Mary Phillip

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Mary Phillip (born March 14, 1977) is a footballer, currently playing for Arsenal Ladies.

Mary is a versatile player who has played in all four positions at the back and also in midfield. She is a strong player for Arsenal in central defence and has been with the club since July 2004, joining from Fulham.

Mary made her England debut whilst with Millwall, playing in the same team as current National Coach Hope Powell in 1996.

Mary then spent a few years out of the international set-up while having her two sons.

She returned to the international set-up early in 2002 and her performances at the international friendly tournament, The Algarve Cup, in May showed that she was back to full fitness.

Mary was the club captain at Fulham, for whom she lifted The FA Women’s Cup in front of 10,000 fans and 1.9m viewers on BBC Television in May 2003, the season Fulham completed the treble.

Mary’s strength and composure at the heart of defence brings reassurance to her teammates and she is always on hand to provide some advice to the younger members of the squad.

Most recently captained England in the two international friendlies against Sweden last month when Faye White was absent with an ankle injury.

Mary also captained England in the absence of her teammate Faye White, who suffered a cruciate ligament injury at the start of the 2006/07 season, when they overcame France to secure passage to the World Cup in China.

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Mary Phillip at The FA website

v • d • e England squad - 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Cope • 2 Powell • 3 Mapes • 4 Britton • 5 Taylor • 6 Coultard • 7 Spacey • 8 Bampton • 9 Farley • 10 Burke • 11 Sempare • 12 Davis • 13 Higgs • 14 Walker • 15 Williams • 16 Smith • 17 Waller • 18 Phillip • 19 Fletcher • 20 Easton • Coach: Copeland

v • d • e England squad - 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Brown • 2 A. Scott • 3 Stoney • 4 Chapman • 5 White • 6 Phillip • 7 Carney • 8 Williams • 9 Aluko • 10 K. Smith • 11 Yankey • 12 Asante • 13 Chamberlain • 14 Unitt • 15 S. Smith • 16 J. Scott • 17 Handley • 18 Sanderson • 19 Exley • 20 Johnson • 21 Telford • Coach: Powell

v • d • e

Arsenal L.F.C. – current squad

1 Byrne • 2 Scott • 3 Tracy • 4 Ludlow • 6 White • 7 Grant • 8 Smith • 9 Sanderson • 10 Fleeting • 11 Yankey • 12 Davison • 13 Spencer • 14 Carney • 15 Flaherty • 16 Little • 17 Chapman • 18 Asante • 19 Minnaar • 20 Wicks • 21 Marsh • 22 Onzia • 23 Phillip • 24 Quantrill • 25 Coombs • 26 Madden • -- Wiltshire • -- Lloyd • -- Ford • -- Carr • -- Goddard • -- Walker • -- Cole • Manager: Akers