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Emma Black is a Scottish female international football defender who plays for Celtic in the Scottish Women's Premier League. During her international career, Black earned 40 caps and scored 1 goal for the Scotland women's national football team.

Club career

Black began her career with Glasgow City as a striker, before subsequently converting to defence. She has currently helped the club win seven successive Scottish Women's Premier League titles, adding to a previous success in 2004–05, and has participated in the UEFA Women's Champions League where she became the club's first ever European goalscorer when she netted against Athletic Bilbao, in August 2006.
Black retired from playing in 2015 to concentrate on raising a family. However, she returned to playing in January 2018 when she signed for Motherwell, who had appointed her partner Eddie Wolecki Black. In December 2018 she signed for Celtic.

International career

Black captained the Scotland under-19 side before making her debut for the senior side in August 2009, against the Netherlands as second-half substitute for Kirsty McBride. She scored her first international goal in a friendly against Northern Ireland in May 2010.

International goals

GoalDateVenueOpponentResultCompetitionScored
123 May 2010Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton2–0Friendly1