Felicity Gibbons
.jpg) Gibbons playing for Millwall in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Felicity Gibbons | ||
| Date of birth | 9 July 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Maidstone, England | ||
| Position(s) | Defender / Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Crystal Palace | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Castle Colts | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2013 | Charlton Athletic | ||
| 2013–2014 | Watford F.C. | ||
| 2013 | → Gillingham W.F.C. (loan) | ||
| 2014–2015 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 17 | (10) |
| 2015–2016 | Millwall Lionesses | 17 | (10) |
| 2016–2017 | Gillingham | 19 | (33) |
| 2017–2022 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 75 | (1) |
| 2022– | Crystal Palace | 13 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | England U19 | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 October 2018 | |||
Felicity "Fliss" Gibbons (born 9 July 1994) is an English football defender and striker currently playing for Crystal Palace.[1]
Early life
[edit]Gibbons was born in Maidstone, England and began playing football at the age of eight. She played for her youth side the Castle Colts in Kent.[2]
Club career
[edit]Gibbons started her senior career at Charlton Athletic before moving on to Watford F.C. While at Watford she went on a four-month loan at Gillingham W.F.C. in the fall of 2013.[3] She then moved onto her first spell at Brighton & Hove Albion for the 2014/2015 season. During this season she scored 10 goals in 17 appearances and won the club's Women's Player of the year.[4] In 2016 Gibbons left the Seagulls for the Millwall Lionesses. She then returned to Gillingham L.F.C. for the 2016/2017 season. While at the Kent club she scored 33 goals in 19 appearances and won the FA WPL Division One South East Top Goal Scorer award.[5] She then rejoined Albion in August 2017 ahead of the club's first-ever season in FA WSL2. Gibbons has been utilized both as a striker and a defender as Brighton & Hove Albion moved up to England's top flight, the FA WSL, for the 2018–19 season.
International career
[edit]Gibbons was part of the England U19 team for the 2012–2013 period.
References
[edit]- ^ "Felicity Gibbons".
- ^ "Felicity Gibbons". Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ "We have a lot to look forward to, says Gillingham skipper Vicky Ashton-Jones".
- ^ "Felicity Gibbons".
- ^ "Everyone's a winner". The FA. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
External links
[edit]
- Felicity Gibbons at Soccerway
- Felicity Gibbons on Twitter
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. players
- Women's Super League players
- Women's association football midfielders
- Charlton Athletic W.F.C. players
- Millwall Lionesses L.F.C. players
- Watford F.C. Women players
- Crystal Palace F.C. (Women) players
- Gillingham L.F.C. players
- Footballers from Maidstone
- English women's footballers
- FA Women's National League players
- 21st-century English sportswomen