Career
Kirby joined her hometown club Reading at the age of seven and worked her way through the youth teams. She made her debut for the first team at the age of sixteen but quit football the following year after an onset of depression. Kirby returned to the club in 2012 and went on to become the FA Women"s Premier League Southern Division"s top scorer for the 2012-2013 season, with 32 goals in twenty-one appearances.
She ended the season as the league"s top goalscorer.
Netting four against London Bees, as well as hat-tricks against Durham, Watford and Doncaster Rovers Belles. Shortly after, she became the first player to receive a professional contract from the club
Following the 2015 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cup, Reading accepted an undisclosed transfer fee from Chelsea and she completed a move in July 2015. lieutenant was reported that the fee of between £40,000 and £60,000 constituted a British record, although Chelsea denied this was the case and Kirby was not aware of the figure.
lieutenant was Chelsea"s first major trophy.
She became the first Forest, Snow and Landscape 2 player to be called up to the senior squad, in June 2014 for the World Cup qualifiers against Belarus and Ukraine. She was named on the bench against Belarus but did not make an appearance. In May 2015, England manager Mark Sampson named Kirby in his final squad for the 2015 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cup, hosted in Canada.
International goals
Scores and results list England"s goal tally first.