Helen Bleazard

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Helen Bleazard
Helen Bleazard playing for Wales in September 2015
Personal information
Full name Helen Bleazard[1]
Date of birth (1990-08-14) 14 August 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Yeovil, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1999–2004
Yeovil Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005
Yeovil Town
2005–2007 Bristol City W.F.C.
2007–2008
Bristol Academy
2008–2010 Keynsham Town
2010
Yeovil Town
 6 (0)
2011
Bristol Academy
 23 (9)
2012–2013
Chelsea Ladies
 33 (8)
2013–2017
Yeovil Town
 75 (13)
2018–
Plymouth Argyle
 44 (20)
International career
2011–2015 Wales 43 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:45, 28 Apr 2020 (UTC)

Helen Bleazard (born 14 August 1990) is a former

Chelsea Ladies. Bleazard usually plays as a wide midfielder or forward and switched allegiance to Wales after playing for England
at youth level.

Club career

After joining local side

FA Women's Premier League club Bristol City at the end of season 2004–05.[2]

Bleazard signed a contract with

Arsenal.[4]

In February 2012 Bleazard signed for Bristol's WSL rivals

Birmingham City on penalties after a 2–2 draw. After two seasons with Chelsea, Bleazard agreed a deal to return to Yeovil, whose application to the new second level of an enlarged WSL has been successful. Yeovil's chairman was enthused by the transfer, describing Bleazard as: "the best female player the town of Yeovil has ever produced."[6]

International career

Bleazard represented England at Under–17 level,[7] and was called into the Under–20 squad during the 2008–09 season.[8] She was also selected for the England college team while attending Yeovil College.[9]

Bleazard later switched her footballing allegiance to

Jessica Fishlock and Alex Culvin joked that Bleazard's eligibility for the Welsh national team arose from "her Nan's Sister's Brother's Aunty."[11]

Bleazard won her first senior cap for Wales playing on the left–wing in a 2–0 friendly defeat to New Zealand, played in Savièse on 15 June 2011.[12]

References

  1. ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/02/2013 and 28/02/2013". The Football Association. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Yeovil Town Ladies Club History". Yeovil Town Ladies FC. Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Disappointing Liverpool bow out". Liverpool Ladies FC. 22 April 2014. Archived from the original on 7 August 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Midfielder unlikely to dwell on cup loss". Western gazette. 26 May 2011. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  5. ^ Daniel Clarke (7 February 2012). "THREE NEW SIGNINGS FOR CHELSEA LADIES". Chelsea F.C. Archived from the original on 22 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  6. She Kicks
    . 18 November 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Bronze Strikes Gold". The FA. 29 March 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  8. ^ "International Recognition". Sunderland WFC. 3 February 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  9. ^ "Sports News" (PDF). 1 (2). Yeovil College. January 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ^ "Women's Squad for Algarve Cup Named". FAW. 16 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  11. ^ "Cup final special: get to know Bristol Academy". She Kicks. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  12. ^ "Wales v New Zealand –Match Report". FAW. 16 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
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