Charlotte Watson

Charlotte Watson (born 23 April 1998)[1] is a field hockey player from Scotland, who plays as a forward for Scotland and Great Britain.[2][3]

Charlotte Watson
Personal information
Born (1998-04-23) 23 April 1998
Dundee, Scotland
Height 167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current club Dundee Wanderers
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Scotland 67 (9)
2019– Great Britain 5 (1)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  Scotland
EuroHockey Championship II
2019 GlasgowTeam

Personal life

Charlotte Watson was born and raised in Dundee, Scotland.[2]

Career

Club hockey

In Scotland's Women's Premiership league, Watson plays for the Dundee Wanderers.[4][5]

National teams

Scotland

Watson made her senior international debut for Scotland in 2016, during a test match against South Africa in Cape Town.[6]

In 2018, Watson was a member of the Scottish team at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast.[7][8]

Her most prominent appearance in Scottish colours to date was in 2019 at the EuroHockey Championship II in Glasgow. At the tournament, Watson scored Scotland's second goal in the final, helping the team to a 2–1 win and their third Gold Medal at the event.[6][9]

Great Britain

In 2019, Watson was given her first call up to the Great Britain women's team. Her first appearance was during a test match against Japan in Hiroshima.[6] Following her debut, Watson went on to represent the team during a test series against India and at the FIH Olympic Qualifiers, in Marlow and London respectively.[10]

In November 2019, Watson was moved into the GB Hockey program on a full-time basis for the 2020 calendar year.[11][12]

International Goals

Note: The following data includes goals for both Scotland and Great Britain.


Goal		 Date Location Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
128 July 2017Glasgow National Hockey Centre, Glasgow, Scotland France2–14–1Test Match[13]
222 October 2017Belfast Harlequins HC, Belfast, Northern Ireland Ireland1–11–1[14]
32 June 2018Glasgow National Hockey Centre, Glasgow, Scotland2–52–6[15]
421 February 2019Acqua Acetosa, Rome, Italy Italy1–11–3[16]
515 May 2019Glasgow National Hockey Centre, Glasgow, Scotland Canada1–11–4[17]
619 May 20191–31–7[18]
711 June 2019Banbridge Hockey Club, Banbridge, Northern Ireland Ukraine3–04–02018–19 FIH Series Finals[19]
84 August 2019Glasgow National Hockey Centre, Glasgow, Scotland1–07–02019 EuroHockey Championship II[20]
910 August 2019 Italy2–02–1[21]
10 GB2 October 2019Marlow Hockey Club, Marlow, England India2–13–1Test Match[22]

References
  1. "Team Details – Scotland". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  2. "Charlotte Watson". scottish-hockey.org.uk. Scottish Hockey Union. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  3. "Charlotte Watson". greatbritainhockey.co.uk. GB Hockey. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. "Ladies 1". dundeewanderers.org.uk. Dundee Wanderers. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  5. "WATSON Charlotte". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  6. "WATSON Charlotte". tms.fuh.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  7. "Charlotte WATSON". results.gc2018.com. gc2018. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  8. "Charlotte Watson Hockey". teamscotland.scot. Team Scotland. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  9. "SCOTLAND TAKES GOLD AT THE EUROHOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP II". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  10. "Olympic hockey qualifiers: Great Britain's home nations feel for Chile clash". thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  11. "Charlotte Watson and Leah Wilkinson called up to GB Hockey squad as they bid to defend Olympic title at Tokyo 2020". newschain.uk. News Chain. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  12. "Leah Wilkinson and Charlotte Watson join GB squad for Tokyo Olympics bid". bbc.com. BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  13. "Scotland 4–1 France". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  14. "Ireland 1–1 Scotland". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  15. "Scotland 2–6 Ireland". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  16. "Italy 3–1 Scotland". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  17. "Scotland 1–4 Canada". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  18. "Scotland 1–7 Canada". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  19. "Ukraine 0–4 Scotland". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  20. "Scotland 7–0 Ukraine". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  21. "Italy 1–2 Scotland". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  22. "Great Britain 3–1 India". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
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