{{Short description|Scottish footballer (born 1998)}} {{Use British English|date=April 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Chelsea Cornet | fullname = Chelsea Anna Cornet<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=people&dl_cat=statutory&dl_rec=statutory-births&surname=Cornet&surname_so=exact&forename=Chelsea&forename_so=starts&sex=F&from_year=1998&to_year=1998&record_type=stat_births | title=Search results | access-date=2 October 2022 |website=ScotlandsPeople | archive-date=2 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002153923/https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results?search_type=people&dl_cat=statutory&dl_rec=statutory-births&surname=Cornet&surname_so=exact&forename=Chelsea&forename_so=starts&sex=F&from_year=1998&to_year=1998&record_type=stat_births | url-status=dead }}</ref> | image = 2025-04-08 Fussball, UEFA Women's Nations League, Deutschland - Schottland STP 2069 (cropped).jpg | caption = Cornet in Scotland kit, 2025 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1998|11|24}} | birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland | height = {{height|ft=|in=}} | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Birmingham City | clubnumber = 19 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Loanhead Miners Boys Club | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Heart of Midlothian Girls | youthyears3 = | youthclubs3 = Hibernian Girls | years1 = 2015–2020 | caps1 = | goals1 = | clubs1 = Hibernian | years2 = 2020–2025 | caps2 = | goals2 = | clubs2 = Rangers | nationalyears1 = 2012 | nationalteam1 = Scotland U15 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2013–2014 | nationalteam2 = Scotland U16 | nationalcaps2 = 6 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | nationalyears3 = 2013–2015 | nationalteam3 = Scotland U17 | nationalcaps3 = 20 | nationalgoals3 = 2 | nationalyears4 = 2015–2017 | nationalteam4 = Scotland U19 | nationalcaps4 = 16 | nationalgoals4 = 1 | nationalyears5 = 2023– | nationalteam5 = Scotland | nationalcaps5 = 3 | nationalgoals5 = 0 | pcupdate = 1 October 2022 | ntupdate = 29 February 2024 | years3 = 2025– | clubs3 = Birmingham City | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 }}
'''Chelsea Anna Cornet''' (born 19 April 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League 2 club Birmingham City and the Scotland national team.<ref name=r /> She was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.<ref name=r />
==Career== Born in Edinburgh, Cornet started her football career at youth level with Loanhead Miners Boys Club<ref>{{cite magazine | date = March 17, 2019 | title = Hibernian Women Programme | url = https://www.hiberniancommunityfoundation.org.uk/hibernian-women-programmes | magazine = match programme | location = Edinburgh | publisher = Hibernian Community Foundation }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://shekicks.net/chelsea-cornet-joins-rangers-fc-women/ |title=Chelsea Cornet joins Rangers FC Women |last=Frith |first=Wilf |date= January 8, 2020 |website=shekicks.net |publisher=She Kicks |access-date=October 1, 2022 |quote=}}Rangers have signed midfielder Chelsea Cornet on an 18-month contract from Hibernian, ahead of the 2020 SBS Scottish Women's Premier League season.</ref><ref name=bbc>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51038540 |title=Rangers sign Chelsea Cornet and Sonia O'Neill |last= |first= |date= January 8, 2020 |website= |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=October 1, 2022 |quote=}}Scotland youth midfielder Chelsea Cornet has left Hibernian to move to Rangers</ref> The Rangers manager Jo Potter praised Cornet as a "big game player".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/cxe9gjr13kyo|title=Chelsea Cornet: Can 'big-game player' make derby difference for Rangers?|date=4 May 2024|website=BBC Sport|accessdate=24 June 2025}}</ref> Cornet explained she moved to Rangers because she "wanted a new challenge".