Personal information | |||
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Full name | Natasha Leanne Knapman | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 22 August 1991||
Place of birth | Torquay, England, | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Plymouth Argyle | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
200?–2008 | Totnes & Dartington SC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2008–2009 | Totnes & Dartington SC | ||
2009–2012 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 | (15) |
2012–2015 | Exeter City | ||
2015–2016 | Yeovil Town | 27 | (6) |
2016– | Plymouth Argyle | 65 | (95) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:35, 5 May 2020 (UTC) |
Natasha Leanne "Tash" Knapman (born 22 August 1991) is an English female footballer who plays for Plymouth Argyle.
Knapman was spotted by Totnes & Dartington SC reserve team manager Keith Hawkins when she was playing for Sainsbury's Torquay store in an in-house friendly against the Newton Abbot store's team. Whilst playing for the reserve team, she was scouted by Plymouth Argyle and Newquay, who gave seven-day notices of approach in October 2009. She had scored 49 goals for the reserves the previous season, and had already added a further 9 to her tally before the notices were given. [2] In September 2009, Knapman was called up to the Devon's Senior Women's squad. [3]
Knapman joined Plymouth Argyle in October 2009, [4] making her debut on 22 November 2009 in a 5–1 FA Women's Cup win over Swindon Supermarine. She scored twice on her debut. [5] [6] During her stay at the club, Knapman was the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division top goalscorer in 2012 with 14 league goals. [7]
Knapman joined Exeter City in 2012. [8] She made her debut on 25 October 2012 against Oxford United, scoring a late equaliser. [9] Knapman scored City's third goal in a 4–3 win in the 2013 Devon County Cup final against her former club Plymouth Argyle. [10] Knapman's final game for the Grecians saw her score twice in a 4–2 win over Torquay United in the 2015 Devon County Cup final. [11]
Knapman joined Yeovil Town ahead of the 2015 WSL 2 season. She made her debut in a 4–2 home defeat to Reading. Knapman had put Yeovil back on level terms at 1–1, but Fran Kirby went on to score all 4 of Reading's goals. [12]
While at primary school, she captained the boys' team, as well as playing for another local boys' team. However, after it became difficult to get a girls' team together in secondary school, she gave up football at 14 and became a black belt in Taekwondo, going on to become selected by Australia. [8]
Knapman works as an activity instructor. She supports Tottenham Hotspur. [13]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Natasha Leanne Knapman | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 22 August 1991||
Place of birth | Torquay, England, | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Plymouth Argyle | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
200?–2008 | Totnes & Dartington SC | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2008–2009 | Totnes & Dartington SC | ||
2009–2012 | Plymouth Argyle | 21 | (15) |
2012–2015 | Exeter City | ||
2015–2016 | Yeovil Town | 27 | (6) |
2016– | Plymouth Argyle | 65 | (95) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:35, 5 May 2020 (UTC) |
Natasha Leanne "Tash" Knapman (born 22 August 1991) is an English female footballer who plays for Plymouth Argyle.
Knapman was spotted by Totnes & Dartington SC reserve team manager Keith Hawkins when she was playing for Sainsbury's Torquay store in an in-house friendly against the Newton Abbot store's team. Whilst playing for the reserve team, she was scouted by Plymouth Argyle and Newquay, who gave seven-day notices of approach in October 2009. She had scored 49 goals for the reserves the previous season, and had already added a further 9 to her tally before the notices were given. [2] In September 2009, Knapman was called up to the Devon's Senior Women's squad. [3]
Knapman joined Plymouth Argyle in October 2009, [4] making her debut on 22 November 2009 in a 5–1 FA Women's Cup win over Swindon Supermarine. She scored twice on her debut. [5] [6] During her stay at the club, Knapman was the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division top goalscorer in 2012 with 14 league goals. [7]
Knapman joined Exeter City in 2012. [8] She made her debut on 25 October 2012 against Oxford United, scoring a late equaliser. [9] Knapman scored City's third goal in a 4–3 win in the 2013 Devon County Cup final against her former club Plymouth Argyle. [10] Knapman's final game for the Grecians saw her score twice in a 4–2 win over Torquay United in the 2015 Devon County Cup final. [11]
Knapman joined Yeovil Town ahead of the 2015 WSL 2 season. She made her debut in a 4–2 home defeat to Reading. Knapman had put Yeovil back on level terms at 1–1, but Fran Kirby went on to score all 4 of Reading's goals. [12]
While at primary school, she captained the boys' team, as well as playing for another local boys' team. However, after it became difficult to get a girls' team together in secondary school, she gave up football at 14 and became a black belt in Taekwondo, going on to become selected by Australia. [8]
Knapman works as an activity instructor. She supports Tottenham Hotspur. [13]