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Ellie Mason
Northern Irish footballer
Ellie Leigh Mason (born 16 February 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Birmingham City of the FA Women's Championship. Born in England, she represents Northern Ireland at international level.
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Ellie Mason during the 6-1 defeat of Cardiff in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ellie Leigh Mason[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-02-16) 16 February 1996 (age 28)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | England | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, forward, defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Birmingham City | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Watford | |||
| 2011–2015 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Watford | 26 | (7) |
| 2017–2018 | Millwall Lionesses | 18 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Yeovil Town | 16 | (3) |
| 2019–2021 | London City Lionesses | 17 | (4) |
| 2021–2023 | Lewes | 33 | (5) |
| 2023– | Birmingham City | 11 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Gibraltar | 2 | (0) |
| 2022– | Northern Ireland | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 02:00, 23 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:00, 23 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
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Mason began her career in Watford's youth teams. After moving on to Chelsea, she appeared 23 times for the club's development team, scoring six goals.[3] Nineteen-year-old Mason returned to Watford in April 2015, after four years with Chelsea.[4] In 2015, she was Watford's top-goalscorer with five goals and won the club's Goal of the Season award for a strike against Aston Villa.[5] She scored three goals in 14 appearances in the 2016 season, then signed for Millwall Lionesses in February 2017.[6]
After spending the FA WSL Spring Series and 2017–18 season with Millwall Lionesses, Mason signed a full-time professional contract with Yeovil Town in August 2018.[7][8]
At Yeovil Town Mason converted to playing as a defender,[9] but the club finished a distant last in the 2018–19 FA WSL after a series of hurtful on-field drubbings and a 10-point penalty imposed for insolvency. Yeovil were then kicked out of the top two Leagues when The FA rejected their purported business plan.[10]
Mason then joined new FA Women's Championship club London City Lionesses, where she was appointed club captain.[9] However, after being released by the club in 2021, she signed for Lewes on 28 July.[11]
Mason was with Lewes as they joined the last eight clubs in the Women's FA Cup. During a match against Chelsea she scored for goals. Mason signed a two year contract with Birmingham City Women in July 2023.[12]
Mason was eligible to represent England, Gibraltar and Northern Ireland at international level.[13] She received her first international callup for Gibraltar in February 2022.[14] In August 2022, she was called up to the Northern Ireland after switching her international allegiance from Gibraltar.[15]
International
- As of 14 June 2023
| Northern Ireland | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 |
- "Midfielder – Ellie Leigh Mason". Yeovil Town L.F.C. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - @YeovilWomenFC (16 February 2019). "Happy birthday to @Elliemason16 who turns 23 today and @emily_donovan10 who turns 22. Have a great day, girls. 💚 #YTLFC" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Garry, Tom (19 August 2015). "Watford Ladies: Ellie Mason excited to face former club Chelsea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- "WSL 2: Watford Ladies sign young Chelsea striker Ellie Mason". BBC Sport. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- Sellman, Hannah (11 November 2015). "Midfielder Ellie Mason took home two prizes at Watford Ladies' end-of-season awards last Friday". Watford Observer. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- "Ellie Mason signs". Millwall Lionesses L.F.C. 3 February 2017. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- "Yeovil Town Ladies: Ex-Millwall midfielder Ellie Mason joins the WSL club". BBC Sport. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- "New Signing – Midfielder joins Yeovil". Yeovil Town L.F.C. 17 August 2018. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - Hooper, Alasdair (10 November 2019). "Ellie Mason: 'We're going to keep shocking people'". SportSpiel. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- "Yeovil Town Ladies: Championship licence denied and club to go down two tiers". BBC Sport. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- Ellie Mason joins Lewes FC from the Lionesses Archived 16 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine Lewes FC. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- Frith, Wilf (4 July 2023). "Birmingham City Women sign Northern Ireland defender Ellie Mason - SheKicks". Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- Ignacio, Stephen (19 November 2019). "Women's Football - London City Lionesses Ellie Mason confirms link to Gibraltar". Gibraltar Chronicle. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- Women's National Squad Announced Gibraltar FA. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- "Shiels makes four changes to squad for Women's World Cup qualifiers". Irish FA. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- Ellie Mason at Soccerway
- Ellie Mason on Twitter