Ellie Brazil

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Ellie Brazil
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Personal information
Full name Ellie Jade Brazil [1]
Date of birth (1999-01-10) 10 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth West Bridgford, England
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Charlton Athletic
Number 11
Youth career
Derby County
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 Birmingham City 9 (0)
2017–2018 Fiorentina 17 (2)
2018–2022 Brighton & Hove Albion 59 (4)
2022–2024 Tottenham Hotspur 5 (0)
2024– Charlton Athletic 5 (3)
International career‡
2014–2016 England U17 14 (4)
2017–2018 England U19 11 (2)
2017–2018 England U20 2 (1)
2019 England U21 5 (0)
2021– England U23 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:39, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 February 2020

Ellie Jade Brazil (born 10 January 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays for Charlton Athletic. She joined Birmingham City at the age of 16 and has represented England at under-15 to under-23 level. [2] [3]

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Club career

Before signing for Birmingham, Brazil played for the Derby County academy [4] and was a gold medal winner in the 800 metres at the 2015 English Schools' Athletics Championships. [5]

Fiorentina

In August 2017 Ellie signed for Fiorentina Women's FC of Serie A, [6] despite the offer of "an exciting fresh deal" from Birmingham City. [7] She scored her first goal for the team on 28 October 2017 against Sassuolo in the third match of the season.

Brighton & Hove Albion

On 13 July 2018 former England manager Hope Powell signed Brazil for Brighton stating: "Ellie has already gained valuable experience playing in both England and Italy's top division." [8] She made her debut on the opening day of the season in the match against Bristol City, [9] and scored her first goal in a 3–1 League Cup win over London Bees. [10] She scored her first two league goals for the club in the 75th and 78th minutes of a 3–3 draw against Everton, to help Brighton secure their first point of the season. [11]

In November 2019 Brazil suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury, which ruled her out for at least the rest of the 2019–20 FA WSL season. [12] She returned to the matchday squad on 18 October 2020 for the game against Everton [13] and returned to the field for the last 31 minutes of the game against Tottenham on 6 December the same year. [14] A week later she played the full 90 minutes against Chelsea.

Tottenham Hotspur

On 6 July 2022 it was announced that Brazil had signed a two-year deal to sign for Tottenham Hotspur. She made her competitive debut for the side as a 16th minute substitute during a 2–1 win against Leicester City on 18 September 2022. She made her first start on 22 October against Manchester City but picked up a second ACL injury that ruled her out for the rest of the season. [15]

Charlton Athletic

On 29 July 2024, Brazil was announced at Charlton Athletic on a one year contract. [16]

International career

On 8 January 2019 Brazil was called up to Mo Marley's Under 21 national team training camp. [17] She made her debut for the side on 5 April 2019 during a 1–1 draw with France.

Personal life

Brazil is dating fellow women's footballer and former England youth teammate Emma Harries. [18] [19]

Her father is former league footballer and manager Gary Brazil. [20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 November 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [lower-alpha 1] League Cup [lower-alpha 2] Continental [lower-alpha 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Birmingham City 2016 Women's Super League 300010—40
2017 Women's Super League6000——60
Total900010—100
Fiorentina 2017–18 Serie A 17210—21203
Brighton & Hove Albion 2018–19 Women's Super League1940042—236
2019–20 Women's Super League600020—80
2020–21 Women's Super League1503000—180
2021–22 Women's Super League1901020—220
Total5944082—716
Tottenham Hotspur 2022–23 Women's Super League300010—40
2023–24 Women's Super League200000—20
Total500010—60
Career total9065062211039

Honours

Club

Birmingham City

International

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  2. ↑ "Ellie Brazil – UEFA.com". UEFA. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Birmingham City Ladies youngster Ellie Brazil nets on England duty". Solihull Observer. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Derby quartet aim to impress". Derby Telegraph. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Bridgford's Ellie a rising England star". Nottingham Local News. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "La Fiorentina Women's sigla il colpo dei colpi: in arrivo Ellie Brazil". Calci Femminile Italiano. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
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  14. ↑ "Match report". BBC. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
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