Personal information | |||
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Full name | Helen Louise Bleazard | ||
Date of birth | 14 August 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Yeovil, England | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Yeovil Town | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2004 | Yeovil Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2005 | Yeovil Town | ||
2005–2007 | Bristol City W.F.C. | ||
2007–2008 | Bristol Academy | ||
2008–2010 | Keynsham Town | ||
2010 | Yeovil Town | 6 | (0) |
2011 | Bristol Academy | 14 | (1) |
2012–2013 | Chelsea Ladies | 21 | (0) |
2013– | Yeovil Town | 58 | (11) |
National team‡ | |||
2011– | Wales | 28 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:16, 21 May 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:47, 7 May 2014 (UTC) |
Helen Louise Bleazard (born 14 August 1990) is an English–born footballer who plays for the Welsh national team and Yeovil Town. She previously played in the FA WSL for Bristol Academy and Chelsea Ladies. Bleazard usually plays as a wide midfielder or forward and switched allegiance to Wales after playing for England at youth level.
After joining local side Yeovil Town at the age of nine, Bleazard eventually moved on to FA Women's Premier League club Bristol City at the end of season 2004–05.
Bleazard signed a contract with FA WSL club Bristol Academy in February 2011. She helped the club qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League for the first time, by scoring in a 3–0 FA Women's Cup semi–final win over Liverpool Ladies at Haig Avenue. At the FA Women's Cup final at the Ricoh Arena in May 2011 Bleazard struck the crossbar with a free kick, but Bristol were beaten 2–0 by Arsenal.
In February 2012 Bleazard signed for Bristol's WSL rivals Chelsea Ladies. She played for her new club in the 2012 FA Women's Cup Final, but they lost to Birmingham City on penalties after a 2–2 draw. After two seasons with Chelsea, Bleazard agreed a deal to return to Yeovil, whose application to the new second level of an enlarged WSL has been successful. Yeovil's chairman was enthused by the transfer, describing Bleazard as: "the best female player the town of Yeovil has ever produced."