Charlie Wellings

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Charlie Wellings
Personal information
Full name Charlie Louise Wellings [1]
Date of birth (1998-05-18) 18 May 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Walsall, England
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Nottingham Forest
Number 14
Youth career
2011–2015 Birmingham City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2019 Birmingham City 59 (10)
2019–2021 Bristol City 33 (3)
2021–2022 Celtic 10 (11)
2022–2024 Reading 28 (6)
2024– Nottingham Forest 0 (0)
International career‡
2017–2018 England U20 4 (0)
2019 England U21 6 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:51, 19 July 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 January 2020

Charlie Louise Wellings (born 18 May 1998) [2] is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for FA Women's National League North club Nottingham Forest.

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Wellings has previously played for Birmingham City and Bristol City of the Women's Super League, Celtic of the Scottish Women's Premier League and Reading in the Women's Championship. [3]

Club career

Birmingham City

On 24 March 2015, Wellings signed her first senior contract at Birmingham City WFC. Wellings made her debut on 2 July 2014 during a WSL Cup match against Oxford United, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute replacing Karen Carney. [4] Wellings did not make her league debut until the 2015 FA WSL where she started against Liverpool F.C. Women in a 2–1 loss. [5] Wellings' first goal was in a 7–1 win against Aston Villa in the WSL Cup, scoring in the 91st minute. [6]

In May 2017, she scored in Birmingham City's 4–1 2017 FA Women's Cup Final defeat by Manchester City at Wembley Stadium, the club's first ever goal at Wembley. [7]

Bristol City

On 28 May 2019, Wellings left childhood club Birmingham and signed a pre-contract agreement [8] with fellow FA WSL team Bristol City, the same day as Birmingham teammate Meaghan Sargeant. [9] Bristol are managed by former Birmingham assistant Tanya Oxtoby. On 7 September 2019,Wellings made her debut for Bristol City W.F.C. in a 0-0 home draw against Brighton & Hove Albion in the FA WSL. [10]

Celtic

Wellings signed for Celtic in July 2021. [11] She made an impressive start to her career in Scotland; scoring twice in a 4–2 win over Aberdeen in the opening league match of the season on 5 September 2021, [12] and by mid-October she had scored 11 goals in 10 games. [13]

Reading

On 5 August 2022, Reading announced the double signing of Wellings. [14] On 2 July 2024, Wellings was one of the players released by Reading following their voluntary demotion to the fifth tier Southern Region Women's Football League. [15]

Nottingham Forest

On 19 July 2024, Wellings signed a one-year deal with FA Women's National League North club Nottingham Forest. [16]

International career

In August 2018, Wellings represented England at the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The team finished in third place, losing the semi-final to Japan before beating France on penalties in the third place playoff. It was the team's best ever result. [17] On 5 April, Wellings made her debut for the U21 team in a 2-1 win against France U23, where she scored both goals. [18] Later that year in October, Wellings as well as fellow teammate Sophie Baggaley were called up to the England U21 team again. [19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 March 2024 [3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueLeague CupFA CupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Birmingham City 2014 FA WSL 0010—-10
2015 606210-132
2016 1424111-194
2017 7100—-71
2017–18 1844220-246
2018–19 2045220-276
Total651120741-8919
Bristol City 2019–20 FA WSL1315220-203
2020–21 2025210-264
Total33310430-467
Celtic 2021–22 SWPL 10111048201719
Total10111048201719
Reading 2022–23 FA WSL2043130-265
2023–24 Women's Championship 822221-125
Total2865351--345
Career total13632361418102019256

Honours

Celtic

SWPL League Cup: 2022 [20]

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  3. 1 2 "England - C. Wellings - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
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