Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anouk Stephanie Denton [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 9 May 2003||
Place of birth | St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England | ||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | West Ham United | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2016 | St Albans City | ||
2016–2020 | Arsenal | ||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021–2022 | Louisville Cardinals | 28 | (2) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2021 | Arsenal | 1 | (0) |
2021 | → West Ham United (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2023– | West Ham United | 24 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | England U17 | 2 | (0) |
2022 | England U19 | 7 | (0) |
2022– | England U23 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:16, 13 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 February 2024 [3] |
Anouk Stephanie Denton (born 9 May 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club West Ham United and the England U23 team. She previously played American college soccer with NCAA Division I club Louisville Cardinals.
Denton was educated at St Albans Girls' School, St Albans, Hertfordshire; [4] [ better source needed ] she started playing football in the youth teams at St Albans City. [5] She also played for St Albans Girls' School which occasionally had coaching from Arsenal players such as Leah Williamson. [6] Whilst she was there, she was scouted by Arsenal. As a result, Denton joined their academy in 2016. [6] She was part of a team representing Arsenal that finished second at a youth tournament at Everton's Goodison Park. [4] In May 2021, Denton committed to the University of Louisville as part of their recruiting class of 2021. [7]
In October 2020, due to an injury crisis at Arsenal, Denton was named on the bench for Arsenal's FA WSL match against Brighton & Hove Albion but did not play. [8] On 18 October, she made her Arsenal debut after coming on as a substitute in the North London derby against Tottenham Hotspur at Meadow Park which Arsenal won 6–1. [9]
On 18 April 2021, Denton scored her debut goal for West Ham in the 11–0 victory over Chichester & Selsey in the 2020–21 FA Cup fourth round. On 16 May 2021, in the fifth round of the tournament, she scored her second senior goal in a 5–1 loss to Manchester City. [10]
On 21 January 2023, it was confirmed that Denton had rejoined West Ham following a spell in the US collegiate side Louisville Cardinals. It was announced that she had signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with the London club. [11]
Denton has represented England at under-17, under-19 and under-23 youth level. [2]
In October 2019, she represented the under-17 team for 2020 U-17 European Championship qualification, starting in winning matches against Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. [12]
In April 2022, Denton featured as left-back in the starting eleven for the under-19s in the second round of 2022 U-19 Championship qualification in victories over Wales, Iceland and Belgium. [13] In the final tournament, she again started as left-back against Norway and Germany. [14]
On 30 September 2022, Denton was first called up to the under-23 squad for fixtures against Norway and Sweden. [15] In February 2024, she was called up to the U23 training camp for a fixtures against Spain and the Netherlands. [16]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Arsenal | 2020–21 | Women's Super League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
West Ham United (loan) | 2020–21 | Women's Super League | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
West Ham United | 2022–23 | Women's Super League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
2023–24 | Women's Super League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
2024–25 | Women's Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
Career total | 24 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
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