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Full name | Niamh Louise Charles[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 21 June 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Wirral, Merseyside, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.72 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Chelsea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Manchester United | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2020 | Liverpool | 48 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020– | Chelsea | 76 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | England U17 | 14 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | England U19 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | England U20 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2021– | England | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:15, 18 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:40, 16 July 2024 (UTC) |
Niamh Louise Charles (born 21 June 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Women's Super League club Chelsea and the England national team. Beginning her youth and senior career with Liverpool as a forward, she signed for Chelsea in 2020, where she is a four-time WSL winner, three-time FA Cup winner, one-time League Cup winner, and Champions League runner-up. Charles has represented England at U17 to U20 youth levels and made her senior debut for England in 2021. With England, she is a twice Arnold Clark Cup winner and World Cup runner-up.