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Aston Villa \u2013 21 years old<\/em><\/p>\n
Hannah is a graduate of the famously productive Birmingham City youth system, but swapped the Blues for local rivals Aston Villa in the summer of 2021.<\/p>\n
As a child, she lived in Spain for around five years, spending time with Villarreal after going to her trial there in a West Brom kit \u2013 she actually started out as a centre-forward but began her goalkeeping career at U11 level after volunteering to replace an injured teammate in goal.<\/p>\n
Defenders <\/strong><\/h2>\n
Lucy Bronze <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Barcelona \u2013 30 years old<\/em><\/p>\n
Her full title is Lucy Roberta Tough Bronze, and she is one of the most respected and decorated players of her generation.<\/p>\n
Voted The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Player 2020 \u2013 Lucy has also won both the WSL and the UEFA Women\u2019s Champions League three times, not to mention a whole host of other major team and individual honours.<\/p>\n
She worked part-time in a pizza shop while starting out with Everton, admits she \u201csometimes hates losing more than [she] loves winning\u201d and has declared coaching England a future ambition of hers. Lucy left Manchester City for a second time shortly before Euro 2022 to move to Spanish champions Barcelona.<\/p>\n
Jess Carter <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Chelsea \u2013 24 years old<\/em><\/p>\n
Jess has dual UK\/USA nationality due to her dad being American \u2013 another graduate of Birmingham City\u2019s academy, she also played rugby for Worcester Warriors as a child.<\/p>\n
Having made her senior debut for the Blues in a UEFA Women\u2019s Champions League Quarter-Final against Arsenal in 2014 at the age of 16, she went on to sign for Chelsea in 2018. The footballer she most admired growing up was Paul Scholes, and she describes Justin Bieber\u2019s music as her \u2018guilty pleasure\u2019.<\/p>\n
Alex Greenwood <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Manchester City \u2013 28 years old<\/em><\/p>\n
Alex is a real rarity in that she has played for Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool and Everton \u2013 something only former England international Peter Beardsley has in common with her.<\/p>\n
Able to play at both left back and in central defence she made her international debut in 2014 and has been a mainstay of the squad under the management of Sarina Wiegman.<\/p>\n
Demi Stokes <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Manchester City \u2013 30 years old<\/em><\/p>\n
Demi started her career with Sunderland and played club football in both the USA and Canada before signing for Manchester City in 2015, where she has gone on to win seven major trophies.<\/p>\n
She lists her cross-sport inspirations as Jessica Ennis-Hill, Dina Asher-Smith and Nicola Adams \u2013 notoriously humble, she has always kept in touch with her former primary school teacher, Ian Williamson, who put her name down for trials with her first junior team.<\/p>\n
Leah Williamson <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Arsenal \u2013 25 years old<\/em><\/p>\n
The skipper \u2013 Leah was appointed permanent England captain in April 2022, succeeding the hugely influential Steph Houghton in the role.<\/p>\n
She grew up an Arsenal fan, attending men\u2019s games with her Grandma, and signed for the Gunners herself at the age of nine in 2006. She credits Thierry Henry with making her \u2018fall in love\u2019 with football and had a signed photo of another Arsenal legend, Kelly Smith, on her bedroom wall as a kid \u2013 on it were written the words \u201cdream big\u201d. In her spare time, Leah plays Sudoku and studies accountancy.<\/p>\n
Millie Bright<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Chelsea \u2013 28 years old<\/em><\/p>\n
Millie overcame severe asthma and whooping cough as a child, and then worked part-time as a horse-groom and a fitness instructor while playing for her first club, Doncaster Belles.<\/p>\n
She has always admired former England international John Terry and signed for his club Chelsea in 2015 where she has gone from strength to strength, winning numerous honours and being named in the FIFA Best XI in 2020 and 2021. She was made England\u2019s vice-captain in April 2022.<\/p>\n
Lotte Wubben-Moy <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Arsenal \u2013 23 years old<\/em><\/p>\n
Like her club teammate and good friend Leah Williamson, Lotte is an Arsenal fan who has gone on to play for the club \u2013 in fact she\u2019s from a family of Gunners, her auntie sang club chants to her rather than lullabies when she was a baby.<\/p>\n
Lotte is a graduate of North Carolina University, something she has in common with England head coach Sarina Wiegman<\/p>\n
Rachel Daly <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Houston Dash \u2013 30 years old<\/em><\/p>\n
Born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, Rachel began her career at nearby Leeds United but has spent most of her senior career in the USA, where she currently plays in the NWSL.<\/p>\n
Extremely versatile, she\u2019s able to play in several different positions and has often been used at full-back by Sarina Wiegman \u2013 she\u2019s played a lot of games up front for Houston Dash where she is captain and all-time top-scorer.<\/p>
Midfielders <\/strong><\/h2>\n
Keira Walsh <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Manchester City \u2013 25 years old<\/em><\/p>\n
Keira is described by her England teammate Jill Scott as the \u201cbest holding midfielder in the world\u201d when it comes to \u201cvision and intelligence\u201d \u2013 her former Manchester City manager Nick Cushing once said she had the \u201cbest football brain\u201d of any player he\u2019d coached.<\/p>\n
Born in Rochdale, Keira grew up supporting City and loved the club so much she named her two pet goldfish Nicolas Anelka and Shaun Goater.<\/p>\n
