| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Corinne Louise Yorston[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 June 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Fleet, Hampshire, England | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Bristol Academy | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| –2003 | Southampton Saints | ||
| 2003–2005 | Fulham Ladies | ||
| 2005–2009 | Bristol Academy | ||
| 2009–2010 | Arsenal Ladies[2] | 20 | (2) |
| 2010 | → Keynsham Town (on loan) | ||
| 2010– | Bristol Academy | ||
| National team | |||
| 2003– | England | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Corinne Louise Yorston (born 15 June 1983) is an English female international football defender. She plays her club football for Bristol Academy. Although primarily a left-back, she has played in midfield at club level and has won most of her England caps playing in central defence. She has also previously represented English Universities.[3]
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Yorston began her career with Southampton Saints.[4] In the 2003 close season, Yorston joined Fulham Ladies[5] with whom she made her England debut in 2003. Soon after this she suffered a couple of stress fractures that kept her out of the game for nearly a year.[6]
She joined Bristol Academy in the 2005 close season,[7] and went on to have three seasons as club captain. She joined Arsenal Ladies in July 2009,[8] but returned to Bristol in 2010. She was loaned out to Keynsham Town to maintain fitness ahead of Bristol's FA WSL season, which began in April 2011.[9]
Yorston won 19 caps at Under-19 level and also played at Under-23 level before joining the England senior team. She made her debut, as a substitute, in the game against Germany in September 2003 and played, again as a substitute, in the game against Denmark in February 2004. Her next game for England was not until March 2007 when she was a substitute for Rachel Unitt in the game against Scotland.
In May 2009, Yorston was one of the first 17 female players to be given central contracts by the Football Association.[10]
Yorston has a degree in biochemistry and graduated with a Masters from the University of Bath,[11] where she had been awarded a Talented Athlete Scholarship.[12] After completing her Masters she began studying for an MPhil at the FA National Women's Player Development Centre at Loughborough University.[13]
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