Mary Earps

Mary Earps
Personal information
Full name Mary Alexandra Earps[1]
Date of birth (1993-03-07) 7 March 1993
Place of birth Nottingham, England
Height 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Reading
Number 19
Youth career
Leicester City WFC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Leicester City WFC
2010–2011 Nottingham Forest
2011–2012 Doncaster Belles 20 (0)
2011 → Coventry City (loan)
2013 Birmingham 5 (0)
2014–2015 Bristol Academy 27 (0)
2016– Reading 1 (0)
National team
England U17 6
England U19 10
England U23 9

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Mary Alexandra Earps (born 7 March 1993) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Reading F.C.. She previously played for FA WSL clubs Bristol Academy, Birmingham City, and Doncaster Belles.[2][3] Earps has represented England on the under-17, under-19, and under-23 national teams.[4][5][6]

Club career

In 2009–10 Earps was promoted to Leicester City WFC's first team squad from the centre of excellence, to provide competition for regular goalkeeper Leanne Hall.[7] The following season Earps signed for Nottingham Forest. She was an unused substitute in Forest's penalty shootout defeat by Barnet in the FA Women's Premier League Cup final.[8]

Doncaster Rovers Belles signed 18-year-old Earps immediately before the start of the inaugural 2011 season of the FA WSL. Belles manager John Buckley was pleased to secure her services: "She has outstanding potential and a very bright future ahead of her."[9] Earps began to play regularly in the second part of the 2011 season, then joined Coventry City on loan during the off-season.[10]

After spending the 2012 season with Doncaster, Earps joined Birmingham City ahead of 2013. In November 2013 she made her UEFA Women's Champions League debut in a 5–2 win over FC Zorky, staged at St Andrew's.[11] The presence of Rebecca Spencer limited Earps's playing time at Birmingham, so she joined Bristol Academy for 2014.

At Bristol Earps played in all but one of the team's matches in 2014 and 2015. But when the team were relegated at the end of her second season, she decided to leave for Reading.[12]

International career

Earps played for England under-19 at the 2012 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship in Antalya, Turkey. She won praise for her performances despite England's group stage exit.[13] In July 2013, Loughborough University student Earps helped Great Britain to a gold medal in the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia.[1]

Following injuries to Karen Bardsley and Rachel Brown-Finnis, England's senior national team gave Earps her first call up for an April 2014 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification match against Montenegro at the Falmer Stadium, Brighton and Hove.[14] She returned to the senior squad in September 2015 for England's 8–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying win in Estonia.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Athlete Information". Universiade Kazan 2013 Russia. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Mary Earps: Bristol Academy keeper among four to re-sign". BBC. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Goalkeeper Mary Earps is a perfect fit for Bristol Academy, says manager Dave Edmondson". Bristol Post. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Lavery, Glenn (23 Sep 2015). "Caitlin Leach hopes to follow in Mary Earps' footsteps". England FA. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  5. ↑ Trehan, Dev (17 March 2015). "Bristol Academy and England U23 goalkeeper Mary Earps eyes Rio 2016 Olympics". Sky Sports. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  6. ↑ Bradbury, Jamie (26 Apr 2015). "Mary Earps: I don't know where I'd be without football". England FA. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Improvement on Leicester's agenda". Women's Soccer Scene. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Bees Spot-Kick Glory". She Kicks. 25 March 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "Belles Land Earps". Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "Mary joins Coventry on loan". Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "Academy sign Mary Earps". Women's Soccer Scene. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  12. ↑ "Mary Earps: Goalkeeper joins Reading from Bristol Academy". BBC. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  13. ↑ Aitken, Nick (6 July 2012). "Earps keeping the faith for England future". Antalya: UEFA. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  14. ↑ "Mark Sampson names England Women's squad for Montenegro". The Football Association. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  15. ↑ "England call up goalkeeper Mary Earps for Euro qualifier". Bristol Post. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
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