{"id":16827,"date":"2022-06-12T14:30:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T12:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1658762"},"modified":"2022-06-12T15:50:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T13:50:17","slug":"who-is-chelcee-grimes-meet-the-soccer-aid-2022-player","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-is-chelcee-grimes-meet-the-soccer-aid-2022-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Chelcee Grimes? Meet the Soccer Aid 2022 player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 12 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Chelcee Grimes has been on our TVs a fair bit this year, taking part in ITV\u2019s The Games and in Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof \u2013 but now she\u2019s returning to <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/football\/soccer-aid-2022-kick-off-time-tv\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Soccer Aid<\/a> for its 2022 match.<\/p>\n<p>The charity game, which is in aid of UNICEF, is entering its 16th year as yet another team of English celebrities and footballers take on the Soccer Aid World XI squad (also known as the Rest of the World team).<\/p>\n<p>Joining the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/football\/soccer-aid-2022-line-up\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Soccer Aid 2022 line-up<\/a> is\u00a0Usain Bolt, who is back to lead the World XI squad including Lee Mack, Love Island\u2019s Kem Cetinay, actor Mark Strong, while Liam Payne is the team captain for England, which boasts Aitch, Mo Farah, Eniola Aluko and Damien Lewis as players.<\/p>\n<p>Chelcee Grimes will be playing for the World XI squad and if you don\u2019t know much about the footballer and TV presenter, here\u2019s everything you need to know.<\/p> <h2><strong>Who is Chelcee Grimes?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/chelcee-grimes-soccer-aid-2db741b.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> <div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"> <span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Getty<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Age:\u00a0<\/strong>30<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job:\u00a0<\/strong>TV presenter and footballer<\/p>\n<p><strong>Team:\u00a0<\/strong>Soccer Aid World XI<\/p>\n<p>Chelcee Grimes is a singer-songwriter and football player who is best known for playing for her current team, Merseyrail Ladies.<\/p>\n<p>She began playing football at the age of 10 and went on to play professionally for Everton, Tottenham Hotspur, Tranmere Rovers and Fulham.<\/p>\n<p>Grimes has also branched out into TV, presenting the BBC\u2019s coverage of the 2019 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup, the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 semi-final, Match of the Day spin-off MOTDx and BBC Sounds podcast Building Queertopia.<\/p>\n<p>She recently competed on The Games, coming in first place alongside Love Island\u2019s Wes Nelson, and has appeared on Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof, Celebrity Juice, Celebrity Catchphrase and A League of Their Own. She has also taken part in the last three Soccer Aid tournaments, playing for the Soccer Aid World XI team (also known as Rest of the World).<\/p>\n<p>Outside of TV and football, Grimes has written music for Kylie Minogue, Dua Lipa, Little Mix, Blackpink, Kesha, Olly Murs, Tom Walker and Louisa, with her most popular songs being Dua Lipa hits Love Again, Kiss and Make Up and Bad Together.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>When does Soccer Aid 2020 start?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Soccer Aid 2022 begins on Sunday 12th June at 7:30pm on ITV.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s game will see World XI, led by Usain Bolt, go up against England XI, led by Liam Payne, at the London Stadium.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<p><strong>Soccer Aid will air on ITV on Sunday 12th June 2022. Looking for something else to watch? Check out our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<section><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1646312059467000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Ftrh-dxAkkfQXSIsWTu1t&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. 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