Lee Alexander (footballer)


Lee Helen Alexander is a Scottish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Women's Premier League club Glasgow City and the Scotland women's national team.

Early life

Lee Alexander was born in Rutherglen on 27 September 1991. She grew up in the Stewartfield area of East Kilbride and was educated at Claremont High School.

Playing career

Club

Alexander played for Glasgow City for five years, winning fourteen trophies including four consecutive domestic trebles, before signing a full-time professional contract with Swedish Damallsvenskan club Mallbackens IF in December 2015. She rejoined Glasgow City in December 2016.
She helped City progress to the quarter-finals of the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League by saving three of four kicks in a penalty shootout against Brondby.

International

Alexander was first called up to the full Scotland squad in November 2015 for a Euro 2017 qualifying match against Macedonia. Still uncapped, she was named in the Scotland squad for the Euro 2017 finals. Alexander became the first choice goalkeeper for Scotland after Euro 2017, when Gemma Fay retired.
Her international debut came in a 3–0 friendly victory over Hungary in Telki on 14 September 2017, and she helped the team qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. An important moment in the qualifying group was when Alexander saved a penalty kick against Poland. Scotland were eliminated in the group stage of the World Cup, with Alexander playing in all three matches. In the third match, which Scotland had to win to progress, Alexander initially saved a penalty but a retake was ordered by VAR. The retaken penalty was scored and Scotland, who had led 3–0, could only draw 3–3 with Argentina.

Honours

;Glasgow City