Kate Longhurst

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Kate Longhurst
File:Kate Longhurst Lewes FC Women 0 West Ham Utd Women 5 pre season 12 08 2018-92 (43299955364) (cropped).jpg
Longhurst with West Ham in 2018
Personal information
Full name Kate Leanne Longhurst[1]
Date of birth (1989-05-02) 2 May 1989 (age 37)
Place of birth Chelmsford, England[2]
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 Retired
Youth career
Colchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2009 Colchester United 77 (46)
2009–2010 Watford 17 (3)
2010–2011 Millwall Lionesses 16 (12)
2011–2013 Chelsea 21 (4)
2013–2018 Liverpool 68 (3)
2018–2023 West Ham United 93 (3)
2023–2024 Charlton Athletic 20 (2)
2024–2025 Nottingham Forest 22 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:01, 31st July 2025 playing positions aren't capitalised in prose(UTC)

Kate Leanne Longhurst (born 2 May 1989) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder or wing-back. Longhurst won back to back WSL titles in her time at Liverpool WFC. She became the joint all-time Women's Super League record appearance maker in 2023 with 182 appearances.

Club career

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Longhurst with the Women's Super League winner's medal in 2014

Longhurst began her career with Colchester United.[3] In the 2007–08 season, she scored 15 goals in 21 appearances. The following season, she scored 3 goals in 11 appearances.[4] In 2009, she joined top-flight side Watford[2] and finished the 2009–10 season with 3 goals in 17 matches.[4] At the end of the season, she signed with Millwall Lionesses.

In 2011, Longhurst joined Chelsea. She scored the Blues' second goal in the 101st minute in the 2012 FA Women's Cup Final.[5]

Longhurst signed with Liverpool in 2013, helping the side to back-to-back FA WSL titles in 2013 and 2014. On 22 May 2018, she left Liverpool following the expiration of her contract.[6]

On 9 August 2018, Longhurst joined West Ham United.[2] On 23 September, Longhurst scored West Ham's first ever FA WSL goal, in a 4–3 defeat to Arsenal.[7]

Longhurst joined Charlton Athletic on 10 June 2023[8] before moving to Nottingham Forest on 22 July 2024.[9]

Longhurst announced her retirement from playing professional football on 11 May 2025.[10]

International career

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Longhurst represented England at various youth levels.[3] In 2006, she partnered Ellen White in the Nationwide Under-17 Tournament final as she netted for England in a 2–0 win over Scotland.[11]

Honours

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Liverpool
Chelsea
  • Women's FA Cup Runners-up 2012
West Ham United
  • Women's FA Cup Runners-up 2019
Nottingham Forest
  • FA Women’s Northern Premier Division winner
  • FA Women’s National League Cup winner

Individual

  • Liverpool Players player 2015
  • Fans hammer of the year 2020 & 2022
  • West Ham Players Player 2020 & 2022

References

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