Gwennan Harries

Gwennan Harries
Personal information
Full name Gwennan Mary Harries[1]
Date of birth 5 January 1988 (1988-01-05) (age 24)
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).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:21, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

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.

Club career

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]

International career

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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