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Anna Filbey
With Tottenham Hotspur in September 2019
Personal information
Full name Anna Marie Filbey[1]
Date of birth (1999-10-11) 11 October 1999 (age 24)[2]
Place of birth Hillingdon, England[3]
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Tottenham Hotspur
Number 6
Youth career
Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Arsenal 1[2] (0)
2018– Tottenham Hotspur 11 (2)
International career‡
2014–2016 England U17 12 (4)
2017 England U19 2 (2)
2019– Wales 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:50, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:50, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

Anna Marie Filbey (born 11 October 1999) is an English-born Welsh footballer who plays as a midfielder for FA Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Wales national team. She is described by her club as a "brave and technically-gifted defensive midfielder".[3]

Club career

On 11 February 2018, Filbey made her debut for Arsenal, coming on in the 80th minute, replacing Emma Mitchell in a 4–0 Arsenal win over Yeovil Town in the 2017–18 season.[4] That proved to be her only league appearance with the club as she joined Tottenham Hotspur on 1 August.[5]

International career

Filbey has represented England at the youth level for the U17 and the U19 team. On 20 September 2018, Filbey received a call up for the Welsh national team,[6] but was later forced to pull out due to injury.[7]

She made her senior international debut for Wales on 8 October 2019, starting a 1–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying away win over Belarus.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "List of Players - England" (PDF). FIFA. 24 September 2016. p. 4. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "England – A.Filbey". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b "6 Anna Filbey". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Arsenal Women 4–0 Yeovil Town Ladies". BBC Sport. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Anna Filbey joins Spurs". 1 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  6. ^ "FAW / Ludlow announces squad for October training camp". www.faw.cymru. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  7. ^ "International chances for Ladies' quintet". Tottenham Hotspur. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Belarus Women 0 1 Wales". BBC Sport. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019. Manager Jayne Ludlow handed a debut to Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Anna Filbey.


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