Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gwennan Mary Harries[1] | ||
Date of birth | 5 January 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Bridgend, Wales | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Everton Ladies | ||
Number | 14 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
2002–2007 | Cardiff City | ||
2007–2009 | Bristol Academy | ||
2009– | Everton Ladies | ||
National team‡ | |||
2006– | Wales[2] | 40 | (15) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
Gwennan Mary Harries (born 5 January 1988) is a Welsh female football striker. She currently plays her club football for Everton. She was born in Bridgend and has represented Wales at Under-19 and senior level.
Harries played for Cardiff City and Bristol Academy before joining Everton Ladies in July 2009.[3]
Her Cardiff City debut came versus Newton Abbot in October 2002, and she scored 15 goals in her debut season.[4]
Harries won 21 caps for the Wales Under-19 side, scoring 9 goals.[2] She made her senior debut against Moldova in the 2005-06 season.[2] As a student at UWIC, Harries has twice represented Great Britain in the World University Games, playing in the 2007 tournament in Bangkok and in the 2009 tournament in Belgrade.[5]
Harries expressed disappointment at the Welsh FA refusing to allow its players to represent a Great Britain Olympic football team at the 2012 London Olympics.[6] In February 2011, fluent Welsh speaker Harries was appointed as a Welsh FA ambassador for female football.[7]
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