Julie Fleeting

Julie Fleeting, known in married life as Julie Stewart, is a Scottish former association football forward who was born on 18 December 1980. She built her early career in Ayrshire with Prestwick Girls and Ayr United, winning the Scottish Women's League title with Ayr before leaving Scotland in 2002 to sign for San Diego Spirit, which made her the first Scot to play as a full-time professional in the American WUSA league. She later spent nine years at the English club Arsenal, where she won seventeen major trophies. For Scotland she made her debut in 1996 and retired from international play in 2015, captaining her country for eight years; the Scottish Football Association credits her with 116 goals and 121 caps, a national record by some distance, although those totals appear to include unofficial internationals. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2008 Birthday Honours and also represented Scotland at basketball.