Anna Filbey
![]() With Tottenham Hotspur in September 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anna Marie Filbey[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 11 October 1999||
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 | 21 | (3) |
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
- ^ a b "List of Players - England" (PDF). FIFA. 24 September 2016. p. 4. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ a b "England – A.Filbey". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ a b "6 Anna Filbey". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- ^ "Arsenal Women 4–0 Yeovil Town Ladies". BBC Sport. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Anna Filbey joins Spurs". 1 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "FAW / Ludlow announces squad for October training camp". www.faw.cymru. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ^ "International chances for Ladies' quintet". Tottenham Hotspur. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- ^ "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.
External links
- Anna Filbey at Soccerway
- 1999 births
- Living people
- English women's footballers
- Welsh women's footballers
- Wales women's international footballers
- FA Women's Super League players
- Arsenal W.F.C. players
- Women's association football midfielders
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women players
- English women's football biography stubs
- Welsh women's football biography stubs
- Welsh football midfielder stubs