Aberdeen-born Corsie started with Glasgow City in 2008 and won 13 major honours with Scotland’s then-dominant force before joining Notts County in 2014.
A six-year stint in the NWSL in the United States – with Seattle Reign, Utah Royals and Kansas City Current – followed, though she enjoyed loan moves to Canberra United and Birmingham City after also heading back to City in 2015 where she picked up another SWPL and Scottish Cup double.
The centre-back joined Villa in 2022 and closed out her 18-year club career with the WSL side by returning from a sixth operation – and fifth on her left knee – for their final two league games.
“Getting back to playing at the end of the season was a really tough ambition and objective, but we got there,” Corsie said.
“I was told by the surgeon before having the surgery that there was the option to have it, but the condition of my knee was fairly concerning and that though surgery would potentially give some relief, there was quite a serious likelihood that the damage that’s been done over the course of my career is going to be impactful to the rest of my life.
“I wanted to do the surgery because I knew that I couldn’t get back playing, leaving it as it was.
“You have this self-belief that ‘I’ve done it before, I could do it again’.
“I basically was just in chronic pain all the time. Walking up and down stairs in the house, sitting in the car for periods of time, getting in and out of the shower and having to climb out over the bath.
“All these little things, the day-to-day things that for me are now not normal.
“It’s been a tough journey but I’ve made it and it has been worth – I think – all those days in pain.”
