Chelsea Weston

Chelsea Weston

Playing for Birmingham City in October 2006
Personal information
Full nameChelsea Elisabeth Weston[1]
Date of birth27 January 1990[2]
Place of birthWorcester, England
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
Birmingham City Ladies
Number2
Youth career
Droitwich Diamonds
–Birmingham City Ladies
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
200?–2008Birmingham City Ladies
2008–2010Doncaster Rovers Belles
2011–Birmingham City Ladies14(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Chelsea Elisabeth Weston (born 27 January 1990) is an English female football defender. She plays her club football for Birmingham City Ladies in the FA WSL and has represented England up to Under-23 level.

Club career

Weston, of Warndon,[3] began playing football for a local boys team, the Droitwich Diamonds[4] and remained with them until reaching the maximum age for mixed football teams.[5] Her struggle to find a team to play for saw her featured on BBC Midlands Today where she was spotted by Birmingham City Ladies. She joined their junior side and progressed to play in their Premier League team.

Weston left to join Doncaster Rovers Belles in the 2008 close season.[6] In February 2009 she played in the Belles 5–0 defeat against Arsenal Ladies in the FA Women's Premier League Cup Final.[7]

In December 2010, Weston was revealed to have signed for Birmingham City Ladies' FA WSL squad.[8]

International career

Weston has represented England at Under-17,[5] Under-19,[9] and Under-20 level.[2] In 2008 she played for England's Under-20 side in the FIFA Under-20's World Cup Finals in Chile.[2] In 2009 she was a key player as England's Under-19s side won the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship in Belarus, scoring against Sweden in the group stages, and was named as one of ten 'emerging talents' from the tournament on the UEFA website.[10]

Personal life

Weston attended Elgar Technology College[11] and Worcester sixth form college,[5] before enrolling on a sports science degree at Loughborough University, on a talented athlete scholarship.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Player Statistics". FIFA. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "England:Chelsea Weston". FIFA. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  3. ↑ Steve Carley (28 July 2009). "Chelsea stars in England's Euro Under 19 triumph". Worcester News. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  4. ↑ "Chelsea off to Chile". The Bromsgrove Advertiser. 6 February 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Jaskirt Dhaliwal. "Chelsea aiming for the top!". BBC Hereford & Worcester. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  6. ↑ "Chelsea Weston (first team)". Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  7. ↑ Tony Leighton (26 February 2009). "Smith bids farewell with Cup win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  8. ↑ "Exciting Blues news!". She Kicks. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  9. ↑ "Sweden deny England semi spot". Fair Game. 13 July 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  10. ↑ "England dominate emerging talents". UEFA. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Lauren Rogers (3 February 2009). "The Elgar girl who went on to play for England". Worcester News. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
  12. ↑ "FA selects TASS athletes". TASS. 3 November 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2009.