Ellie Mason

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Ellie Mason
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Ellie Mason during the 6-1 defeat of Cardiff in 2023
Personal information
Full name Ellie Leigh Mason [1]
Date of birth (1996-02-16) 16 February 1996 (age 28) [2]
Place of birth England
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, forward, defender
Team information
Current team
 Birmingham City
Number 3
Youth career
Watford
2011–2015 Chelsea
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 Watford 26 (7)
2017–2018 Millwall Lionesses 18 (1)
2018–2019 Yeovil Town 16 (3)
2019–2021 London City Lionesses 17 (4)
2021–2023 Lewes 33 (5)
2023– Birmingham City 20 (1)
International career‡
2022 Gibraltar 2 (0)
2022– Northern Ireland 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:00, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:00, 23 December 2023 (UTC)

Ellie Leigh Mason (born 16 February 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Birmingham City of the FA Women's Championship. Born in England, she represents Northern Ireland at international level.

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Club career

Mason began her career in Watford's youth teams. After moving on to Chelsea, she appeared 23 times for the club's development team, scoring six goals. [3] Nineteen-year-old Mason returned to Watford in April 2015, after four years with Chelsea. [4] In 2015, she was Watford's top-goalscorer with five goals and won the club's Goal of the Season award for a strike against Aston Villa. [5] She scored three goals in 14 appearances in the 2016 season, then signed for Millwall Lionesses in February 2017. [6]

Mason with London City Lionesses in 2019 Ellie Mason London City Lionesses 27 10 2019-297.jpg
Mason with London City Lionesses in 2019

After spending the FA WSL Spring Series and 2017–18 season with Millwall Lionesses, Mason signed a full-time professional contract with Yeovil Town in August 2018. [7] [8]

At Yeovil Town Mason converted to playing as a defender, [9] but the club finished a distant last in the 2018–19 FA WSL after a series of hurtful on-field drubbings and a 10-point penalty imposed for insolvency. Yeovil were then kicked out of the top two Leagues when The FA rejected their purported business plan. [10]

Mason then joined new FA Women's Championship club London City Lionesses, where she was appointed club captain. [9] However, after being released by the club in 2021, [11] she signed for Lewes on 28 July. [12]

Mason was with Lewes as they joined the last eight clubs in the Women's FA Cup. During a match against Chelsea she scored for goals. Mason signed a two-year contract with Birmingham City Women in July 2023. [13]

International career

Mason was eligible to represent England, Gibraltar and Northern Ireland at international level. [14] She received her first international callup for Gibraltar in February 2022. [15] In August 2022, she was called up to the Northern Ireland after switching her international allegiance from Gibraltar. [16]

Career statistics

International

As of 14 June 2023
Gibraltar
YearAppsGoals
202220
Total20
Northern Ireland
YearAppsGoals
202210
202310
Total20

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References

  1. ↑ "Midfielder – Ellie Leigh Mason". Yeovil Town L.F.C. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ↑ @YeovilWomenFC (16 February 2019). "Happy birthday to @Elliemason16 who turns 23 today and @emily_donovan10 who turns 22. Have a great day, girls. 💚 #YTLFC" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ↑ Garry, Tom (19 August 2015). "Watford Ladies: Ellie Mason excited to face former club Chelsea". BBC Sport . Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "WSL 2: Watford Ladies sign young Chelsea striker Ellie Mason". BBC Sport. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  5. ↑ Sellman, Hannah (11 November 2015). "Midfielder Ellie Mason took home two prizes at Watford Ladies' end-of-season awards last Friday". Watford Observer . Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Ellie Mason signs". Millwall Lionesses L.F.C. 3 February 2017. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  7. ↑ "Yeovil Town Ladies: Ex-Millwall midfielder Ellie Mason joins the WSL club". BBC Sport. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "New Signing – Midfielder joins Yeovil". Yeovil Town L.F.C. 17 August 2018. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. 1 2 Hooper, Alasdair (10 November 2019). "Ellie Mason: 'We're going to keep shocking people'". SportSpiel. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  10. ↑ "Yeovil Town Ladies: Championship licence denied and club to go down two tiers". BBC Sport. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  11. ↑ "Players to depart London City Lionesses following the 2020/21 season". London City Lionesses . 28 May 2021.
  12. ↑ Ellie Mason joins Lewes FC from the Lionesses Archived 16 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine Lewes FC. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  13. ↑ Frith, Wilf (4 July 2023). "Birmingham City Women sign Northern Ireland defender Ellie Mason - SheKicks" . Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  14. ↑ Ignacio, Stephen (19 November 2019). "Women's Football - London City Lionesses Ellie Mason confirms link to Gibraltar". Gibraltar Chronicle . Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  15. ↑ Women's National Squad Announced Gibraltar FA. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  16. ↑ "Shiels makes four changes to squad for Women's World Cup qualifiers". Irish FA. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
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