Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cheryl Foster | ||
Date of birth | 4 October 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Bangor, Wales | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Liverpool LFC | ||
Youth career | |||
Conwy Devils | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Appsβ | (Gls)β |
β2003 | Bangor City Girls F.C. | ||
2003β | Liverpool LFC | ||
National teamβ‘ | |||
1997β | Wales | 60 | (9) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04 May 2010 (UTC). β Appearances (Goals). |
Cheryl "Fozzy"[1] Foster (born 4 October 1980) is a Welsh footballer. She plays as a striker for Liverpool Ladies and is the all-time record appearance holder for the Welsh national team.[2]
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After starting her career at Conwy Devils,[1] Foster moved to Bangor City and was the club's Northern Division top-scorer in every season from 1999β00 to 2002β03.[3] She also represented the club in the UEFA Women's Cup.[4]
In summer 2003 Foster joined an exodus of players leaving Bangor City for Liverpool.[5] By season 2009β10, she was Liverpool Ladies' longest serving player.[1] That season she was the Northern Division top goalscorer with 16 goals as Liverpool romped to the title.[6] Foster and Liverpool team-mate Kelly Jones joined Irish Cup winners St Francis F.C. on loan for a UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying tournament in August 2010.[7]
Foster had planned to retire at 30-years-old, but changed her mind in order to play in the FA WSL.[8] She then scored Liverpool's first goal in the new competition, helping them to a 3β3 opening day draw against local rivals Everton.[9]
Foster represented Wales at youth level, winning five U16 caps, four U18 caps and scoring one goal in a single U20 appearance.[10]
Her full debut was in 1997[2] and she captained the side on her 50th appearance, a 3-0 friendly win over Slovenia in Llanelli in August 2009.[11] Foster won a record 52nd cap in Wales' 2β1 defeat in Azerbaijan in October 2009.[2][12]
Foster is a Liverpool FC supporter[1] and works as a P.E. teacher at Bishops' Blue Coat Church of England High School, Chester.[2]
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