Andrea Worrall

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Andrea Worrall
Personal information
Full name Andrea Sarah Worrall [1]
Date of birth (1977-04-01) 1 April 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Ashton-under-Lyne, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Tameside MBC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–1998 Stockport Ladies
1998–2001 Everton Ladies
2001 Liverpool Ladies
2001–2003 Manchester City Ladies
2003–2005 Leeds United Ladies
2005–2008 Stockport County Ladies
2008–2011 Manchester City Ladies
2011 Liverpool Ladies 6 (0)
2013–2014 Manchester City Ladies 2 (0)
International career
Wales 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:40, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Andrea Sarah "Andie" Worrall (born 1 April 1977) is an English-born Welsh international footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.

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Club career

Early career

Worrall began playing for Tameside MBC after watching her father play football for a pub team throughout her childhood. She had been prevented from playing organised football at school because she was female. [2]

Senior career

Her senior career has taken in Stockport Girls/Ladies, [3] Everton Ladies, [4] Liverpool Ladies, [5] Manchester City Ladies, [6] Leeds United Ladies [7] and Stockport County Ladies. [8]

Worrall played at Wembley with Everton in August 1998. The Blues lost the inaugural AXA Challenge Trophy to Arsenal on penalties, despite Worrall saving from Faye White. [9] She also featured in the 1998–99 FA Women's Premier League Cup final, a 3–1 defeat to Arsenal at Prenton Park in March 1999. [10]

In 2008 Worrall returned to Manchester City Ladies. [2] In March 2011 she made the difficult decision to leave Manchester City for Liverpool Ladies, in order to play in the new FA WSL. [11] Worrall left Liverpool after the 2011 FA WSL season. [12] She rejoined City in February 2013 when fellow goalkeeper Danielle Brown suffered a knee injury. [13]

International career

Worrall was called into the England squad for a friendly against Italy in April 1998. [3]

She later played for Wales, [14] [15] producing "heroics" in a 2–0 European Championship qualifying defeat to Belgium in December 1999. [16] During qualifying for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, Worrall played in a 5–1 defeat to Scotland at Almondvale Stadium in October 2001. [17] She won a total of six caps for Wales. [18]

Personal life

Worrall is an avid supporter of Manchester City. [2] [19]

In October 2013 The Lesbian & Gay Foundation named Worrall 'Homo Heroes Role Model of the Year' for her work in championing LGBT causes. At the time, she was working as a manager for a housing association in deprived inner city areas of Manchester. [20]

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