Fern Whelan

Fern Whelan
Whelan in 2017
Personal information
Full name Gabriella Fern Whelan[1]
Date of birth (1988-12-05) 5 December 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Liverpool Feds
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Liverpool
2005–2014 Everton 22 (1)
2015–2017 Notts County 18 (2)
2017 Everton
2017–2019 Brighton & Hove Albion 23 (2)
International career
2011– England 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:05, 21 May 2017 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:05, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

Gabriella Fern Whelan (born 5 December 1988)[2] is an English former professional footballer who played for Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C.[3] She previously played for both Liverpool and Everton in her native Merseyside and Notts County. She has represented England women's national football team at youth and senior level. A quick central defender, Whelan was named the FA Women's Young Player of the Year in 2008.[4]

  1. ^ "List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference evprof was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Fern Whelan". Brighton & Hove Albion. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Whelan named young player of year". BBC Sport. 26 May 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2021.