| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jayne Louise Ludlow[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 January 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Llwynypia, Wales | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Arsenal Ladies | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| Barry Town Ladies | |||
| Millwall Lionesses | |||
| Southampton Saints | |||
| 2000- | Arsenal Ladies | ||
| 2005 | → New York Magic (loan)[2] | 6 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1996- | Wales | 50 | (18) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Jayne Louise Ludlow (born 7 January 1979 in Llwynypia, Rhondda, Wales) is a Welsh football player. She plays for the English side Arsenal, and captains the Welsh national team. Ludlow plays as a Midfielder and is Arsenal's all-time record goalscorer.
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Ludlow's father had been a professional football player, and she began her own football career early, playing with a boys' team before having to stop aged 12.[3] Jayne then had a promising junior career in athletics, being the British record holder in the triple jump at Under-17 level and also representing the UK at the Under-20s level.[4] She also represented Wales at netball and basketball.[3][5] Ludlow decided to focus on football, but had to travel to Barry Town to play since there were no girls' teams in the South Wales Valleys.[3][6]
Ludlow won a scholarship to Pennsylvania University in the United States, but left months into the four-year course due to dissatisfaction with the standard of football.[3][6] She then moved to London and played for Millwall Lionesses and Southampton Saints while completing a physiotherapy degree at King's College, London.[6]
Joining Arsenal in 2000, Ludlow scored 28 goals from midfield as she helped the Gunners to a domestic treble in her first season. At the time manager Vic Akers described her as "the best box-to-box player in the women's game".[6] She was voted Players' Player of the Year in 2001, an achievement she repeated in 2003 and 2004. In 2007 Ludlow was a key part of the side which won an unprecedented quadruple, scoring 24 goals.[7] In the 2005 off-season she returned to the United States to play for New York Magic.[2]
She has continued to play for Arsenal, becoming vice-captain and the club's all-time leading scorer.[8] Her favourite player is Roy Keane.[3]
Ludlow won her first senior Wales cap at the age of 17, against the Republic of Ireland in February 1996.[9]
In early 2010 Ludlow left the Wales team after many years of disenchantment and a dispute with the coach Adrian Tucker. In November 2010 she returned to the fold following the appointment of new coach Jarmo Matikainen.[10] Ludlow then won her 50th cap, and scored her 18th goal, in captaining Wales to an 8-1 win over Bulgaria.[11]
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