Nelly Las

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Nelly Las
Personal information
Date of birth (2007-12-17) 17 December 2007 (age 17)
Place of birth Kettering, England
Position(s) Winger/Wingback
Team information
Current team
 Leicester City
Number 22
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2024– Leicester City 10 (0)
International career‡
2023–2024 England U17 17 (1)
2025– England U19 6 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 April 2025 [1]
‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 April 2025 [1]

Nelly Lasova [2] (born 17 December 2007), known professionally as Nelly Las, is an English footballer who plays as a right winger or right wingback for Leicester City and the England U19 national team.

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Early and personal life

Las started at Leicester City's girls academy at the age of 9 following a successful trial, before returning to play youth football for boys side Beaumont Park FC alongside her twin brother. She rejoined Leicester at 13 years old. [3] [4]

She is bilingual in English and Slovak. [4]

Club career

Las made her senior debut for Leicester on 2 October 2024 in the League Cup against Bristol City W.F.C., which Leicester eventually lost in a penalty shoot-out. She appeared in her first Women's Super League match on 14 December 2024, a 1–1 draw with Chelsea. [3] Las scored her first professional goal in a 4-1 win over Stoke City on 15 January 2025 in the 2024–25 Women's FA Cup. She scored her second professional goal on 9 February 2025 in a 3-1 away defeat against Manchester City in the same competition.

International career

Las represented England at the 2024 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, her side finishing as runners-up to Spain. She was selected by UEFA technical analysts as part of the team of the tournament. [5] Later that year Las was selected for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup and scored in a group stage game against Mexico. [4] She then started in the quarter-final victory over Japan and semi-final elimination against Spain as England finished fourth. She was part of the squad that qualified for the 2025 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship. [6]

Honours

England U19

References

  1. 1 2 N. Las at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Squad List" (PDF). FIFA. 17 October 2024. p. 5. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  3. 1 2 Bate, Adam (20 February 2025). "Nelly Las interview: Leicester City Women's 17-year-old star on causing chaos in the WSL after whirlwind rise". Sky Sports . Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 Feringa, Megan (1 March 2025). "Leicester City's Nelly Las is a 17-year-old with soaring ambitions. She wants to be better than Lucy Bronze". The New York Times . Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "2024 Women's U17 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com . 21 May 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Spain 3-0 England". ESPN. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "England-Spain | Women's Under-17 2024 Final". UEFA . 2024-05-18. Retrieved 2025-07-04.
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