield FC, who had just been promoted into WSL 2.[4]
In 2017 Lipman accepted an offer to play in Italy, with AGSM Verona. She featured in 21 of 22 league fixtures as the club secured a mid-table finish in Serie A. That prompted Roma to sign Lipman for their newly formed women's team.[5] After playing in 17 of Roma's 22 2018–19 Serie A games, contributing one goal, Lipman signed for another Italian club Florentia San Gimignano in July 2019.[6]
In July 2020 Lipman and her Maltese teammate Rachel Cuschieri signed for Lazio, who had narrowly missed promotion to Serie A the previous season.[7]
International career
[edit]As well as England, Lipman was also eligible for the national teams of Scotland and Malta due to her grandparents.[8] In May 2019 Lipman received a call-up to Malta's squad for a friendly match against Bolton Wanderers.[9] She started Malta's 2–1 win at the Malta Football Association training grounds in Ta' Qali.[10]
On 4 October 2019 Lipman won her first official cap for Malta, in a home UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Group B fixture against Italy. Although Lipman's handball conceded an injury time penalty kick, converted by Cristiana Girelli, Malta received credit for their "brave display" in their 2–0 defeat against Italy.[11] Lipman retained her place in the team for the next qualifier, a 1–1 draw with Israel.[12]
International goals
[edit]No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 6 September 2022 | Camp FSCG, Podgorica, Montenegro | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
Honours
[edit]Manchester City
References
[edit]- ^ Lipman, Emma (25 March 2015). "Emma Lipman - My Story So Far". Manchester City F.C. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Women's first team playing profile". Leeds City Vixens. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "16 Emma Lipman". Manchester City F.C. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Ruszkai, Ameé (6 February 2016). "Sheffield FC complete signing of Emma Lipman". Vavel.com. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Dunlop, Martin (31 January 2019). "From Coventry City to the Eternal City: Emma Lipman on life at Roma". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Emma Lipman resta in Italia e sceglie la Florentia San Gimignano!" (in Italian). Florentia San Gimignano S.S.D. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Lia, Gianluca (10 July 2020). "Malta defender Emma Lipman joins Lazio Women". Times of Malta. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ Melling, Cam (11 November 2018). "Emma Lipman: The former Manchester City defender on life in Italy and the growth of Women's Serie A". English Players Abroad. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Lia, Gianluca (25 May 2019). "Lipman, Vincenti ready to embrace Malta challenge". Times of Malta. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Lia, Gianluca (25 May 2019). "Malta women defeat Bolton Ladies". Times of Malta. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Brave display by Malta women not enough to spare 0-2 defeat by Italy". MaltaFootball.com. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Women's national team earns point in draw with Israel". MaltaFootball.com. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "CITY'S ISOBEL CHRISTIANSEN ENDS ARSENAL CUP DOMINANCE". The FA. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
External links
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- Emma Lipman – UEFA competition record (archive)
- AS Roma player profile Archived 10 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- Emma Lipman at Soccerway
- Living people
- 1989 births
- Footballers from Nuneaton
- Maltese women's footballers
- Malta women's international footballers
- English women's footballers
- Maltese people of British descent
- English people of Maltese descent
- English people of Scottish descent
- Women's association football defenders
- Women's Super League players
- Manchester City W.F.C. players
- Leeds United Women F.C. players
- Coventry United W.F.C. players
- Florentia San Gimignano SSD players
- Serie A (women's football) players
- Leeds City Vixens L.F.C. players
- English expatriate women's footballers
- English expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate women's footballers in Italy
- FA Women's National League players
- Alumni of Leeds Beckett University
- Sheffield F.C. Ladies players
- A.S.D. AGSM Verona F.C. players
- AS Roma (women) players
- SS Lazio Women 2015 players
- SSD FC Como Women players