Kim Alison Little (born 29 June 1990) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for and captains Arsenal of the English Women's Super League. Before her retirement from international duty in 2021, Little was vice-captain of the Scotland national team. She began her senior career at Hibernian, winning the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Women's Cup and Scottish Premier League Cup with the club in the 2006–2007 season. With Arsenal, she is a two time Premier League National Division winner, five time League Cup winner, three time Women's Super League and FA Cup winner, and a Champions League winner. During her time at Seattle Reign, Little won the Golden Boot and Most Valuable Player awards.
Little began representing Scotland at the senior international level in 2007 at age 16, scoring Scotland's first hat trick in 2012, and helping them qualify for Euro 2017 and the 2019 World Cup. She was one of two Scots selected for the Great Britain squad that reached the quarterfinals of the 2012 London Olympics, and again at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
In 2010, she was named the FA's Women's Player of the Year. In 2013, she became the first recipient of the PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year award. In 2016, she was named BBC Women's Footballer of the Year after being nominated for the second consecutive year. Since 2019, Little has been named in the PFA WSL Team of the Year three times.
In 2025, Little captained Arsenal to win the UEFA Women's Champions League for the clubs second time and first in eighteen years. She is one of only two Scottish women's football players to have ever won the UWCL.
Infobox
2022
→ OL Reign (loan)
Full name
Kim Alison Little
Date of birth
(1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 35)
Place of birth
Mintlaw, Scotland
Height
5 ft 4 in (1.62 m)
Position
Attacking midfielder
Current team
Arsenal
Number
10
2000–2004
Buchan Girls FC
2005–2006
Hibs Girls FC
Years
Team
2006–2008
Hibernian Ladies
2008–2013
Arsenal
2014–2016
Seattle Reign
2015–2016
→ Melbourne City (loan)
2017–
Arsenal
2007–2008
Scotland U19
2007–2021
Scotland
2012–2021
Great Britain
Tables
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition· Career statistics › Club
Multi-metric bars
World heat map
Division
Division
Club
Division
Season
Apps
League
Goals
League
Apps
League
Goals
Cups
Apps
Cups
Goals
Continental
Apps
Continental
Goals
Hibernian
Hibernian
Club
Hibernian
Season
2006–07
League
SWPL 1
Continental
30
Continental
55
2007–08
2007–08
Club
2007–08
Cups
18
Cups
33
Total
Total
Club
Total
League
48
Cups
88
Arsenal
Arsenal
Club
Arsenal
Season
2007–08
League
WPL
League
8
League
1
Cups
—
Cups
—
Continental
8
Continental
1
2008–09
2008–09
Club
2008–09
Season
17
League
8
League
4
League
3
Cups
—
Cups
21
Continental
11
2009–10
2009–10
Club
2009–10
Season
22
League
22
League
3
League
4
Cups
5
Cups
9
Continental
30
Continental
35
2011
2011
Club
2011
Season
WSL
League
12
League
9
League
—
Cups
8
Cups
3
Continental
20
Continental
12
2012
2012
Club
2012
Season
14
League
11
League
—
League
8
Cups
3
Cups
22
Continental
14
2013
2013
Club
2013
Season
14
League
3
League
—
League
4
Cups
5
Cups
18
Continental
8
Total
Total
Club
Total
Season
87
League
54
League
7
League
7
Cups
25
Cups
20
Continental
119
Continental
81
Seattle Reign FC
Seattle Reign FC
Club
Seattle Reign FC
Season
2014
League
NWSL
League
23
League
16
Cups
2
Cups
1
Continental
