Vaila Barsley

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Vaila Barsley
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Barsley in 2014
Personal information
Full name Vaila Marie Barsley
Date of birth (1987-09-15) 15 September 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Stalham Knights
Loddon
2004–2005 Norwich City
2005–2006 Arsenal
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2009 St. John's Red Storm 65 (8)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2009–2010 Long Island Rough Riders
2011 Afturelding 16 (3)
2012 Long Island Rough Riders
2012 Peamount United
2013–2021 Eskilstuna United 164 (25)
2022 IF Brommapojkarna 19 (2)
International career‡
2003–2004 England U17
2017 Scotland 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:26, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:58, 12 April 2017 (UTC)

Vaila Marie Barsley (born 15 September 1987) is a Scottish football defender.

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Club career

Barsley played college soccer for St. John's Red Storm while attending St. John's University on a five-year accountancy degree. After graduating she began working for Ernst & Young in New York City, but negotiated a leave of absence when Swedish club Eskilstuna United offered her a professional soccer contract in 2013. [1] Barsley's nine goals from defence helped Eskilstuna win promotion to the Damallsvenskan in her first season. [2] In the 2015 Damallsvenskan season, Eskilstuna finished runners-up to FC Rosengård and Barsley was awarded a new two-year contract. [3]

In March 2022 she transferred to Damallsvenskan newcomers IF Brommapojkarna, following nine seasons with Eskilstuna. [4]

International career

Barsley's mother is from Shetland, which qualifies her to play for Scotland. [5] She made her full international debut on 11 April 2017, in a 5–0 defeat against Belgium. [6]

Personal life

In December 2018 she married her former Eskilstuna team-mate Annica Svensson. [7]

Honours

Eskilstuna United DFF

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References

  1. ↑ "Red Storm Alumna Vaila Barsley Continues Career With Pro Contract". St. John's University (New York City). 8 April 2013. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Även Vaila Barsley stannar i Eskilstuna" (in Swedish). Damfotboll.com. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Lundin, Josefin (28 October 2015). "Vaila Barsley om fortsättningen i Eskilstuna United" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio . Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Kämpe, Philip (3 March 2022). "Vaila Barsley klar för BP" (in Swedish). IF Brommapojkarna . Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  5. ↑ Lindsay, Clive (29 March 2017). "Scotland women: Signeul hopes to add Barsley and Howard to squad to face Belgium". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  6. ↑ Campbell, Alan (11 April 2017). "Belgium women 5-0 Scotland women: Anna Signeul's side lose Euro 2017 warm-up". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  7. ↑ Mattsson, Sebastian (12 December 2018). ""Det var väldigt få som ens sett oss kyssas"" (in Swedish). Expressen . Retrieved 15 January 2022.


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