Maya Le Tissier

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Maya Le Tissier
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Le Tissier with Manchester United in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-04-18) 18 April 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Guernsey
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.71 m)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Manchester United
Number 4
Youth career
2006–2018 St. Martins A.C. (boy's)
2018 Brighton & Hove Albion
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2022 Brighton & Hove Albion 58 (2)
2022– Manchester United 55 (5)
International career‡
2018 Guernsey U16 (men's)
England U15
2018–2019 England U17 16 (1)
2020–2021 England U19 2 (0)
2021– England U23 6 (0)
2022– England 7 (0)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
UEFA–CONMEBOL Finalissima
Winner 2023 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 December 2024

Maya Le Tissier (born 18 April 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Women's Super League club Manchester United, which she captains. Born in Guernsey, she has represented the England national team at senior level.

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Club career

St. Martins A.C.

Le Tissier grew up on the channel island of Guernsey. She first played football at the age of four for local boys' club St. Martins A.C., coached by her father, Darren. [1] With no girls' teams on the island, Le Tissier would fly to Hampshire to play for the county team twice a month from the age of 13, doing so for two years until the time commitment meant she was missing too much school and too many training sessions. [2] She continued to play for St. Martins until the age of 16. [3]

Brighton & Hove Albion

On 1 July 2018, Le Tissier joined the academy at English Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion. [4] She was quickly promoted to the first team, being named as an unused substitute for a WSL match against Arsenal on 25 November 2018, and made her senior debut on 5 December, starting and playing the full 90 minutes of a 5–1 League Cup group stage win against Crystal Palace. [5] She made her league debut four days later starting against Chelsea and scored her first goal for the club on 9 May 2021 in a 3–1 league win against Bristol City. [6] She was named as Brighton Women's Young Player of the Season at Albion's end-of-season awards for both the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons. [7] [8] In March 2021, she was named by Goal.com in the NXGN 10 best wonderkids list. [9] Le Tissier nominated for PFA Women's Young Player of the Year in June 2022 but lost out to Lauren Hemp, winning the award for a third consecutive season. [10]

Manchester United

On 20 July 2022, Le Tissier signed a three-year contract with Manchester United. [11] With one year remaining on her Brighton contract, the club triggered a release clause reportedly between £50,000 and £60,000. [12] She made her club debut on 17 September 2022, starting and scoring two goals in a 4–0 opening day WSL win against Reading. [13] She signed a four-year contract extension with the club on 19 April 2024. [14]

Following the departure of Katie Zelem, Le Tissier was named as the new captain of Manchester United on 27 August 2024. [15] On 19 October 2024, Le Tissier became the youngest player to reach 100 WSL appearances. [16]

International career

Guernsey

Le Tissier made history when she became the first female player to play for the Guernsey under-16 boys' team, featuring in the under-16 version of the 2018 Muratti Vase against Jersey under-16s in March of that year. [17]

England

Youth

Having been invited to an England under-15 south west regional camp, Le Tissier went on to captain the England under-15 women's national team. [17] In September 2018, Le Tissier was named captain of the under-17s ahead of 2019 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification. [18] England won all six qualification games without conceding and Le Tissier was named to the final squad for the 2019 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in Bulgaria. [19] She started all three games as England were eliminated at the group stage on head-to-head goal difference having tied on six points with Germany and Netherlands.

Her step up to under-19 level came on 6 March 2020 against Sweden in the La Manga tournament. [20] She made her under-23 debut at the age of 19 in a friendly against Belgium on 25 October 2021. [21]

Senior

In November 2022, Le Tissier received her first senior England call-up for friendlies against Japan and Norway. [22] She made her debut on 15 November, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 draw with the latter opponent. [23] On 18 November 2022, her England legacy number was announced as number 226. [24] In May 2023, Le Tissier was named to the standby list for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. [25] Le Tissier won her fourth cap for England in their Uefa Women’s Euro 2025 qualifier against Republic of Ireland on 12 July 2024, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 win at Carrow Road, Norwich. [26] [27]

Personal life

Le Tissier's father, Darren, previously played semi-professional football for St. Martins A.C. [2] She credits him for introducing her to the team of four-year-old boys he was coaching, of which she has said: "credit to the boys back home, if they didn't just see me as another footballer, then I might not be where I am today." [28]

Despite coming from the same small island of Guernsey and sharing a surname, Le Tissier is not related to the former England international footballer Matt Le Tissier, although the two families know each other and Darren had previously played football with Matt. [3]

In May 2022, Le Tissier signed up to footballing charity Common Goal, pledging to donate at least one percent of her salary. [29]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 19 January 2025 [30]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brighton & Hove Albion 2018–19 WSL 200010—30
2019–20 1203040—190
2020–21 2213020—271
2021–22 2211030—261
Total5827010000752
Manchester United 2022–23 WSL2225040—312
2023–24 222504020332
2024–25 1111031—152
Total55511011120796
Career total1137180211201548

International

As of match played 3 December 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
England 202210
202310
202450
Total70

Honours

Manchester United

England

Individual

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