&sq=&lang=&file=File:20150922_1804_W_AUT_WAL_3835.jpg) Helen Ward in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Helen Jane Ward[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 April 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Brent, England | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Watford | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Watford | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –2009 | Watford | ||
| 2009–2010 | Arsenal[2] | 27 | (8) |
| 2010–2013 | Chelsea | 41 | (12) |
| 2013–2017 | Reading | 27 | (11) |
| 2017–2023 | Watford | 37 | (20) |
| 2021 | → London Bees (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007 | England U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 2008–2023 | Wales[3] | 105 | (44) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01 May 2023 | |||
Helen Jane Ward (née Lander; born 26 April 1986) is a former international football striker who last played club football for Watford. Ward previously spent three seasons with Chelsea Ladies, whom she joined from Arsenal in 2010. Born in the London Borough of Brent, Ward began her career with 14 years at Watford Ladies where she was a prolific goal scorer and team captain.
Ward played for the England under-23 team in 2007, but chose to represent Wales at senior level in 2008. With 44 goals, she was the Welsh national team's all–time record goal scorer until Jess Fishlock broke her record on 14 July 2024 against Kosovo.
- ^ Helen Ward at Soccerway
- ^ "Statistics 2008–2009". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
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