Lois Roche

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Lois Roche
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Roche in 2021 in Charlton Athletic
Personal information
Full name Lois Jade Roche [1]
Date of birth (1993-06-18) 18 June 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth London, England,
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Lewes
Number 18
Youth career
Arsenal,
Chelsea,
Queen's Park Rangers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2016 Reading 67 (14)
2017 Åland United 22 (5)
2018–2020 CF Florentia 23 (1)
2020 Røa IL 4 (0)
2021–2023 Charlton Athletic 33 (1)
2023– Lewes 30 (5)
International career
2010 Republic of Ireland U17 11
2011–2012 Republic of Ireland U19 10
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 August 2025

Lois Jade Roche (born 18 June 1993) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lewes of FA Women's National League South, the third level of women's league football in England.

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Life

Roche was born and brought up in England but chose to play for the Republic of Ireland at youth international level. [2] She hadplayed as a youth for Arsenal, Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers. [3]

She became a player for Reading in 2012 and she was there for four years. She scored fourteen goals and playing in 67 matches, [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] in 2017 she took the opportunity to play in a foreign league for the first time, joining Finnish Naisten Liiga club Åland United. [3]

At the end of the championship she decided to move to Italy, to play for Florentia, a team at the top of the Serie B table, in the second part of their 2017–18 season. [9] In September 2020 she made her debut in Norway for Røa IL. [1]

She joined Charlton Athletic in 2021 and at the end of her contract and joined Lewes in 2023. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Lois Roche at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  2. ↑ "Lois Roche joins Åland United". LTA Agency. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Rooks snap-up Roche – Lewes Community Football Club". 5 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Reading Women: Rachel Rowe and Lois Roche sign contracts". BBC. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Getting to know you: Reading midfielder Lois Roche". FA WSL. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Reading FC Women's Lois Roche Reflects On Winning The WSL 2 Title". SportsVibe. 21 October 2015. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Sunderland AFC Ladies vs Reading FC Women". Women's Sports UK. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  8. ↑ Trehan, Dev (9 February 2016). "Reading Women boss Kelly Chambers looks ahead to FA WSL 1 season". Sky Sports. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "Lois Roche, una centrocampista inglese per la Florentia" (in Italian). 22 December 2017..
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