Alice_Griffiths
Alice Griffiths
Welsh association football player
Alice Griffiths (born 22 January 2001) is a Welsh footballer who plays for Southampton Women F.C..Griffiths represented Wales at all youth levels and made her debut for the senior team in 2017.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alice Griffiths | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Aberdare, Wales | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Southampton | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Llwydcoed | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Cyncoed Ladies | ||
| 2018–2019 | Cardiff Met. Ladies | 16 | (3) |
| 2019–2021 | Charlton Athletic | 26 | (0) |
| 2021– | Southampton | 47 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Wales U17 | 12 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Wales U19 | 4 | (1) |
| 2017– | Wales | 7 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:20, 15 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
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Griffiths was born and raised in Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf. She attended St John the Baptist School.[1] She has an older sister, Anna, who is also a footballer and has represented Wales at youth level.[2] Her father, Nigel, has described Alice as "a very shy and quiet girl, but give her a pair of football boots and she thrives."[1]
Griffiths began playing football with local amateur side Llwydcoed in the Aberdare and Rhondda Junior Football League. At under-16 level, she was the only female player in an otherwise all-boys league.[1] She joined Welsh Premier Women's Football League side Cyncoed Ladies in 2017 and was named the League's Young Player of the Year during her first season.[3]
In 2018, she joined fellow Welsh Premier side Cardiff Met Ladies.[4] During the 2018–19 season, Griffiths helped the side win a domestic treble, winning the league title, the FAW Women's Cup and the Welsh Premier Women's Cup.[5]
In July 2019, Griffiths moved to England and signed with FA Women's Championship team Charlton Athletic.[6]
In 2014, Griffiths was named in a Wales under-16 training camp squad as the youngest member of the team, being two years under the age group level.[2] Two years later she was called up to the under-17 team at the age of 15 after impressing in an otherwise all-boys league.[1][7]
Griffiths was called up to the Wales senior squad in 2017. She made her debut in Wales' 1–0 victory over Kazakhstan in a 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification round.[8]
Cardiff Met. Ladies
- FAW Women's Cup winner: 2018–19[5]
Individual
- Welsh Premier Women's Football League Young Player of the Year: 2017–18[3]
- Tegeltija, Sam (22 April 2016). "She's her football club's only girl and plays in a boys' team... now Alice Griffiths is excelling in the red of Wales". WalesOnline. Media Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- "Girls' Footballing Success". St. John the Baptist School. 1 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- "International recognition for Cyncoed duo". Welsh Premier Women's Football League. 29 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- Jones, Jordan (1 September 2018). "2018/2019: Welsh Premier Women's League Season Preview". clwbpeldroed.org. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- "FAW Women's Cup: Cardiff Met Women win domestic treble". BBC Sport. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- "Charlton Athletic Women sign Alice Griffiths". Charlton Athletic W.F.C. 16 July 2019. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
- Sands, Katie (31 August 2018). "The girls who grew up to stand on the brink of taking Wales to the World Cup". WalesOnline. Media Wales. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- Alice Griffiths at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2019.