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 24)
Place of birth Walsall, England
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Reading
Number 7
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– Reading 7 (2)
International career‡
2017–2018 England U20 4 (0)
2019 England U21 6 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:39, 25 November 2022
‡ 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 Women's Super League club Reading. Wellings has previously played for Birmingham City and Bristol City of the FA Women's Super League and Celtic of the Scottish Women's Premier League. [3]

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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]

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. [15] On 5 April, Wellings made her debut for the U21 team in a 2-1 win against France U23, where she scored both goals. [16] Later that year in October, Wellings as well as fellow teammate Sophie Baggaley were called up to the England U21 team again. [17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 November 2022 [3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueLeague CupFA CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Birmingham City 2014 FA WSL 0010—10
2015 606210132
2016 1424111194
2017 7100—71
2017–18 1844220246
2018–19 20452—256
Total6511207418919
Bristol City 2019–20 FA WSL1315220203
2020–21 2025210264
Total33310430467
Celtic 2021–22 SWPL
Reading 2022–23 Women's Super League72001082
Career total1051630118114328

Honours

Celtic

SWPL League Cup: 2022 [18]


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References

  1. 1 2 "List of Players - England" (PDF). FIFA. 5 August 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "Charlie Wellings". Birmingham City Football Club. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  3. 1 2 "England - C. Wellings - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "Birmingham City vs. Oxford United - 2 July 2014 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "Liverpool vs. Birmingham City - 1 April 2015 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "Aston Villa vs. Birmingham City - 30 July 2015 - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  7. ↑ Phillips, Owen (13 May 2017). "Birmingham City Women 1 - 4 Manchester City Women". BBC Sport . Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  8. ↑ "Wellings signs with City Women". Bristol City.
  9. ↑ "Meaghan Sargeant & Charlie Wellings: Bristol City Women sign Birmingham City pair". BBC. 28 May 2019.
  10. ↑ "Women's Super League: Bristol City Women 0-0 Brighton & Hove Albion Women". 7 September 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  11. ↑ Carr, Colette (16 July 2021). "English striker Charlie Wellings joins the Hoops". Celtic F.C. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  12. ↑ Carr, Colette (5 September 2021). "Wellings and Craig doubles claim opening day victory". Celtic F.C. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  13. ↑ Gould, Louise (15 October 2021). "Charlie Wellings has hit the ground running at Celtic". Celtic F.C. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  14. ↑ "CHAMBERS CAPTURES THREE - BURNS, WADE & WELLINGS". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  15. ↑ "Women's U20 World Cup: England beat France to bronze in penalty shootout". 24 August 2018.
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