Kayleigh Hines

{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Kayleigh Hines | image = London Bees v Oxford United WFC, 9 December 2017 (03).jpg | image_size = | caption = Hines in 2017 | fullname = Kayleigh Hines | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|2|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = Reading, England | height =  | position = Midfielder | currentclub = Peterborough United | clubnumber = 41 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Reading | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Arsenal | youthyears3 = | youthclubs3 = St Albans | years1 = | clubs1 = Millburn Magic | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2014–2015 | clubs2 = Oxford United | caps2 = 41 | goals2 = 7 | years3 = 2016–2017 | clubs3 = Reading | caps3 = 18 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2017–2018 | clubs4 = Oxford United | caps4 = 9 | goals4 = 6 | years5 = 2019-2022 | clubs5 = Oxford United | caps5 = 17 | goals5 = 6 | years6 = 2022-2024 | clubs6 = Loughborough Lightning | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 2024-2026 | clubs7 = Peterborough United | caps7 = | goals7 = | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | nationalyears2 = | nationalteam2 = | nationalcaps2 = | nationalgoals2 = | nationalyears3 = | nationalteam3 = | nationalcaps3 = | nationalgoals3 = | pcupdate = 12:51. 15 October 2022 (UTC) | ntupdate = }} '''Kayleigh Hines''' (born 27 February 1991) is a retired English footballer who played as a midfielder for Peterborough United.<ref>{{cite web|title= Hines Joins Posh Women|url=https://www.theposh.com/news/hines-joins-posh-women|publisher=Peterborough United|accessdate=7 November 2024}}</ref> She previously played for Reading.<ref>{{cite web|title=Midfielder moves on|url=http://www.oufc.co.uk/news/article/kayleigh-hines-oxford-united-women-2868275.aspx#gMSxJJkGgsecVtw5.99|publisher=Oxford United|accessdate=15 June 2016|date=28 October 2015|archive-date=19 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819172602/http://www.oufc.co.uk/news/article/kayleigh-hines-oxford-united-women-2868275.aspx#gMSxJJkGgsecVtw5.99|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Early life== Hines began playing football at age 8 and eventually joined a local boys' team where she played until the age of 12.<ref name="reading_bio">{{cite web|title=Kayleigh Hines|url=http://reading.fawsl.com/playerProfile/kayleigh_hines.html#vx2Mh15ikxe6LAgJ.97|publisher=FA WSL|accessdate=15 June 2016|archive-date=5 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905172022/http://reading.fawsl.com/playerProfile/kayleigh_hines.html#vx2Mh15ikxe6LAgJ.97|url-status=dead}}</ref> She then joined the Reading F.C.'s Centre of Excellence.<ref name="reading_bio"/> As a teenager, Hines played for Arsenal Academy and St Albans.<ref name="reading_bio" /> At the age of 18, she travelled to New Jersey in the United States where she played for Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) side Millburn Magic.<ref name="fawsl_readingsigning">{{cite web|title=Royals sign Hines from Oxford Utd for 2016|url=http://reading.fawsl.com/news/royals_sign_hines_from_oxford_utd_for_2016.html#DEEo0hya2tKr0Fuh.97|publisher=FA WSL|accessdate=15 June 2016|date=28 December 2015|archive-date=14 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814181757/http://reading.fawsl.com/news/royals_sign_hines_from_oxford_utd_for_2016.html#DEEo0hya2tKr0Fuh.97|url-status=dead}}</ref> Named to the WPSL's All-East First Team in 2010,<ref>{{cite web|title=2010 All-East Teams|url=http://www.wpsl.info/news/indexa.php?cat=1&id=1142|publisher=WPSL|accessdate=15 June 2016}}</ref> Hines also coached the Millburn Magic Under-9 summer select team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Millburn Magic places second in Pocono Cup|url=http://www.northjersey.com/sports/millburn-magic-places-second-in-pocono-cup-1.889157|publisher=North Jersey|accessdate=15 June 2016|date=22 July 2011}}</ref>

==Playing career==

=== Oxford United, 2014–2015 === Hines signed with Oxford United in the FAWSL 2 for the league's inaugural season.<ref name="bbc.com">{{cite web|title=Oxford United Ladies get first ever Super League win|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/28089306|publisher=BBC|accessdate=15 June 2016|date=30 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Hines double can't save Oxford United women in final game|url=http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/13879459.FOOTBALL__Hines_double_can_t_save_Oxford_United_women_in_final_game/|publisher=Oxford Mail|accessdate=15 June 2016|date=20 October 2015}}</ref> In June 2014, she scored a goal from 40 yards out against Durham helping Reading win 2–1.<ref>{{cite web|title=Durham boss defends back four despite Oxford setback|url=http://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/football/local-football/durham-boss-defends-back-four-despite-oxford-setback-1-6701213|publisher=Sunderland Echo|accessdate=15 June 2016|date=30 June 2014|archive-date=7 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807151601/http://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/football/local-football/durham-boss-defends-back-four-despite-oxford-setback-1-6701213|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="bbc.com"/> Oxford finished the regular season in ninth place with a {{Win–loss record|w=3|l=12|d=3|otl=}} record. Hines made 22 appearances for the club and scored two goals during the 2014 season.<ref name="oxford_stats">{{cite web|title=Player Stats|url=http://www.oxfordunitedwfc.co.uk/teamPlayerStats.html#HDCutD4kxvmCt9yF.97|publisher=Oxford United|accessdate=15 June 2016}}</ref>

Returning for the 2015 season, Hines scored a brace against Reading leading Oxford United to a draw in April.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kayleigh Hines brace earns Oxford a point at Reading|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/32446700|publisher=BBC|accessdate=15 June 2016|date=24 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Oxford United 'playing smarter, says Kayleigh Hines|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/32783595|publisher=BBC|accessdate=15 June 2016|date=18 May 2015}}</ref> She finished the season with seven goals in 17 appearances.<ref name="oxford_stats"/> Oxford United finished sixth in the season.

=== Reading FC, 2016– === In December 2015, it was announced that Hines had signed a professional contract with Reading F.C. in FA WSL 1. Of her signing, Reading manager Kelly Chambers said, 'I have known of Kayleigh's ability for a long time. It's great to get her signature on the dotted line, she will bring a different dimension to our team that maybe we have been lacking previously."<ref name="fawsl_readingsigning" />

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==External links== {{commons category}} * [http://reading.fawsl.com/playerProfile/kayleigh_hines.html Reading player profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905172022/http://reading.fawsl.com/playerProfile/kayleigh_hines.html |date=5 September 2017 }} * {{Twitter}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hines, Kayleigh}} Category:Living people Category:1991 births Category:English women's footballers Category:Women's association football midfielders Category:Women's Super League players Category:Reading F.C. Women players Category:Oxford United W.F.C. players Category:Footballers from Reading, Berkshire Category:21st-century English sportswomen