—
Continental
25
Total
17
2015
2015
Club
2015
Season
20
League
10
League
2
League
0
Cups
—
Cups
22
Continental
10
2016
2016
Club
2016
Season
20
League
6
League
—
League
—
Cups
20
Cups
6
Total
Total
Club
Total
Season
63
League
32
League
4
League
1
Cups
—
Cups
67
Continental
33
Melbourne City (loan)
Melbourne City (loan)
Club
Melbourne City (loan)
Season
2015–16
League
W-League
League
12
League
9
Cups
—
Cups
—
Continental
12
Continental
9
Arsenal
Arsenal
Club
Arsenal
Season
2017
League
WSL
League
0
League
0
Cups
0
Cups
0
Continental
—
Continental
0
Total
0
2017–18
2017–18
Club
2017–18
Season
9
League
3
League
1
League
0
Cups
—
Cups
10
Continental
3
2018–19
2018–19
Club
2018–19
Season
14
League
8
League
5
League
3
Cups
—
Cups
19
Continental
11
2019–20
2019–20
Club
2019–20
Season
12
League
5
League
4
League
3
Cups
5
Cups
4
Continental
21
Continental
12
2020–21
2020–21
Club
2020–21
Season
16
League
5
League
2
League
0
Cups
—
Cups
18
Continental
5
2021–22
2021–22
Club
2021–22
Season
22
League
6
League
5
League
1
Cups
12
Cups
4
Continental
39
Continental
11
2022–23
2022–23
Club
2022–23
Season
11
League
4
League
5
League
2
Cups
7
Cups
2
Continental
23
Continental
8
2023–24
2023–24
Club
2023–24
Season
17
League
1
League
5
League
1
Cups
2
Cups
0
Continental
24
Continental
2
2024–25
2024–25
Club
2024–25
Season
20
League
1
League
2
League
0
Cups
14
Cups
1
Continental
36
Continental
2
2025–26
2025–26
Club
2025–26
Season
8
League
0
League
0
League
0
Cups
2
Cups
0
Continental
10
Continental
0
Total
Total
Club
Total
Season
129
League
33
League
29
League
10
Cups
42
Cups
11
Continental
200
Continental
54
OL Reign (loan)
OL Reign (loan)
Club
OL Reign (loan)
Season
2022
League
NWSL
League
6
League
0
Cups
—
Cups
—
Continental
6
Continental
0
Career total
Career total
Club
Career total
Season
345+
League
216+
League
40
League
18
Cups
67
Cups
31
Continental
452
Continental
265
Ranked list
Club
Season
League
Cups
Continental
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Hibernian
2006–07
SWPL 1
30
55
2007–08
18
33
Total
48
88
Arsenal
2007–08
WPL
8
1
—
—
8
1
2008–09
17
8
4
3
—
21
11
2009–10
22
22
3
4
5
9
30
35
2011
WSL
12
9
—
8
3
20
12
2012
14
11
—
8
3
22
14
2013
14
3
—
4
5
18
8
Total
87
54
7
7
25
20
119
81
Seattle Reign FC
2014
NWSL
23
16
2
1
—
25
17
2015
20
10
2
0
—
22
10
2016
20
6
—
—
20
6
Total
63
32
4
1
—
67
33
Melbourne City (loan)
2015–16
W-League
12
9
—
—
12
9
Arsenal
2017
WSL
0
0
0
0
—
0
0
2017–18
9
3
1
0
—
10
3
2018–19
14
8
5
3
—
19
11
2019–20
12
5
4
3
5
4
21
12
2020–21
16
5
2
0
—
18
5
2021–22
22
6
5
1
12
4
39
11
2022–23
11
4
5
2
7
2
23
8
2023–24
17
1
5
1
2
0
24
2
2024–25
20
1
2
0
14
1
36
2
2025–26
8
0
0
0
2
0
10
0
Total
129
33
29
10
42
11
200
54
OL Reign (loan)
2022
NWSL
6
0
—
—
6
0
Career total
345+
216+
40
18
67
31
452
265
· Career statistics › International
Multi-metric bars
World heat map
Apps
Apps
Year
Apps
Scotland
Goals
Scotland
Apps
Great Britain
Goals
2007
2007
Year
2007
Scotland
9
Scotland
0
Great Britain
—
2008
2008
Year
2008
Scotland
14
Scotland
3
2009
2009
Year
2009
Scotland
11
Scotland
1
2010
2010
Year
2010
Scotland
14
Scotland
9
2011
2011
Year
2011
Scotland
12
Scotland
4
2012
2012
Year
2012
Scotland
14
Scotland
9
Great Britain
4
Great Britain
0
2013
2013
Year
2013
Scotland
16
Scotland
4
Great Britain
—
2014
2014
Year
2014
Scotland
13
Scotland
6
2015
2015
Year
2015
Scotland
10
Scotland
9
2016
2016
Year
2016
Scotland
4
Scotland
1
2017
2017
Year
2017
Scotland
4
Scotland
2
2018
2018
Year
