Leanne Crichton

Leanne Crichton is a former Scottish professional football player who currently manages Rangers and works as a media pundit for BBC Scotland.
A retired midfielder, she played for Hibernian, Celtic, Whitehill Welfare/Edinburgh Ladies, Glasgow City and Motherwell in Scotland and for Notts County in the English FA WSL, and appeared 72 times for the [Scotland women's national Association football|football team|Scotland national team].

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Playing career

Club

Crichton started her career with Cumbernauld Cosmos before moving to Whitehill Welfare. She had a short spell with Glasgow City in 2007 before moving on to Celtic later the same year, scoring a penalty on her debut against then reigning league champions Hibernian. Crichton went on to join Hibernian in 2011 for one season before returning for her second spell at Glasgow City in January 2012.
After winning a clean sweep of domestic honours with City in 2012, including a league campaign in which the club finished undefeated, Crichton made her bow in the UEFA Women's Champions League against ŽNK Osijek in the qualifying round of the 2012–13 competition. She went on to play in all five matches in City's run to the round of 32.
Crichton signed for FA WSL side Notts County in January 2015. In April 2017, she joined Glasgow City for a third spell with the club. She moved to Motherwell in 2021 to combine a playing and coaching role. She retired from playing in 2023 but remained as a coach at Motherwell for another year.

International

Crichton was part of Tony Gervaise's Scotland youth squad which qualified for the finals of the 2005 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Hungary. While playing for the Edinburgh Ladies, she earned her first call up to the senior Scotland women's squad in August 2006 and made her debut in a challenge match against Belgium the following month.
National coach Anna Signeul recalled Crichton for Scotland's two challenge matches against the United States in February 2013. Crichton helped Scotland qualify for Euro 2017 and the 2019 World Cup, which was their first appearances in those major tournaments. She announcement her retirement from international football in January 2021, having made 72 international appearances in total.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition	Scored
1	1 June 2013	Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík		3–2	Friendly	1
2	5 April 2014	Fir Park, Motherwell		2–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qual.	1
3	13 September 2014	Fir Park, Motherwell		9–0	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qual.	1

Managerial career

Motherwell & Glasgow City (Assistant)

Crichton moved to Motherwell in 2021 to combine a playing and coaching role. She left Motherwell in November 2024 to become assistant to Leanne Ross at Glasgow City following the departure of Scott Booth.

Rangers

On 4 August 2025, Crichton entered management as head coach of Rangers, signing a three-year contract as successor to Jo Potter.

Managerial statistics

As of 14 November 2025

Honours

Personal life

She graduated in 2022 from Staffordshire University with a First class degree in Professional Sports Writing and Broadcasting.