Alice Griffiths

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Alice Griffiths
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Personal information
Full name Alice Griffiths
Date of birth (2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Aberdare, Wales
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Southampton
Number 19
Youth career
Llwydcoed
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2018 Cyncoed Ladies
2018–2019 Cardiff Met. Ladies 16 (3)
2019–2021 Charlton Athletic 26 (0)
2021– Southampton 47 (0)
International career‡
2016–2017 Wales U17 12 (1)
2018–2019 Wales U19 4 (1)
2017– Wales 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:20, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Alice Griffiths (born 22 January 2001) is a Welsh footballer who plays for Southampton Women F.C..Griffiths represented Wales at all youth levels and made her debut for the senior team in 2017.

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Early life

Griffiths was born and raised in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf. She attended St John the Baptist School. [1] She has an older sister, Anna, who is also a footballer and has represented Wales at youth level. [2] Her father, Nigel, has described Alice as "a very shy and quiet girl, but give her a pair of football boots and she thrives." [1]

Club career

Griffiths began playing football with local amateur side Llwydcoed in the Aberdare and Rhondda Junior Football League. At under-16 level, she was the only female player in an otherwise all-boys league. [1] She joined Welsh Premier Women's Football League side Cyncoed Ladies in 2017 and was named the League's Young Player of the Year during her first season. [3]

In 2018, she joined fellow Welsh Premier side Cardiff Met Ladies. [4] During the 2018–19 season, Griffiths helped the side win a domestic treble, winning the league title, the FAW Women's Cup and the Welsh Premier Women's Cup. [5]

In July 2019, Griffiths moved to England and signed with FA Women's Championship team Charlton Athletic. [6]

International career

In 2014, Griffiths was named in a Wales under-16 training camp squad as the youngest member of the team, being two years under the age group level. [2] Two years later she was called up to the under-17 team at the age of 15 after impressing in an otherwise all-boys league. [1] [7]

Griffiths was called up to the Wales senior squad in 2017. She made her debut in Wales' 1–0 victory over Kazakhstan in a 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification round. [8]

Honours

Cardiff Met. Ladies

Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Tegeltija, Sam (22 April 2016). "She's her football club's only girl and plays in a boys' team... now Alice Griffiths is excelling in the red of Wales". WalesOnline. Media Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Girls' Footballing Success". St. John the Baptist School. 1 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. 1 2 "International recognition for Cyncoed duo". Welsh Premier Women's Football League. 29 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  4. ↑ Jones, Jordan (1 September 2018). "2018/2019: Welsh Premier Women's League Season Preview". clwbpeldroed.org. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  5. 1 2 "FAW Women's Cup: Cardiff Met Women win domestic treble". BBC Sport. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Charlton Athletic Women sign Alice Griffiths". Charlton Athletic W.F.C. 16 July 2019. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  7. ↑ Sands, Katie (31 August 2018). "The girls who grew up to stand on the brink of taking Wales to the World Cup". WalesOnline. Media Wales. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  8. ↑ Alice Griffiths at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
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