Denny Draper

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Denny Draper
Personal information
Date of birth (2007-03-17) 17 March 2007 (age 17) [1]
Place of birth England
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Leicester City
Number 49
Youth career
Derby County
Leicester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023– Leicester City 4 (1)
International career‡
2023– England U17 8 (15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 March 2024 [2]

Denny Draper (born 17 March 2007) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Leicester City and the England under-17 team.

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Youth career

Draper played for Derby County's Regional Talent Club. She scored 7 goals in 5 appearances for the under-14s, [3] and became Derby's top scorer with 26 goals in 17 appearances for the under-16s. [4]

She is also product of the Leicester City Academy, [5] having scored 16 goals in 18 appearances. [6]

Club career

On 18 February 2024, Draper scored her first senior goal in a 5–2 win against Bristol City, [7] becoming the youngest goalscorer for Leicester City Women, less than a month before her 17th birthday. [8] [9] Sky Sports Football described the goal as a "huge moment" in her career". [10] The Women's Football Show credited her bravery to get to the ball facing risk of injury, as part of the start of an anticipated long career. [11]

After sustaining an injury in March 2024, [12] Draper missed the remainder of the 2023–24 season. [13]

International career

Draper has represented England at under-16 and under-17 youth level. [5]

On 4 November 2023, she made her under-17 debut in 2024 U17 Championship qualification, scoring two goals in an 6–0 win against Northern Ireland. [14] Draper went on to become the joint top scorer in qualification with ten goals including four against Hungary and two against Belgium, [15] [16] and goals against Serbia and Greece in the second round in March 2024, [17] [18] helping the team to qualify for the tournament final. [19]

BBC Sport described Draper as a player to "look out for" and the "standout name" in the squad for the tournament final. [20] [21] However, she received an injury during qualifying and was not named in the squad in May 2024, where England reached the final and were beaten 4–0 by Spain. [12] [22] [23]

Personal life

Draper is the daughter of former Aston Villa midfielder Mark Draper. [5] She is a student at Loughborough College. [24]

Honours

Individual

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References

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  2. ↑ Denny Draper at Flashscore.com
  3. ↑ "Derby County RTC for girls U14 | FA Girls' England Talent Pathway League". The FA . Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Derby County RTC for girls U16 | FA Girls' England Talent Pathway League". The FA . Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 Hutchinson, John (7 April 2023). "Former Player Remembers: Mark Draper". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "Leicester City Women FC WSL Academy". The FA . Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  7. ↑ Millington, Adam (18 February 2024). "Leicester hit back for big WSL win over Bristol City". BBC Sport . Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "A Record-Breaking Season In Numbers". Leicester City FC . 25 June 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  9. 1 2 "LCFC Women Records". Leicester City FC . Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  10. ↑ SEVEN GOAL THRILLER 😲 | Leicester 5-2 Bristol City | WSL Highlights (Video). Sky Sports Football. 18 February 2024. Event occurs at 3:35. Retrieved 9 July 2024– via YouTube. Draper, what a moment for the youngster. The 16-year-old with her first ever professional goal. Huge moment in the career Draper.
  11. ↑ The Women's Football Show (Video). BBC. 18 February 2024. Event occurs at 37:15.
  12. 1 2 "Draper To Be Assessed, O'Brien Making Progress, Foster Says". Leicester City FC . 21 March 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  13. ↑ Herbert, Emily (13 April 2024). "Tottenham Hotspur vs Leicester City: Women's FA Cup Preview, Semi-Final, 2024". VAVEL . Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  14. ↑ Frith, Wilf (4 November 2023). "Young Lionesses start UEFA WU17 Euros qualifiers with 6-0 win". She Kicks . Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  15. ↑ Frith, Wilf (8 November 2023). "Eight-goal England Women's U-17s go through with game to spare". She Kicks . Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  16. ↑ "Belgium-England | Women's Under-17 2024". UEFA . 10 November 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  17. ↑ Frith, Wilf (12 March 2024). "England Women U-17s beat Serbia 3-0 in EURO qualifiers". She Kicks . Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  18. ↑ Frith, Wilf (13 March 2024). "England Women U-17s beat Greece to make it two wins from two". She Kicks . Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  19. ↑ Veevers, Nicholas (16 March 2024). "Report: Italy 1-3 England WU17s". England Football. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  20. ↑ "Uefa European Women's Under-17 Championship LIVE: Watch live stream - France v England". BBC Sport . 11 May 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  21. ↑ "UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship LIVE: England v Norway stream". BBC Sport . Retrieved 8 July 2024.
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  23. ↑ Thomas, Marissa (18 May 2024). "England 0-4 Spain: Lionesses thrashed in Women's Under-17 Euros final". BBC Sport . Retrieved 8 July 2024.
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