Erica Parkinson

Erica Parkinson
Personal information
Full name	Erica Meg Parkinson
Date of birth	18 April 2008 (age 17)
Place of birth	Singapore
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Valadares Gaia
Number	7
Youth career
2018–2020	FC Foz
2020–2023	Leixões
2023–2024	Valadares Gaia
Senior career*
Years	Team
2023	Leixões
2023–	Valadares Gaia
International career
	England U16
2023–2024	England U17
2025–	England U19
2025–	England U23
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:43, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Last updated December 26, 2025

Erica Meg Parkinson,^[1] also known just as Erica Meg, (born 18 April 2008) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino club Valadares Gaia.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Early life

Erica Meg Parkinson is English and she was born on 18 April 2008 in Singapore; her mother was born in Japan and her father was born in England. She moved to Portugal in 2018 with her brother Denis Parkinson.^[1]

Club career

FC Foz

Parkinson began her career in 2018 in the under-11 seven-a-side department of FC Foz.^{[ citation needed ]} She then joined their main academy team during the 2019–20 season and she spent the season with the U13 team.^{[ citation needed ]}

Leixões

Youth team

In 2020, she moved to Leixões and began with the U13 team before moving to the U15 team in 2021.^[1] During the 2022–23 II Divisão Sub-15 season, she made eleven appearances and scored twice, scoring both during the 9–0 victory against Macedo de Cavaleiros U15 on 4 June 2023.^{[ citation needed ]} She also represented Leixões U16.^[2]

2022–23 season

Also in 2022–23, she was also associated with the first team in the Campeonato Nacional II Divisão Feminino, and she was given shirt number 20 in early 2023 at the age of 14 but did not play a single senior match for the club,^{[ citation needed ]} leaving at the age of 15 in May 2023.^[3]

Valadares Gaia

2023–24 season

Parkinson joined Valadares Gaia in July 2023 and she debuted at the age of fifteen for the senior team as an 85th-minute substitute during the 3–0 victory against Damaiense in the Taça de Portugal on 3 August 2023. Her league debut came in the 2–0 loss against Braga on 17 August 2023 and she scored on her first start for the club during the 2–2 draw (later lost on penalties) against Braga in the Taça da Liga on 5 October 2023.^{[ citation needed ]}

She was permanently moved up to the senior squad on 3 May 2024 at the age of 16.^[4]

2024–25 season

On 2 February 2024, she scored her first league goal in the 2–0 victory against FC Famalicão.^{[ citation needed ]} She then reached the 2024–25 Taça da Liga semi-finals and won the 2024–25 AF Porto Taça.

2025–26 season

She has started every match so far in the 2025–26 Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino season and was only substituted once.^{[ citation needed ]}

International career

Parkinson has represented England at youth level, beginning with England U16 where she made five appearances.

With England U17, she played at the 2024 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship and 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.^[5]

Career statistics

As of match played 20 December 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Taça de Portugal		Taça da Liga		AF Porto Taça		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Leixões	2022–23 ^{[ citation needed ]}	Campeonato Nacional II Divisão Feminino	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
Valadares Gaia	2023–24 ^{[ citation needed ]}	Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino	17	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	23	1
	2024–25 ^{[ citation needed ]}	Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino	17	3	5	1	3	0	2	0	27	4
	2025–26 ^{[ citation needed ]}	Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino	8	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	10	4
Career total			42	6	7	1	9	2	2	0	60	9

Honours

Valadares Gaia

AF Porto Taça: 2024–25

References

1 2 3 "Why multilingual rising star Parkinson picked England". BBC Sport. 27 November 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
1 2 "Erica Parkinson corre atrás do sonho no Leixões SC e na seleção inglesa - AFPorto". February 22, 2023.
1 2 "Erica Parkinson: filha de pai inglês e mãe japonesa e a jogar no Valadares com 15 anos". O Jogo . March 29, 2024.
1 2 "Erica Parkinson assina contrato profissional com o Valadares aos 16 anos". Record .
↑ Association, The Football. "Erica Parkinson's Women's Under-17s World Cup diary". Englandfootball.com.

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[:0-1] 1 2 3 "Why multilingual rising star Parkinson picked England". BBC Sport. 27 November 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.

[:1-2] 1 2 "Erica Parkinson corre atrás do sonho no Leixões SC e na seleção inglesa - AFPorto". February 22, 2023.

[:7-3] 1 2 "Erica Parkinson: filha de pai inglês e mãe japonesa e a jogar no Valadares com 15 anos". O Jogo . March 29, 2024.

[:2-4] 1 2 "Erica Parkinson assina contrato profissional com o Valadares aos 16 anos". Record .

[5] Association, The Football. "Erica Parkinson's Women's Under-17s World Cup diary". Englandfootball.com.

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