Erin Cuthbert

Erin Cuthbert
Cuthbert playing for Chelsea in 2019
Personal information
Full name Erin Jacqueline Cuthbert
Date of birth 19 July 1998
Place of birth Irvine, Scotland
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 22
Youth career
Crosshouse
2010–2013 Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Rangers
2015–2016 Glasgow City
2017– Chelsea 114 (28)
International career‡
2013–2015 Scotland U17 15 (5)
2015–2016 Scotland U19 11 (12)
2016– Scotland 59 (21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:29, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

Erin Jacqueline Cuthbert (born 19 July 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Chelsea in the FA WSL and is a member of the Scotland national team. She studied at University of the West of Scotland, combining graduation from the Open University with being a professional football player.

Club career

Scottish football

Cuthbert played for five years at Rangers, making her Scottish Women's Premier League debut in September 2013 and being named the league's Young Player of the Year for the 2014 season. She transferred to Glasgow City in January 2015 and was part of the City team that won the domestic treble in 2015 then retained the SWPL title in 2016, though lost in both cup finals to Hibernian.

Chelsea

On 8 December 2016, Cuthbert left Glasgow City to join FA WSL club Chelsea. On 19 March 2017, she made her debut for the Blues in a 7–0 win over Doncaster Rovers Belles in the fifth round of the Women's FA Cup. On 30 April 2017, she made her league debut and scored the team's fourth goal in a 6–0 home victory against Yeovil Town. She finished her first season with 4 goals and 2 assists in 7 appearances in all competitions. On 15 November 2017, Cuthbert made her UEFA Women's Champions League debut for the Blues in a 1–0 win over FC Rosengård. On 4 February 2018, she scored her first hat-trick for the club in a 10–0 victory against London Bees in the fourth round of the Women's FA Cup.

Cuthbert was nominated for the PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year award in the 2018–19 season. During that season, she scored in Champions League ties with Paris Saint-Germain and Lyon.

Cuthbert signed a new contract with Chelsea in November 2022, which is due to run until the end of the 2024–25 season. She scored two goals against in the 3–1 win against BK Häcken in the 2023–24 Champions League, bringing Chelsea to the top of their group.

International career

Youth career

Cuthbert represented Scotland at school, under 15, under 17, and under 19 level. In August 2013, she took part with the U-17 national team in her home country in the first qualifying round for the 2014 Under-17 European Championship and scored the last goal in a 5–1 win against Montenegro. After another 5–1 win over Northern Ireland, they lost 4–0 to the Czech Republic but finished runners-up in the second round. They went on to win the finals as group winners they had won the direct comparison against the Norwegians who had the same number of points. At the end of November and beginning of December 2013, she also took part in the early finals in England. There, however, they could only win a point in a goalless draw against eventual finalists Spain. They lost 4–2 to eventual winner Germany and 1–0 to France in the last game. In October 2014, she then took part with the team in Croatia in the first round of qualifying for the 2015 U-17 European Championship, which she came through with three wins, contributing a goal in each game. In the second round in Poland in March 2015, they beat the hosts and Slovakia but lost the third crucial game against France 3–1 and were fourth-best runners-up.

In September 2015, she took part with the U-19 team in the first qualifying round in Austria for the 2016 Under-19 European Championship. After beating Ukraine 3–2 and Albania 4–2, they won the decisive match against the hosts 2–1, scoring the winning goal.  In the second round in April 2016 in Portugal they could only win the first game against Greece 1–0. After a 1–1 draw against the hosts, they still had a chance of reaching the finals by beating France, but lost 2–0 and were eliminated as third in the group. In September 2016, she made a fresh start with the team in the first qualifying round in Albania for the 2017 Under-19 European Championship. After beating the hosts 11–0, in which she scored five goals, and beating Cyprus 8–0, nine Scottish players fell ill with gastrointestinal problems and were unable to play in the final game against Serbia. The UEFA then assessed the game lost 0:3 against Serbia, but they still reached the second round as the second-best runners-up. This took place in Ireland in April 2017 and with three wins the Scots reached the finals to be held in Northern Ireland in August. Cuthbert scored the winning goal from penalties in both 2–1 wins against Ireland and Finland and two goals in the 5–0 win against Ukraine, giving her a total of ten goals in both qualifying rounds. However, she was not nominated for the finals.

Senior career

Cuthbert made her senior debut on 7 June 2016, coming on as a second-half substitute for Rachel Corsie in a 1–0 win over Belarus in qualifying for Euro 2017. She scored her first senior international goal in her third international match on 20 January 2017, in a 2–2 draw against Denmark during a training camp in Cyprus.  In March 2017, she then took part with the team at the 2017 Cyprus Cup, where she came to two starts.

