Personal information | |||
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Full name | Deearna Missy Goodwin [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 27 January 2003||
Place of birth | Redditch, England [3] | ||
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Leicester City | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2020 | Birmingham City | ||
2020–2022 | Aston Villa | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2021 | Birmingham City | 0 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Aston Villa | 0 | (0) |
2022– | Leicester City | 54 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | England U17 | 3 | (0) |
2021–2022 | England U19 | 5 | (2) |
2023– | England U23 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:42, 14 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:56, 4 December 2024 [4] |
Deearna Missy Goodwin (born 27 January 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Leicester City and the England under-23s. She previously played for Birmingham City, Aston Villa, and has represented England from under-17 youth level.
Goodwin grew up in Redditch and attended St Augustine's High School. [5] She played in the Worcestershire County Schools’ under-14s and featured in the 2017 Gothia World Youth Cup. [6]
Goodwin came up through the Birmingham City youth system, spending 10 years with the club, [7] and featured in one game for the academy team. [8] Ahead of the 2019–20 season, she spent preseason with the senior team before being registered as part of the first-team squad, gaining first tier gameday experience although she did not debut. [9]
In July 2020, Goodwin left Birmingham to sign with Aston Villa. Initially playing as part of the club's under-21 WSL academy team, [10] she scored four goals in three appearances for the youth team. [11] She then made her senior debut on 17 November 2021, as a 78th-minute substitute in Villa's 2–1 defeat to Sheffield United in the FA Women's League Cup. [12]
On 7 January 2022, Goodwin signed for Leicester City on a short-term contract for the remainder of the 2021–22 season, [13] making her first appearance for the team on 16 January 2022 against Brighton & Hove Albion for a 1–0 win. [2] On 18 January 2023, during the 2022–23 season, she scored her debut goal for the Foxes in the League Cup, scoring the first goal in a 5–0 result against Sunderland. [14]
On 29 April 2023, she scored her debut WSL goal, in injury time against Liverpool in a 4–0 victory. [15] On 6 July 2023, she signed a new long-term deal with the club. [16] On 5 November 2023, she scored her first goal of the 2023–24 season against Liverpool, with the game ending in a 2–1 defeat. [17]
On 14 December 2024, during the 2024–25 season, Goodwin scored the opening goal against league leaders Chelsea in a 1–1 draw, [18] putting the champions behind for the first time in the season. City received a standing ovation from fans at the King Power Stadium after the first half, courtesy of the well-worked goal that gained the lead. [19]
In October 2019, with England under-17s, Goodwin played in all three qualifying round matches during 2020 U-17 Championship qualification, [1] as England won all three games, qualifying the team for the elite round, that was subsequently cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [20]
In October 2021, Goodwin featured in the under-19 squad during 2022 U-19 Championship qualification and scored in an 8–1 win over Northern Ireland. [21] In the second round of qualification on 6 April 2022, she scored the second goal against Wales in a 3–0 victory. [22]
In February 2023, Goodwin was named as part of the under-23 squad for a fixture against Belgium, [23] and was an unused substitute in the match. [24] On 6 April 2023, she made her debut for England U23 as 68th-minute substitute, gaining a penalty in injury time to secure a 3–2 victory. [25] [26]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Aston Villa | 2021–22 | Women's Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Leicester City | 2021–22 | Women's Super League | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
2022–23 | Women's Super League | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 2 | |
2023–24 | Women's Super League | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 2 | |
Total | 40 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 50 | 4 | ||
Career total | 40 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 51 | 4 |
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