Sophie Ingle

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Sophie Ingle
OBE
Ingle in October 2020
Personal information
Full name Sophie Louise Ingle[1]
Date of birth (1991-09-02) 2 September 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth Llandough, Penarth, Wales
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)
Defensive Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 5
Youth career
Vale Wanderers
Dinas Powys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012
Cardiff City
2012–2013
Chelsea
 22 (0)
2014–2015
Bristol Academy
 27 (2)
2015–2018
Liverpool
 42 (0)
2018– Chelsea 87 (6)
International career‡
Wales U17
Wales U19
2009– Wales 120 (3)
2021– Great Britain 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:15, 01 May 2023

Sophie Louise Ingle

defensive midfielder
.

In 2020, her Chelsea goal against Arsenal was nominated for the

FIFA Puskas Award.[2]

Club career

Ingle began her football career with boys' team Vale Wanderers. Despite making an appeal to the

Cardiff City Ladies.[3]

After a period in the reserves, Ingle broke into Cardiff's

Chelsea Ladies ahead of the 2012 campaign.[4]

On 11 March 2012, she made her Chelsea debut against Brighton in a FA Cup match, helping Chelsea to a 3–0 win.[5]

Chelsea manager

2012 FA Women's Cup Final defeat to Birmingham: "Sophie Ingle, we initially brought in as a left back but you can see from her quality on the ball and distribution and reading of the game is good as well, she has created a few goals for us with balls in behind which something we haven’t had before."[6]

In February 2014, Ingle left Chelsea and moved nearer to home by joining

Liverpool in December 2015: "Liverpool is a massive club and once I was aware of their interest there was only one team I wanted to sign for".[9]

In June 2018, Ingle returned to Chelsea after 5 years, signing a two-years deal with the Blues. [10]

In November 2023 she became the WSL record appearance holder, with 184 appearances.[11]

International career

Ingle was called-up to represent Wales at Under-17 level,[12] and later rose to captain the Under-19 squad.[13] Ingle won her first senior cap for Wales in a 2–1 World Cup qualifying defeat to Azerbaijan, played in Baku on 28 October 2009.[14]

In December 2011, Ingle was named in the preliminary

cap for Wales in July 2014, during a 1–1 friendly draw with Scotland in Dumfries.[15]

Wales manager Jayne Ludlow named Ingle the new national team captain ahead of the 2015 Istria Cup, replacing Jess Fishlock who was surprisingly dropped from the squad.[16]

On 22 September 2020, Ingle played her 100th match for Wales against

UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifiers.[17] On 27 May 2021 it was announced that Ingle had been selected as the only Welsh player in the Great Britain women's Olympic football team for the 2020 Olympics.[18]

Personal life

Ingle is openly lesbian.[19][20]

Career statistics

International

Statistics accurate as of match played 2 August 2021.
Year Wales Great Britain
Apps Goals Apps Goals
2009 ? ? —
2010 ? ? —
2011 ? ? —
2012 ? ? 0 0
2013 ? ? —
2014 ? ? —
2015 ? ? —
2016 ? ? —
2017 ? ? —
2018 ? ? —
2019 ? ? —
2020 ? ? —
2021 ? ? 4 0
Total 105 2 4 0

Honours

Ingle was appointed

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to association football.[21]

Club

Chelsea

External videos
video icon Ingle's FIFA Puskas Award Nominated Goal retrieved 20 January 2021

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Squad list - Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020" (PDF). FIFA. 7 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Sophie Ingle Goal FIFA Puskas Award 2020". FIFA. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Barry footballer signs for Chelsea – and is picked for GB football squad!". Barry and District News. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  4. ^ Daniel Clarke (7 February 2012). "THREE NEW SIGNINGS FOR CHELSEA LADIES". Chelsea FC. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Chelsea Ladies v Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C 11 March 2012 Report". FA WSL. 11 March 2012. Archived from the original on 31 July 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  6. She Kicks. 28 May 2012. Archived from the original
    on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  7. ^ "Chelsea midfielder joins Bristol". BBC Sport. 6 February 2014. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  8. FA WSL
    . 4 October 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Sophie Ingle: Liverpool Ladies sign Wales and Bristol captain". BBC Sport. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  10. ^ "INGLE ADDED TO WOMEN'S SQUAD". Chelsea FC. 14 June 2018. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Chelsea midfielder Ingle sets new WSL record" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  12. ^ "Vale hot-shot Jordan hoping Sky's the limit". South Wales Echo. 6 February 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  13. ^ "CITY SLICKERS". South Wales Echo. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  14. ^ "Azerbaijan 2–1 Wales". UEFA. 28 October 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  15. ^ "Scotland v Wales – Women's International Friendly – Game Drawn". Football Association of Wales. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2015.[permanent dead link]
  16. ^ Matheson, Sian (20 February 2015). "Ingle looking forward to leading out Wales in March's Istria Cup". Media Wales. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  17. ^ "Chelsea's Sophie Ingle on brink of winning 'incredible' 100th Wales cap". BBC Sport. 20 September 2020.
  18. ^ "Team GB: Steph Houghton, Sophie Ingle and Caroline Weir in Olympics squad". BBC Sport. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  19. ^ "England Lionesses Leah Williamson and Beth Mead among LGBTQ+ heroes on New Year Honours List 2023". PinkNews. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  20. ^ "Pinc List 2022: Wales' most influential LGBT+ people". Wales Online. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  21. ^ "No. 63918". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2022. p. N13.
  22. ^ a b c "S. Ingle". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  23. ^ "Sadio Mane takes top prizes at LFC Players' Awards". Liverpool FC. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  24. ^ "Mohamed Salah takes top prizes at LFC Players' Awards". Liverpool FC. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2019.

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