Anna Marie Filbey (born 11 October 1999) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Crystal Palace in the FA Women's Championship and the Wales national team. She is described by Tottenham as a "brave and technically-gifted defensive midfielder".[3]
_(cropped).jpg) With Tottenham Hotspur in September 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anna Marie Filbey[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 October 1999[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Hillingdon, England[3] | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive Midfielder / Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Crystal Palace | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arsenal | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Arsenal | 1[2] | (0) |
| 2018–2021 | Tottenham Hotspur | 24 | (3) |
| 2021 | → Celtic (loan) | 12 | (10) |
| 2021–2022 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | (1) |
| 2022– | Crystal Palace | 20 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2016 | England U17 | 12 | (4) |
| 2017 | England U19 | 2 | (2) |
| 2019– | Wales | 7 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:10, 01 May 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:10, 01 May 2023 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editOn 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] In February 2021 she joined Scottish Women's Premier League club Celtic on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season.[6]
International career
editFilbey 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,[7] but was later forced to pull out due to injury.[8]
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.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b "List of Players – England" (PDF). FIFA. 24 September 2016. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. 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.
- ^ "Tottenham's Filbey joins Celtic on loan". BBC Sport. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "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
edit- Anna Filbey at Soccerway
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