Jenna Legg

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Jenna Legg
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Legg in April 2018
Personal information
Full name Jenna Olivia Legg [1]
Date of birth (1997-07-23) 23 July 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Basingstoke, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Watford
Number 22
Youth career
Chelsea
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 Chelsea 0 (0)
2016 → Oxford United (loan)
2017–2019 Brighton & Hove Albion 17 (0)
2019–2021 Charlton Athletic 20 (0)
2021– Watford 9 (0)
International career‡
2015–2016 England U19 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 February 2019

Jenna Olivia Legg (born 23 July 1997) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Watford in the FA Women's Championship.

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Club career

Legg emerged from Chelsea's Centre of Excellence to join the first team for the 2016 FA WSL season. [2] In July 2016 Chelsea sent Legg and teammate Laura Rafferty on loan to Oxford United. [3] Legg and Rafferty both signed for Brighton & Hove Albion ahead of the FA WSL Spring Series. [4]

In March 2019, Legg left Brighton by mutual consent and was praised by the team's coach Hope Powell: "Jenna leaves the club having played a huge part in our recent success, and her contribution will not be forgotten." [5]

On 22 August 2019, Legg signed with FA Women's Championship team Charlton Athletic. [6]

International career

Legg played for the England women's national under-19 football team at the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Israel. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/08/2018 and 31/08/2018" (PDF). The FA. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "Biography". Chelsea F.C. Women . Retrieved 12 February 2019.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ Bruce, Matthew (24 June 2016). "Oxford United Women boosted by double loan signing from Chelsea". The Oxford Times . Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  4. ↑ Hollis, Steve (23 January 2017). "Albion Women snap up Chelsea duo Laura Rafferty and Jenna Legg". The Argus (Brighton) . Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  5. ↑ Frith, Wilf (18 March 2019). "Jenna Legg leaves Brighton & Hove Albion Women". She Kicks . Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "Charlton Athletic Women's Official Site". cafcwomen.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Jenna Legg – Midfielder". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.


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