Maria Edwards (footballer)

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Maria Edwards
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-05-12) 12 May 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth Manchester, England
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 SGS Essen
Number 5 [1]
Youth career
Manchester United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2022 Manchester United 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Blackburn Rovers (loan) 14 (2 [2] )
2022– SGS Essen 14 (1)
International career
2020 England U17 3 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 July 2023

Maria Edwards (born 12 May 2003) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for SGS Essen. [3] [4] [5]

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Club career

Maria Edwards started her career at Manchester Utd's U21 team [6] In October 2020, Edwards joined Blackburn on a season-long loan to gain experience. [7] [8] In the summer of 2022 Edwards signed for Essen from Manchester United. [9] On 11 December 2022, Maria Edwards scored her first goal for SGS Essen against MSV Duisburg in a 6–0 victory. [10] [11]

International career

Edwards has represented the England women's national under-17 football team three times. [12] [13] [14] [15]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Manchester United's teenage forward Edwards completes SGS Essen move". 7 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Meet Champion Boxer and new Manchester United signing Maria Edwards" . Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Armenian female footballer returns to Man United". news.am.
  5. ↑ "Maria Edwards – Spielerinnenprofil". DFB Datencenter.
  6. ↑ "Under-21s complete a domestic double". www.manutd.com.
  7. ↑ FC, Blackburn Rovers. "Rovers loan Edwards from United". Blackburn Rovers FC.
  8. ↑ "Manchester United loanee nets first senior goal as Blackburn Rovers draw at Sheffield United". 13 December 2020.
  9. ↑ "SGS internationalisiert Strategie – Maria Edwards für zwei Jahre von Manchester United verpflichtet – Der Frauenfussball-Bundesligist aus Essen". www.sgs-essen.de. 6 August 2022.
  10. ↑ Germany, RevierSport, Essen. "Frauen-Bundesliga: SGS Essen demontiert MSV Duisburg im Derby". Reviersport .{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ "SGS gewinnt 6:0 zum Jahresabschluss – Gala beim Derbysieg in Duisburg – Der Frauenfussball-Bundesligist aus Essen". www.sgs-essen.de. 11 December 2022.
  12. ↑ "Leigh College students called up for England women's football squads". Leigh Journal.
  13. ↑ "SGS Essen holt Toptalent von Manchester United". Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung . 7 August 2022.
  14. ↑ "Belgium 1–4 England: UEFA Women's U17 Championship qualifier". www.thefa.com. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  15. ↑ "England 4–0 Bosnia: UEFA Women's U17 Championship qualifier". www.thefa.com. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2023.


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