Anna Filbey

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Anna Filbey
Anna Filbey, 15 September 2019 (01) (cropped).jpg
With Tottenham Hotspur in September 2019
Personal information
Full name Anna Marie Filbey [1]
Date of birth (1999-10-11) 11 October 1999 (age 24) [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*
YearsTeamApps(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)
*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)

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]

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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] 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

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, [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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "List of Players – England" (PDF). FIFA. 24 September 2016. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  2. 1 2 "England – A.Filbey". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. 1 2 "6 Anna Filbey". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Arsenal Women 4–0 Yeovil Town Ladies". BBC Sport. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Anna Filbey joins Spurs". 1 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Tottenham's Filbey joins Celtic on loan". BBC Sport. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "FAW / Ludlow announces squad for October training camp". www.faw.cymru. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "International chances for Ladies' quintet". Tottenham Hotspur. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  9. ↑ "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.


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