2018
Scotland
6
Scotland
3
2019
2019
Year
2019
Scotland
10
Scotland
8
2020
2020
Year
2020
Scotland
2
Scotland
0
2021
2021
Year
2021
Scotland
1
Scotland
0
Great Britain
4
Great Britain
0
Total
Total
Year
Total
Scotland
140
Scotland
59
Great Britain
8
Great Britain
0
Ranked list
Year
Scotland
Great Britain
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
2007
9
0
—
2008
14
3
2009
11
1
2010
14
9
2011
12
4
2012
14
9
4
0
2013
16
4
—
2014
13
6
2015
10
9
2016
4
1
2017
4
2
2018
6
3
2019
10
8
2020
2
0
2021
1
0
4
0
Total
140
59
8
0
List of international goals scored by Kim Little[7]· Career statistics › International
Multi-metric bars
World heat map
1
1
No.
1
Date
12 March 2008
Venue
GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus
Opponent
Russia
Result
2–3
Competition
2008 Cyprus Cup
2
2
No.
2
Date
17 September 2008
Venue
McDiarmid Park, Perth, Scotland
Opponent
Switzerland
Result
4–0
Competition
Friendly
3
3
No.
3
Date
28 September 2008
Venue
McDiarmid Park, Perth, Scotland
Opponent
Slovakia
Result
6–0
Competition
UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
4
4
No.
4
Date
29 October 2009
Venue
Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland
Opponent
Georgia
Result
3–1
Competition
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5
5
No.
5
Date
3 March 2010
Venue
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus
Opponent
South Africa
Result
2–1
Competition
2010 Cyprus Cup
6
6
No.
6
Date
1 April 2010
Venue
Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk, Scotland
Opponent
Bulgaria
Result
8–1
Competition
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
7
7
No.
7
8
8
No.
8
Date
23 May 2010
Venue
Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton, Scotland
Opponent
Northern Ireland
Result
2–0
Competition
Friendly
9
9
No.
9
Date
5 June 2010
Venue
Stadion Niedermatten, Wohlen, Aargau, Switzerland
Opponent
Switzerland
Result
3–3
Competition
Friendly
10
10
No.
10
11
11
No.
11
Date
19 June 2010
Venue
Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria
Opponent
Bulgaria
Result
5–0
Competition
Friendly
12
12
No.
12
Date
23 June 2010
Venue
Proszowianka Proszowice, Proszowice, Poland
Opponent
Poland
Result
2–1
Competition
Friendly
13
13
No.
13
14
14
No.
14
Date
4 March 2011
Venue
GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus
Opponent
England
Result
2–0
Competition
2011 Cyprus Women's Cup
15
15
No.
15
Date
21 August 2011
Venue
Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk, Scotland
Opponent
Switzerland
Result
5–0
Competition
Friendly
16
16
No.
16
Date
12 October 2011
Venue
Ness Ziona Stadium, Ness Ziona, Israel
Opponent
Israel
Result
6–1
Competition
UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
17
17
No.
17
18
18
No.
18
Date
6 March 2012
Venue
Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus
Opponent
South Africa
Result
2–0
Competition
2012 Cyprus Women's Cup
19
19
No.
19
20
20
No.
20
Date
26 May 2012
Venue
Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Opponent
Sweden
Result
1–4
Competition
Friendly
21
21
No.
21
Date
16 June 2012
Venue
Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland
Opponent
Israel
Result
8–0
Competition
UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
22
22
No.
22
23
23
No.
23
24
24
No.
24
Date
15 September 2012
Venue
Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli, Wales
Opponent
Wales
Result
2–1
Competition
UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
25
25
No.
