Reanna Blades

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Reanna Blades
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Blades playing for Lewes in 2023
Personal information
Full name Reanna Lauren Blades [1]
Date of birth (2005-10-02) 2 October 2005 (age 18)
Place of birth Croydon, Surrey, England [2]
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, winger
Youth career
Brighton & Hove Albion
Chelsea
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2024 Chelsea 0 (0)
2023–2024 → Lewes (loan) 20 (2)
International career‡
2021 England U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 November 2021

Reanna Lauren Blades (born 2 October 2005) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. She previously played for Chelsea, Lewes, and the England under-19 team.

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Club career

Prior to joining Chelsea's acaemy at under-14 level, she spent a season with Brighton's Regional Talent Club. [3] At under-21 academy level, Blades featured in 23 matches, scoring 15 goals. [4]

On 1 August 2021, in a friendly match prior to the 2021–22 season, Blades scored her debut senior goal for Chelsea, an equalising goal in a 2–1 defeat to Arsenal. [5] On 13 October 2022, Blades signed for first professional contract with Women's Super League club Chelsea at the age of 18. [3] [6]

On 19 March 2023, she made her competitive debut for Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter-final match against Reading, as a second-half substitue. [7] On 23 April 2023 Blades scored the third goal in a 3–1 victory over Manchester United in the WSL Academy League Cup Final. [8]

On 19 July 2023, Blades joined Women's Championship club Lewes on loan for the 2023–24 season. [9] [10]

On 30 June 2024, she left Chelsea after the end of her contract. [11]

International career

Blades has represented England at under-16, under-17, and under-19 youth levels. [3] [12]

Personal life

In 2020, Blades backed The Telegraph's "Keep Kids Active in Lockdown" campaign. At age 16 she coached children for United Synergy FC in Croydon. [12] In July 2023, alongside Lioness Fara Williams, Blades joined lingerie company Bluebella's campaign in support of women's sports. [13]

Honours

Chelsea

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References

  1. 1 2 Reanna Blades at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Reanna Blades Profile". Chelsea FC . Archived from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "Academy graduate Reanna Blades signs first professional contract". Chelsea FC . 13 October 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Chelsea FC Women Academy". The FA . Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Chelsea Women back in action in first game of Arsenal double-header". Chelsea FC . 1 August 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  6. ↑ Charpentier, Caden (18 October 2022). "Youth revolution continues: Who is Chelsea's Reanna Blades?". The Pride of London. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  7. ↑ Frith, Wilf (1 July 2024). "Alsu Abdullina and Reanna Blades leave Chelsea Women". She Kicks . Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  8. ↑ Rowe-Willcock, Helen (23 April 2023). "United Women U21s lose to Chelsea in Cup Final". Manchester United FC . Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Reanna Blades joins on-loan – Lewes Community Football Club". Lewes FC . 19 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  10. ↑ Towers, Jack (27 July 2023). "Chelsea, Sheffield United and Crystal Palace trio join Lewes". Sussex World. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "Chelsea Academy graduate Reanna Blades set for new challenge". Chelsea FC . Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  12. 1 2 McGrath, Mike (23 November 2020). "'They should be allowed to play' - Chelsea's Reanna Blades on coaching, England ambitions and keeping kids active". The Telegraph . ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  13. ↑ Richardson, Faith (30 July 2023). "The Lionesses' lingerie campaign aims to help keep teenage girls in sport". OK! Magazine . Retrieved 7 July 2024.
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