Eleri Earnshaw
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Eleri Earnshaw | ||
Date of birth | 17 May 1985 | ||
Place of birth | St Asaph, Wales | ||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2006 | Iona Gaels | ||
2007 | Long Island University | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2001 | Bangor City Girls | ||
2001–2004 | Arsenal Ladies | ||
2002–2003 | → Barnet (loan) | ||
2005–2008 | New York Magic | ||
2009 | New York Athletic Club | ||
2010– | SoccerPlus Connecticut | ||
International career‡ | |||
2002– | Wales | 21 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 April 2011 |
Eleri Earnshaw (born 17 May 1985) is a football player and coach who plays for the Welsh national team and coaches SoccerPlus Connecticut. Earnshaw plays as a defender or midfielder and has accumulated more than twenty caps for Wales.
Club career
Earnshaw attended Ysgol Glan Clwyd[1] and also played for Bangor City Girls in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division.[2] In November 2000, a 15-year-old Earnshaw scored twice against Charlton Athletic in an FA Women's Premier League Cup tie.[3] She won a scholarship to Arsenal Ladies' Academy in September 2001.[4]
After spending a period with Barnet in 2002–03,[5] Earnshaw helped Arsenal win a domestic double in 2003–04.[1]
She then moved to America to play varsity soccer while attending Iona College (New York).[1] After three successful seasons with The Gaels, Earnshaw moved to Long Island University for a final season of college soccer in 2007.[6]
International career
Earnshaw won 13 caps and scored three goals for Wales at U–19 level.[2] She made her senior debut, aged 17 and two days, in a 2–0 defeat to Scotland in May 2002.[2][7]
References
- ^ a b c Gareth Bicknell (3 August 2004). "Eleri ready to tackle US; Double-winning footballer Eleri Earnshaw is heading to the States to boost her hopes of a professional career, as she tells". Liverpool Post. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ a b c "International Teams — Eleri Earnshaw". Football Association of Wales. Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
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suggested) (help) - ^ Tony Leighton (5 November 2000). "Arsenal stay on course for double". BBC. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ Esther Eckley (6 September 2001). "Four Welsh hopefuls earn their places at the top academy; SOCCER: Quartet are bound for Arsenal". Western Mail. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ "Ladies Miss 2nd By Point". Barnet FC. 13 April 2003. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
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- ^ "Eleri Earnshaw". FIFA. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
External links
- Eleri Earnshaw at UEFA
- Eleri Earnshaw at FAW
- Use dmy dates from March 2012
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Arsenal Women F.C. players
- Wales women's international footballers
- FA Women's Premier League players
- Iona College (New York) alumni
- Long Island University alumni
- Sportspeople from Rhyl
- Barnet F.C. Ladies players
- Welsh women's footballers
- Iona Gaels women's soccer players
- LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds women's soccer players
- Women's association football managers
- Welsh football managers
- Women's association football midfielders
- Welsh women's football biography stubs