25
Date
20 October 2012
Venue
Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland
Opponent
Spain
Result
1–1
Competition
UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
26
26
No.
26
Date
24 October 2012
Venue
La Ciudad del Fútbol, Las Rozas, Spain
Opponent
Spain
Result
2–3
Competition
UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
27
27
No.
27
Date
9 February 2013
Venue
EverBank Field, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Opponent
United States
Result
1–4
Competition
Friendly
28
28
No.
28
Date
8 March 2013
Venue
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus
Opponent
England
Result
4–4
Competition
2013 Cyprus Women's Cup
29
29
No.
29
Date
13 March 2013
Venue
GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus
Opponent
Netherlands
Result
1–0
Competition
2013 Cyprus Women's Cup
30
30
No.
30
Date
26 September 2013
Venue
Fir Park, Motherwell, Scotland
Opponent
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Result
7–0
Competition
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
31
31
No.
31
Date
13 February 2014
Venue
Eerikkilän Urheiluopisto, Eerikkilä, Finland
Opponent
Finland
Result
1–3
Competition
Friendly
32
32
No.
32
Date
12 March 2014
Venue
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus
Opponent
South Korea
Result
1–1
Competition
2014 Cyprus Women's Cup
33
33
No.
33
Date
14 June 2014
Venue
Fir Park, Motherwell, Scotland
Opponent
Sweden
Result
1–3
Competition
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
34
34
No.
34
Date
19 June 2014
Venue
Solitude, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Opponent
Northern Ireland
Result
2–0
Competition
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
35
35
No.
35
Date
13 September 2014
Venue
Fir Park, Motherwell, Scotland
Opponent
Faroe Islands
Result
9–0
Competition
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
36
36
No.
36
Date
25 October 2014
Venue
Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland
Opponent
Netherlands
Result
1–2
Competition
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
37
37
No.
37
Date
6 March 2015
Venue
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus
Opponent
Italy
Result
2–3
Competition
2015 Cyprus Women's Cup
38
38
No.
38
Date
9 March 2015
Venue
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus
Opponent
South Korea
Result
2–1
Competition
2015 Cyprus Women's Cup
39
39
No.
39
Date
11 March 2015
Venue
Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus
Opponent
Netherlands
Result
3–1
Competition
2015 Cyprus Women's Cup
40
40
No.
40
41
41
No.
41
42
42
No.
42
Date
22 September 2015
Venue
Ajdovščina Stadium, Ajdovščina, Slovenia
Opponent
Slovenia
Result
3–0
Competition
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
43
43
No.
43
44
44
No.
44
45
45
No.
45
Date
27 October 2015
Venue
FFM Training Centre, Skopje, Macedonia
Opponent
Macedonia
Result
4–1
Competition
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
46
46
No.
46
Date
8 April 2016
Venue
St Mirren Park, Paisley, Scotland
Opponent
Slovenia
Result
3–1
Competition
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
47
47
No.
47
Date
23 January 2017
Venue
Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus
Opponent
Denmark
Result
1–1
Competition
Friendly
48
48
No.
48
Date
1 March 2017
Venue
Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus
Opponent
New Zealand
Result
3–2
Competition
2017 Cyprus Women's Cup
49
49
No.
49
Date
12 June 2018
Venue
Kielce City Stadium, Kielce, Poland
Opponent
Poland
Result
3–2
Competition
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
50
50
No.
50
Date
30 August 2018
Venue
St Mirren Park, Paisley, Scotland
Opponent
Switzerland
Result
2–1
Competition
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
51
51
No.
51
Date
4 September 2018
Venue
Loro Borici Stadium, Shkoder, Albania
Opponent
Albania
Result
2–1
Competition
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
52
52
No.
52
Date
4 March 2019
Venue
Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal
Opponent
Iceland
Result
4–1
Competition
2019 Algarve Cup
53
53
No.
53
Date
8 April 2019
Venue
Pinatar Arena Football Centre, San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
Opponent
Brazil
Result
1–0
Competition
Friendly
54
54
No.
