Erin Cuthbert

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

On 8 December 2016, Cuthbert left Glasgow City to join FA WSL club Chelsea.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cuthbert represented Scotland at school, under 15, under 17, and under 19 level.