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Coultard had also been part of the England squad which finished runners-up to Sweden in the first Union of European Football Associations final in 1984, losing the final on penalties.
Coultard had also been part of the England squad which finished runners-up to Sweden in the first Union of European Football Associations final in 1984, losing the final on penalties.
She is one of England Women"s most capped internationals, with 119 appearances, and was the highest capped outfield England international ever until Rachel Yankey reached 120 caps in 2012. At the time she was one of only five football players (Bobby Moore, Billy Wright and Bobby Charlton were the others) to have reached over 100 caps for England, and she was the first woman and amateur player to have done southern England were knocked out at the quarter-final stage by eventual tournament runners-up, Germany.
In the early stages of England"s successful 2001 Union of European Football Associations Women"s Championship qualification campaign Coultard remained captain of the side.
In October 2000, 37-year-old Coultard announced her international retirement in order to concentrate on a coaching role in the National Women"s Football Academy in Durham. Joining as a 13-year-old schoolgirl, she eventually made over 300 appearances and became a key player in the side which dominated women"s football in England.
She retired from club football at the end of the 2000-2001 season, making an emotional farewell appearance for the Belles against Charlton Athletic in May 2001. Coultard fitted in four training sessions and a match every week, despite her full–time job on the production line at a Pioneer factory in Castleford.
She used her annual leave from work to play for England and rejected several offers to join semi-professional clubs in Belgium, Italy, Sweden and Finland.
In May 2005 Coultard was diagnosed with breast cancer, which was successfully treated with surgery, chemotherapy and radium therapy. On 19 October 2006, she was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame. Coultard managed the new Hartlepool United Ladies team in 2008-2009.
In 2009 she was offered a role as coach of the Estonia women"s national football team, but turned down the offer for personal reasons.
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She was later a non-playing member of the England side which suffered their record defeat – an 8–0 loss away to Norway in June 2000.