54
Date
19 June 2019
Venue
Parc des Princes, Paris, France
Opponent
Argentina
Result
3–3
Competition
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
55
55
No.
55
Date
30 August 2019
Venue
Easter Road, Edinburgh, Scotland
Opponent
Cyprus
Result
8–0
Competition
UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
56
56
No.
56
57
57
No.
57
58
58
No.
58
59
59
No.
59
Ranked list
No.
Date
Venue
Opponent
Score
Result
Competition
1
12 March 2008
GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus
Russia
2–3
2008 Cyprus Cup
2
17 September 2008
McDiarmid Park, Perth, Scotland
Switzerland
4–0
Friendly
3
28 September 2008
McDiarmid Park, Perth, Scotland
Slovakia
6–0
UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
4
29 October 2009
Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland
Georgia
3–1
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5
3 March 2010
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus
South Africa
2–1
2010 Cyprus Cup
6
1 April 2010
Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk, Scotland
Bulgaria
8–1
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
7
8
23 May 2010
Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton, Scotland
Northern Ireland
2–0
Friendly
9
5 June 2010
Stadion Niedermatten, Wohlen, Aargau, Switzerland
Switzerland
3–3
Friendly
10
11
19 June 2010
Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
5–0
Friendly
12
23 June 2010
Proszowianka Proszowice, Proszowice, Poland
Poland
2–1
Friendly
13
14
4 March 2011
GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus
England
2–0
2011 Cyprus Women's Cup
15
21 August 2011
Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk, Scotland
Switzerland
5–0
Friendly
16
12 October 2011
Ness Ziona Stadium, Ness Ziona, Israel
Israel
6–1
UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
17
18
6 March 2012
Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus
South Africa
2–0
2012 Cyprus Women's Cup
19
20
26 May 2012
Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Sweden
1–4
Friendly
21
16 June 2012
Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland
Israel
8–0
UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
22
23
24
15 September 2012
Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli, Wales
Wales
2–1
UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
25
20 October 2012
Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland
Spain
1–1
UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
26
24 October 2012
La Ciudad del Fútbol, Las Rozas, Spain
Spain
2–3
UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
27
9 February 2013
EverBank Field, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
United States
1–4
Friendly
28
8 March 2013
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus
England
4–4
2013 Cyprus Women's Cup
29
13 March 2013
GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus
Netherlands
1–0
2013 Cyprus Women's Cup
30
26 September 2013
Fir Park, Motherwell, Scotland
Bosnia and Herzegovina
7–0
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
31
13 February 2014
Eerikkilän Urheiluopisto, Eerikkilä, Finland
Finland
1–3
Friendly
32
12 March 2014
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus
South Korea
1–1
2014 Cyprus Women's Cup
33
14 June 2014
Fir Park, Motherwell, Scotland
Sweden
1–3
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
34
19 June 2014
Solitude, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
2–0
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
35
13 September 2014
Fir Park, Motherwell, Scotland
Faroe Islands
9–0
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
36
25 October 2014
Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland
Netherlands
1–2
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
37
6 March 2015
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus
Italy
2–3
2015 Cyprus Women's Cup
38
9 March 2015
GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus
South Korea
2–1
2015 Cyprus Women's Cup
39
11 March 2015
Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus
Netherlands
3–1
2015 Cyprus Women's Cup
40
41
42
22 September 2015
Ajdovščina Stadium, Ajdovščina, Slovenia
Slovenia
3–0
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
43
44
45
27 October 2015
FFM Training Centre, Skopje, Macedonia
Macedonia
4–1
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
46
8 April 2016
St Mirren Park, Paisley, Scotland
Slovenia
3–1
UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
47
23 January 2017
Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus
Denmark
1–1
Friendly
48
1 March 2017
Ammochostos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus
New Zealand
3–2
2017 Cyprus Women's Cup
49
12 June 2018
Kielce City Stadium, Kielce, Poland
Poland
3–2
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
References
Appearances in the NWSL Playoffs
"Women's Olympic Football Tournament London 2012 – List of Players Great Britain"
