Lois Roche
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lois Roche | ||
| Date of birth | 18 June 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | C.F. Florentia | ||
| Number | 93 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arsenal, Chelsea, QPR | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2016 | Reading | 67 | (14) |
| 2017 | Åland United | 22 | (5) |
| 2018– | CF Florentia | 17 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2010 | Ireland U17 | 11 | |
| 2011–2012 | Ireland U19 | 10 | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Lois Roche (born 18 June 1993) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for C.F. Florentia of Serie A, the top level of women's league football in Italy. Roche was born and brought up in England but chose to play for the Republic of Ireland at youth international level.[1]
For many years player for Reading,[2][3][4][5][6] in 2017 she took the opportunity to play in a foreign league for the first time, joining Finnish Naisten Liiga club Åland United.
At the end of the championship she decided to move to Italy, to play for Florentia, a team at the top of the Serie B table, in the second part of their 2017–18 season.[7]
References
- ^ "Lois Roche joins Åland United". LTA Agency. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ "Reading Women: Rachel Rowe and Lois Roche sign contracts". BBC. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "Getting to know you: Reading midfielder Lois Roche". FA WSL. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "Reading FC Women's Lois Roche Reflects On Winning The WSL 2 Title". SportsVibe. 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "Sunderland AFC Ladies vs Reading FC Women". Women's Sports UK. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ Trehan, Dev (9 February 2016). "Reading Women boss Kelly Chambers looks ahead to FA WSL 1 season". Sky Sports. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "Lois Roche, una centrocampista inglese per la Florentia" (in Italian). 22 December 2017..
External links
- Lois Roche – UEFA competition record (archive)
- FA Ireland player profile
- Reading player profile
- Lois Roche on X
Categories:
- Living people
- 1993 births
- Republic of Ireland women's association footballers
- Women's association football midfielders
- FA Women's Super League players
- Reading F.C. Women players
- Florentia San Gimignano S.S.D. players
- Expatriate women's footballers in Italy
- Serie A (women's football) players
- Åland United players
- Irish expatriate association footballers
- Naisten Liiga players
- Irish expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Expatriate women's footballers in Finland
- Irish expatriate sportspeople in Italy