<ref name=bbc /> She signed an extension to her contract in May 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rangers.co.uk/article/chelsea-cornet-signs-contract-extension/47LvUO8rCmiQ52ejHL7Sjf|title=Chelsea Cornet Signs Contract Extension|website=Rangers|accessdate=24 June 2025}}</ref> During her time with Rangers, she scored the winning goal in the Old Firm derby against Celtic in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/37371/13255740/celtic-women-2-3-rangers-women-chelsea-cornets-second-half-strike-settles-thrilling-old-firm-game|title=Celtic Women 2-3 Rangers Women: Chelsea Cornet's second-half strike settles thrilling Old Firm game|website=Sky Sports|accessdate=24 June 2025}}</ref> She was regularly praised for her performances and made regular appearances in the Scottish Women's Premier League "Team of the Week".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/c624lyr3gk2o|title=Rangers trio feature in SWPL team of the week after Old Firm win|date=19 November 2024|website=BBC Sport|accessdate=24 June 2025}}</ref> In June 2025, it was announced that Cornet had been released from Rangers following the expiration of her contract.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/ce3974k812xo|title=Vic Esson, Tessel Middag, and Chelsea Cornet among five Rangers departures|date=6 June 2025|website=BBC Sport|accessdate=24 June 2025}}</ref> On 3 July 2025, it was announced that Cornet had signed a two-year contract at Birmingham City.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blues Women secure signing of Chelsea Cornet |url=https://www.bcfc.com/pages/en/media-article/blues-women-secure-signing-of-chelsea-cornet |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=www.bcfc.com}}</ref>
==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,<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1642848354131476480 |user=ScotlandNT |title=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 |date=3 April 2023 |accessdate=3 April 2023}}</ref> and made her debut in a 1–0 win against Australia.<ref>{{SFA Profile|id=183881}}</ref>
==Personal life== In 2023, Cornet was inducted into Loanhead's Hall of Fame, becoming the first woman footballer inducted.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.midlothianview.com/news/two-added-to-loanheads-football-hall-of-fame|title=Two added to Loanhead's Football Hall of Fame |work=Midlothian View |date=15 May 2023|accessdate=24 June 2025}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Hibernian'''<ref name=r /> * Women's Scottish Cup: 2017, 2018 * Scottish Women's Premier League Cup: 2017, 2018, 2019
'''Rangers'''<ref name=r>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rangers.co.uk/player/chelsea-cornet/6BHr9MqDUyT4BQqiUOchWD|title=Chelsea Cornet|website=Rangers|accessdate=24 June 2025}}</ref> * Scottish Women's Premier League 2021-22 * Women's Scottish Cup: 2023–24; runner-up 2022–23 * Scottish Women's Premier League Cup: 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25<ref>[https://www.rangers.co.uk/article/report-hibernian-0-5-rangers/3WKoYZHal5CeexY4NEFfg3 Report: Hibernian 0-5 Rangers], Craig Vickers, Rangers FC, 22 March 2025</ref> * City of Glasgow Women's Cup: 2022, 2023 '''Birmingham City'''
* Women's Super League 2: 2025–26<ref>{{Cite web |last=VAVEL.com |date=2026-05-02 |title=WSL2 Final Day Report: Birmingham champions, Palace promoted as Charlton crumble into third |url=https://www.vavel.com/en/football/2026/05/02/womens-football/1259428-wsl2-final-day-report-birmingham-champions-palace-promoted-as-charlton-crumble-into-third.html |access-date=2026-05-02 |website=VAVEL |language=en}}</ref>
==International goals== {| class="wikitable" |- ! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 4 June 2024 || Budaörsi Városi Stadium, Budaörs, Hungary || {{fbw|ISR}} || align=center|'''5'''–0 || align=center| 5–0 || UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|chelsea-cornet/305114}} * {{SFA player|183881}}
{{Birmingham City W.F.C. squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cornet, Chelsea}} Category:Living people Category:1998 births Category:Rangers W.F.C. players Category:Scottish women's footballers Category:Women's association football midfielders Category:Scottish Women's Premier League players Category:Footballers from Edinburgh Category:Scotland women's international footballers Category:Scotland women's youth international footballers Category:21st-century Scottish sportswomen