Karen Penglase (born 10 August 1982) is a Scottish former international football defender. She played in the Scottish Women's Premier League for Kilmarnock, Hamilton Academical, Celtic and Rangers. She also played semi-professionally in Iceland with Grindavík and Keflavík. Penglase represented the Scotland women's national football team at full international level.
Club career Playing for Stenhousemuir in 1999–00, Penglase scored in a 9–0 Scottish Women's Cup final win over Clyde. In May 2002 Penglase joined Grindavík. After a spell with Kilmarnock, Penglase returned to Iceland in summer 2006, with Keflavík Football Club.
She signed for Celtic from Hamilton Academical in 2008.
After a spell playing and coaching in Australia in 2012, Penglase signed for Rangers for the 2013 Scottish Women's Premier League season under the management of her former Kilmarnock teammate Angie Hind.
International career Penglase was first called up to the senior Scotland squad at the age of seventeen in 1999.
During Scotland's 2001 UEFA Women's Championship qualification campaign, Penglase scored in a fractious 4–1 win over Croatia at Forthbank Stadium in May 2000. She remained a regular pick throughout Scotland's 2003 World Cup qualifying fixtures.Scotland Women’s National Team from 1998: a Complete Record, Andy Mitchell, Scottish Sport History, 9 November 2022
Personal life Penglase attended Reid Kerr College, studying for an HND in Sports Coaching and Development. During her spell at Celtic she worked as a lifeguard.
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