Ella Toone <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Manchester United \u2013 22 years old<\/em><\/p>\n
Ella grew up supporting her current club, Manchester United, but has also played for Manchester City \u2013 a talented all-round athlete she won several gymnastic awards as a child, and showed promise in tennis, but eventually decided to pursue a career in football.<\/p>\n
Known by fans and teammates alike as \u2018Tooney\u2019, she scored on her England debut, a 6-0 win over Northern Ireland in February 2021.<\/p>\n
Jill Scott <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Free agent \u2013 35 years old<\/em><\/p>\n
A Lionesses legend, Jill made her England debut in 2006 and Euro 2022 is her 10th major tournament.<\/p>\n
A talented long-distance runner as a child she was awarded an MBE in the 2020 New Year Honours \u2013 already a UEFA \u2018B\u2019 licence holder, she has future coaching ambitions and has the words \u2018step by step, day by day, mile by mile\u2019 tattooed on her wrist, lyrics from a Whitney Houston song.<\/p>\n
Georgia Stanway <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Bayern Munich \u2013 23 years old<\/em><\/p>\n
Georgia spent the first seven years of her senior career with Manchester City where she won seven major honours, before deciding to leave for Bayern ahead of Euro 2022.<\/p>\n
The subject of a giant mural in Manchester\u2019s Northern Quarter in 2020, Georgia was brought up in Barrow-in-Furness but began her career with Blackburn Rovers \u2013 commenting on her eagerness to learn, former City teammate and USA legend Carli Lloyd once described her as being \u2018like a sponge\u2019.<\/p>\n
Nikita Parris <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Arsenal \u2013 28 years old<\/em><\/p>\n
A UEFA Women\u2019s Champions League winner with former club Lyon in 2019\/20, Nikita started her own football team at the age of 11 in her native Liverpool, as she wanted a women\u2019s side in the local community.<\/p>\n
FWA Women\u2019s Footballer of the Year in 2019, she held the honour of WSL all-time leading scorer between 2018 and 2020.<\/p>\n
Beth Mead <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Arsenal \u2013 27 years old<\/em><\/p>\n
Beth\u2019s mum worked two jobs to be able to afford the fuel to take her back-and-forth to training with Middlesbrough as a child \u2013 she then worked part-time herself washing dishes in a pub while starting out in senior football with Sunderland.<\/p>\n
Most inspired by Arsenal legends Kelly Smith and Thierry Henry, she has a degree in Sports Development. Famously and controversially left out of Team GB\u2019s Tokyo Olympics squad, Beth reacted superbly to play a starring role at Euro 2022.<\/p>\n
Fran Kirby <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Chelsea \u2013 29 years old<\/em><\/p>\n
Fran has fought against personal adversity to establish herself as one of the world\u2019s top female forwards \u2013 having lost her Mum, Denise, to a sudden brain haemorrhage when she was just 14, Fran then recovered from a career threatening heart condition during the 2019\/20 season.<\/p>\n
Twice named the PFA Women\u2019s Players\u2019 Player of the Year, she was nicknamed \u2018mini-Messi\u2019 as a youngster at Reading, and she is now Chelsea\u2019s all-time leading scorer.<\/p>\n
Forwards <\/strong><\/h2>\n
Ellen White <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Manchester City \u2013 33 years old<\/em><\/p>\n
England Women\u2019s all-time top-scorer, a record she\u2019s held since November 2021 \u2013 Ellen started as she meant go on with a goal on her debut in March 2010.<\/p>\n
She has been named England Women\u2019s Player of the Year three times, most recently in 20\/21 \u2013 as a child she trained at a football academy in Aylesbury run by her dad Jon called Mini Ducks.<\/p>\n
Beth England <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Chelsea \u2013 28 years old<\/em><\/p>\n
While starting out in the WSL with Doncaster Belles in 2011, Beth was also working part-time in a chip shop \u2013 by 2019\/20 she had won the PFA Women\u2019s Players\u2019 Player of the Year award as a Chelsea player.<\/p>\n
Euro 2022 was her first major tournament as a senior England player \u2013 off the pitch she has studied law and is a keen dog-lover.<\/p>\n
Lauren Hemp <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Manchester City \u2013 21 years old<\/em><\/p>\n
Like her older sister, Amy, Lauren started out with Norwich City \u2013 but while she has gone on to represent England, her sibling\u2019s career was cut short by knee injuries, something Lauren says acts as a constant source of motivation.<\/p>\n
Lauren has been named PFA Women\u2019s Young Player of the Year four times, making her the most decorated PFA award winner of all time, and the first player to win four awards in the same category.<\/p>\n
Chloe Kelly<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Manchester City \u2013 24 years old<\/em><\/p>\n
Born in London, Chloe started out with Arsenal, but truly established herself in the WSL with Everton, before signing for Manchester City in 2020.<\/p>\n
Voted as City\u2019s Player of the Year by their supporters in 20\/21, she suffered a serious knee injury in May 2021 and spent nearly a year out before returning and scoring her first England goal in a 3-0 win over Belgium shortly before Euro 2022.<\/p>\n
Alessia Russo <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Manchester United \u2013 23 years old<\/em><\/p>\n
Alessia spent time with Charlton and Chelsea as a youngster, then studied at North Carolina University in the USA before returning to the UK in 2020 to join Manchester United.<\/p>\n
Alessia is of Italian descent \u2013 her Sicilian grandfather moved to England in the 1950s, her dad Mario played non-league football \u2013 her best friend is fellow club and international England teammate Ella Toone.<\/p>\n
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