Felicity Gibbons

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Felicity Gibbons
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Gibbons playing for Millwall in 2015
Personal information
Full name Felicity Gibbons
Date of birth (1994-07-09) 9 July 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Maidstone, England
Position(s) Defender / Striker
Team information
Current team
 Crystal Palace
Number 3
Youth career
Castle Colts
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2013 Charlton Athletic
2013–2014 Watford F.C.
2013 → Gillingham W.F.C. (loan)
2014–2015 Brighton & Hove Albion 17 (10)
2015–2016 Millwall Lionesses 17 (10)
2016–2017 Gillingham 19 (33)
2017–2022 Brighton & Hove Albion 75 (1)
2022– Crystal Palace 13 (1)
International career‡
2013 England U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 October 2018

Felicity "Fliss" Gibbons (born 9 July 1994) is an English football defender and striker currently playing for Crystal Palace. [1]

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Early life

Gibbons was born in Maidstone, England and began playing football at the age of eight. She played for her youth side the Castle Colts in Kent. [2]

Club career

Gibbons started her senior career at Charlton Athletic before moving on to Watford F.C. While at Watford she went on a four-month loan at Gillingham W.F.C. in the fall of 2013. [3] She then moved onto her first spell at Brighton & Hove Albion for the 2014/2015 season. During this season she scored 10 goals in 17 appearances and won the club's Women's Player of the year. [4] In 2016 Gibbons left the Seagulls for the Millwall Lionesses. She then returned to Gillingham L.F.C. for the 2016/2017 season. While at the Kent club she scored 33 goals in 19 appearances and won the FA WPL Division One South East Top Goal Scorer award. [5] She then rejoined Albion in August 2017 ahead of the club's first-ever season in FA WSL2. Gibbons has been utilized both as a striker and a defender as Brighton & Hove Albion moved up to England's top flight, the FA WSL, for the 2018–19 season.

International career

Gibbons was part of the England U19 team for the 2012–2013 period.

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References

  1. ↑ "Felicity Gibbons".
  2. ↑ "Felicity Gibbons" . Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "We have a lot to look forward to, says Gillingham skipper Vicky Ashton-Jones".
  4. ↑ "Felicity Gibbons".
  5. ↑ "Everyone's a winner". The FA. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
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