Chelsea Cornet

Chelsea Cornet
Cornet in Scotland kit, 2025
Personal information
Full name Chelsea Anna Cornet
Date of birth (1998-11-24) 24 November 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Birmingham City
Number 19
Youth career
Loanhead Miners Boys Club
Heart of Midlothian Girls
Hibernian Girls
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2020 Hibernian
2020–2025 Rangers
2025– Birmingham City 0 (0)
International career‡
2012 Scotland U15 2 (0)
2013–2014 Scotland U16 6 (1)
2013–2015 Scotland U17 20 (2)
2015–2017 Scotland U19 16 (1)
2023– Scotland 19 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 October 2022
‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 October 2026

Chelsea Anna Cornet (born 19 April 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Birmingham City and the Scotland national team. She was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Career

Born in Edinburgh, Cornet started her football career at youth level with Loanhead Miners Boys Club and then moved to Hearts Girls before joining Hibernian, where she won three SWPL Cups and two Scottish Cup titles. She signed for Rangers on 8 January 2020. The Rangers manager Jo Potter praised Cornet as a "big game player". Cornet explained she moved to Rangers because she "wanted a new challenge". She signed an extension to her contract in May 2021. During her time with Rangers, she scored the winning goal in the Old Firm derby against Celtic in 2024. She was regularly praised for her performances and made regular appearances in the Scottish Women's Premier League "Team of the Week". In June 2025, it was announced that Cornet had been released from Rangers following the expiration of her contract. On 3 July 2025, it was announced that Cornet had signed a two-year contract at Birmingham City.

International career

Cornet represented Scotland at schools, under-15, under-16, under-17, and under-19 level. She played in the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship and the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. She was first called into the full Scotland international squad in April 2023, and made her debut in a 1–0 win against Australia.

Personal life

In 2023, Cornet was inducted into Loanhead's Hall of Fame, becoming the first woman footballer inducted.

Honours

Hibernian

Rangers

Birmingham City

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.4 June 2024Budaörsi Városi Stadium, Budaörs, Hungary Israel5–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying

References

  1. ↑ "Search results". ScotlandsPeople. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Chelsea Cornet". Rangers. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Hibernian Women Programme". match programme. Edinburgh: Hibernian Community Foundation. 17 March 2019.
  4. ↑ Frith, Wilf (8 January 2020). "Chelsea Cornet joins Rangers FC Women". shekicks.net. She Kicks. Retrieved 1 October 2022.Rangers have signed midfielder Chelsea Cornet on an 18-month contract from Hibernian, ahead of the 2020 SBS Scottish Women's Premier League season.
  5. 1 2 "Rangers sign Chelsea Cornet and Sonia O'Neill". BBC Sport. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2022.Scotland youth midfielder Chelsea Cornet has left Hibernian to move to Rangers
  6. ↑ "Chelsea Cornet: Can 'big-game player' make derby difference for Rangers?". BBC Sport. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "Chelsea Cornet Signs Contract Extension". Rangers. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "Celtic Women 2-3 Rangers Women: Chelsea Cornet's second-half strike settles thrilling Old Firm game". Sky Sports. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  9. ↑ "Rangers trio feature in SWPL team of the week after Old Firm win". BBC Sport. 19 November 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  10. ↑ "Vic Esson, Tessel Middag, and Chelsea Cornet among five Rangers departures". BBC Sport. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  11. ↑ "Blues Women secure signing of Chelsea Cornet". www.bcfc.com. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  12. ↑ @ScotlandNT (3 April 2023). "Scotland squad update. IN: Jamie-Lee Napier, Chelsea Cornet & Lisa Robertson. OUT: Christy Grimshaw, Christie Murray & Erin Cuthbert. Congratulations to @its_cornetoo on her first senior call-up" (Tweet). Retrieved 3 April 2023 – via Twitter.
  13. ↑ Chelsea Cornet at the Scottish Football Association
  14. ↑ "Two added to Loanhead's Football Hall of Fame". Midlothian View. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  15. ↑ Report: Hibernian 0-5 Rangers, Craig Vickers, Rangers FC, 22 March 2025
  16. ↑ VAVEL.com (2 May 2026). "WSL2 Final Day Report: Birmingham champions, Palace promoted as Charlton crumble into third". VAVEL. Retrieved 2 May 2026.