 Bright with England in 2022. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Millie Bright[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 August 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Chesterfield, England[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Chelsea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Killamarsh Dynamos | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sheffield United[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2014 | Doncaster Belles | 42 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | → Leeds Ladies (loan) | 13 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Chelsea | 156 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | England U19 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | England U23 | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016– | England | 83 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Great Britain | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:50, 16 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:05, 29 October 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Millie Bright OBE (born 21 August 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Women's Super League club Chelsea[4][5] who she captains, and the England national team. She previously played for Doncaster Belles and Leeds Ladies, and represented England on the under-19 and under-23 national teams.
Bright was named Vauxhall England Young Player of the Year in 2016. With Chelsea, she has won fifteen honours, including seven league titles and a domestic treble in the 2020–21 season.[6] In 2020, she helped the club win the 2020 Women's FA Community Shield.
Bright was named to the PFA Team of the Year for the 2017–18 and 2019–20 seasons. In 2020, she was named to the FIFA FIFPro Women's World11.
- ^ a b "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ List of Players – England" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Women's World Cup 2019: Mapping England's Lionesses squad". BBC Sport. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ "How I Started". The Football Association. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ "Chelsea Ladies: Millie Bright joins Blues from Doncaster Belles". BBC. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Chelsea Ladies: European debut puts champions' party on hold". BBC. 6 October 2015. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ Wrack, Suzanne (5 December 2021). "Kerr double finishes off Arsenal to land Chelsea FA Cup and domestic treble". the Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2024.