Leanne Hall

Leanne Hall
Personal information
Full nameLeanne Claire Hall[1]
Date of birth19 May 1980
Place of birthRotherham, England
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Birmingham City
Number25
Youth career
Sheffield Wednesday
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1995–2002Doncaster Rovers Belles
2000FH7(0)
2002–2004Leeds United
2004–2006Fulham
2006–2007Doncaster Rovers Belles
2007–2008Leeds United
2008–2011Leicester City Women
2011Birmingham City3(0)
National team‡
2000–England24(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:13, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Leanne Claire Hall (born 19 May 1980) is an English football goalkeeper and coach who played at full international level for England. She has spent much of her career in Yorkshire, starting at Sheffield Wednesday and enjoying two separate spells with both Doncaster Rovers Belles and Leeds United. Hall also played FA Women's Premier League football for Fulham and Leicester City Women, while the 2000 summer season was spent in Iceland with FH. In a career disrupted by serious injury, Hall attended UEFA Women's Euro 2001 and UEFA Women's Euro 2005 as a reserve goalkeeper. She most recently played for Birmingham City in the 2011 FA WSL.

Hall is a UEFA A License coach and runs her own soccer school. She is a coach at Sheffield FC Ladies and the technical director of Leeds United Ladies' Centre of Excellence.

Club career

Hall joined Doncaster Belles in 1995 from Sheffield Wednesday,[2] leaving to join Leeds United Ladies in 2002.[3] In the summer of 2000 Hall had played professional football in Iceland,[4] making seven appearances for FH.[5] In February 2003 Hall suffered a broken leg in Leeds' 3–0 FA Women's Cup defeat to Aston Villa.[6] From Leeds she moved to Fulham Ladies in 2004, with whom she featured in a UEFA Women's Cup quarter final.[7] She rejoined Doncaster Rovers Belles in the 2006 close season.[3] Within a month of joining she was ruled out for a number of months due to requiring surgery for a persistent neck injury.[8]

In July 2007 she rejoined Leeds Carnegie, as player-assistant-manager.[9] She left Leeds to join Leicester City Women in October 2008.[7] During her career to date Hall has been a finalist in three FA Women's Cups and a League Cup.[7]

In summer 2011 Hall was signed by FA WSL leaders Birmingham City. She made an immediate debut in a 3–2 win at Bristol Academy after regular custodian Marie Hourihan suffered a recurrence of a shoulder injury during the pre–match warm up.[10]

International career

Hall represented England, playing 24 times at full international level.[7] She made her senior debut in August 2000, in a 1–0 friendly defeat to France, before 50,000 spectators at Stade Vélodrome.[11] In April 2004 Hall was elevated to first choice for England when Pauline Cope retired from international football and Rachel Brown damaged her anterior cruciate ligament.[12]

Coaching career

In 2004, Hall founded the Leanne Hall Sports & Goalkeeping School.[13]

She landed a job with Sheffield Wednesday's football in the community department in January 2007.[14]

Personal life

Rotherham–born Hall attended Brinsworth Comprehensive School and was a guest of honour at their 40th anniversary celebrations in April 2009.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Whose Registrations have been Cancelled by Mutual Consent Between 01/11/2011 and 30/11/2011". TheFA.com. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  2. ↑ "England women Fixtures and Results, 2004/05". Cresswell Wanderers FC. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Leanne Hall to join Belles". Fair Game. 2006-06-16. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "COULTARD IN LINE FOR 120TH CAP". South Yorkshire Times. 2000-06-01. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  5. ↑ "Leanne Hall" (in Icelandic). KSI.is. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  6. ↑ Cocozza, Paula (3 February 2003). "Women's Football". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Leicester land Leanne Hall". Fair Game. 2008-10-08. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  8. ↑ "Belles bag Scots duo, Hall injured". Fair Game. 2006-07-19. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  9. ↑ "Leeds United Appoint Passmoor & Hall". Fair Game. 2007-07-04. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  10. ↑ Paddy Day (2011-07-28). "Toughest test yet". Birmingham City Ladies. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
  11. ↑ "England learn lessons in defeat". TheFA.com. 2000-08-05. Retrieved 2011-02-15.
  12. ↑ "Cope Leaves the Stage". TheFA.com. 20 April 2004. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  13. ↑ "'Developing future generations of happy and healthy children'". Leanne Hall Sports & Goalkeeping School. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  14. ↑ "International Star Joins the Owls". Givemefootball.com. 1 January 2007. Archived from the original on 10 August 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  15. ↑ "Brinsworth Comprehensive 40th Anniversary". Rotherham Town Talk. Retrieved 15 September 2012.

External links

Leanne Hall – FIFA competition record