Freya Gregory

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Freya Gregory
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-01-12) 12 January 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) forward
Team information
Current team
 Aston Villa
Number 11
Youth career
0000–2018 Aston Villa
2018–2020 Birmingham City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2020 Birmingham City 3 (0)
2020– Aston Villa 19 (1)
2022 → Leicester City (loan) 11 (1)
2023–2024 → Reading (loan) 4 (2)
International career‡
2019 England U17 6 (0)
2021–2022 England U19 10 (3)
2022– England U23 4 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 December 2023

Freya Gregory (born 12 January 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Aston Villa and the England Under-23 youth team.

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Club career

Birmingham City

Gregory was part of the Birmingham City academy for two seasons and broke into the first team in the 2019–20 season. [1] On 17 November 2019, Gregory made her senior debut for Birmingham City against Brighton & Hove Albion in a 3–0 FA WSL defeat. [2] She left Birmingham in June 2020. [3]

Aston Villa

On 4 July 2020, Gregory announced she was returning to Aston Villa, where she had previously been as a youth, ahead of the team's first season in the FA WSL. [4] She scored her first WSL goal in late April 2021, in a 1–1 draw against her former club Birmingham. [5] On 7 January 2022, Gregory joined Leicester City on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season. [6]

Reading loan

On 14 September 2023, Reading announced the season-long loan signing of Gregory from Aston Villa. [7] Gregory returned to Aston Villa on 4 January 2024, ending her loan at Reading early. [8]

International career

In October 2019, Gregory was called to up to the England U17 team to play in the 2020 U17 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification games and played against Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Belgium. [9]

On 23 October 2021, after being named in the under-19 for 2022 U19 Championship qualification, [10] Gregory scored a penalty against Northern Ireland in an 8–1 win in Round 1. [11] [12] On 17 February 2022, she scored in the Marbella International Tournament against Finland in a 4–0 victory with the U19 team. [13] On 9 April, in Round 2 of U19 Championship qualification, Gregory scored the second goal in England's 2–0 victory against Iceland. [14] [15] In June 2022, with England qualifying for the tournament, she was named in the team for the 2022 U19 Championship. [16]

In February 2022, Gregory was named as part of the under-23 squad. [17] On 10 October, she scored against Sweden in a 1–1 draw. [18] On November 10, after being named as part of the U23 team as a defender, [19] she scored both goals against the Netherlands in the team's 2–0 win. [20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 October 2023 [21]
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Birmingham City 2019–20 Women's Super League 30001040
Aston Villa 2020–21 Women's Super League91000091
2021–22 30003060
2022–23 702030120
Total1912060271
Leicester City (loan) 2021–22 Women's Super League1112000131
Reading (loan) 2023–24 Women's Championship 42000042
Career total3744070484

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  7. ↑ "FREYA GREGORY JOINS READING FC WOMEN ON SEASON-LONG LOAN". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
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