She was then the youngest Scottish player to be called up for the finals of the European Championship, for which the Scots had qualified for the first time. She came on as a substitute in the 63rd minute of the 6–0 defeat by England. In the second game against Portugal, also in their first game, she came on as a substitute ten minutes early and scored Scotland's first European Championship goal in the 68th minute to equalize in the meantime. Four minutes later, the Portuguese were able to take the lead again and hold it until the end. Despite the two defeats, they still had a chance to reach the quarter-finals by winning by two goals in the last game against Spain when England beat Portugal at the same time. The English also did them a favor and her teammate Caroline Weir was able to beat the Spaniards for the first time with the second goal of the tournament for the Scots, but one goal was not enough. Erin was in this game for the first time in the starting XI of a competitive game and played over 90 minutes.

Cuthbert was one of seven Scots to play all eight games in qualifying for the 2019 World Cup. She was the team's top scorer with four goals, along with Jane Ross. The Scots qualified for the World Cup for the first time, where, like at the European Championship, they met England in the first game.

On 15 May 2019, she was nominated for the World Cup.  At the World Cup, she played in the three group games. After losing 2–1 to England and Japan, Cuthbert scored for Scotland in the 3–3 draw with Argentina. After that, however, they had to concede three more goals, including the decisive third goal in the fourth minute of added time from a penalty kick repeated according to video evidence. As a result, the Scots were eliminated after the group stage.

In the subsequent failed qualification for the Euro 2022, Cuthbert had seven appearances and scored three goals. In the first five games of the qualification 2023 World Cup, she was always used and scored two goals.

Career statistics

Club

As of matches played 14 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chelsea 2017 FA WSL 5 4 — — — — 5 4
2017–18 17 2 — 5 3 5 1 — 27 6
2018–19 19 8 — 6 1 7 4 — 32 13
2019–20 14 2 2 1 8 2 — — 24 5
2020–21 19 2 5 2 5 1 7 0 1 1 37 6
2021–22 20 4 2 1 0 0 6 1 — 28 6
2022–23 18 5 4 0 3 0 8 1 — 33 6
2023–24 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 1
Total 114 28 13 4 27 7 33 7 1 1 188 47
Career total 114 28 13 4 27 7 33 7 1 1 188 47
  1. Includes Women's FA Cup
  2. Includes FA Women's League Cup
  3. Includes UEFA Women's Champions League
  4. Appearance in Women's FA Community Shield

International

As of match played 14 July 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Scotland 2016 2 0
2017 12 3
2018 10 4
2019 10 5
2020 6 1
2021 9 5
2022 7 2
2023 3 1
Total 59 21
As of match played 11 April 2023
Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cuthbert goal.
List of international goals scored by Erin Cuthbert
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 20 January 2017 Larnaca, Cyprus Denmark 2–2 2–2 Friendly
2 1 March 2017 Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus New Zealand 2–1 3–2 2017 Cyprus Women's Cup
3 23 July 2017 Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel, Rotterdam, Netherlands Portugal 1–1 1–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2017
4 10 April 2018 St Mirren Park, Paisley, Scotland Poland 3–0 3–0 2019 World Cup qualification
5 7 June 2018 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk, Scotland Belarus 1–1 2–1 2019 World Cup qualification
6 2–1
7 30 August 2018 St Mirren Park, Paisley, Scotland Switzerland 1–0 2–1 2019 World Cup qualification
8 4 March 2019 Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal Iceland 2–0 4–1 2019 Algarve Cup
9 5 April 2019 San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain Chile 1–0 1–1 Friendly
10 28 May 2019 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland Jamaica 1–1 3–2 Friendly
11 19 June 2019 Parc des Princes, Paris, France Argentina 3–0 3–3 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
12 8 November 2019 Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania Albania 3–0 5–0 UEFA Euro 2021 qualifying
13 10 March 2020 Pinatar Arena, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain Northern Ireland 1–1 2–1 2020 Pinatar Cup
14 19 February 2021 AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus Cyprus 1–0 10–0 UEFA Euro 2021 qualifying
15 2–0
16 15 June 2021 Parc Y Scarlets, Llanelli, Wales Wales 1–0 1–0 Friendly
17 17 September 2021 Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest, Hungary Hungary 1–0 2–0 2023 World Cup qualification
18 21 September 2021 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland Faroe Islands 1–0 7–1 2023 World Cup qualification
19 24 June 2022 Stadion Miejski w Rzeszowie, Rzeszów, Poland Ukraine 2–0 4–0 2023 World Cup qualification
20 6 September 2022 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Iceland Faroe Islands 3–0 6–0 2023 World Cup qualification
21 14 July 2023 Dens Park, Dundee, Scotland Northern Ireland 1–0 3–0 Friendly

Honours

Glasgow City

Chelsea

Individual

In July 2023, Cuthbert was given a honorary doctorate from the University of the West of Scotland.