Bronze playing for England in 2014
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lucia Roberta Tough Bronze | ||
Date of birth | 28 October 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Berwick-upon-Tweed, England | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Right back, centre back, left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Manchester City | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
Sunderland W.F.C. Academy | |||
Blyth Town W.F.C. | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2010 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 24 | (3) |
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2010 | Sunderland Women | ||
2010–2012 | Everton Ladies | 24 | (3) |
2012–2014 | Liverpool Ladies | 28 | (3) |
2014– | Manchester City | 43 | (7) |
National team‡ | |||
2008 | England U17 | 6 | (0) |
2009–2010 | England U19 | 20 | (0) |
2010 | England U20 | 3 | (0) |
2010– | England U23 | 5 | (0) |
2013– | England | 33 | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:24, 28 October 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 October 2015 |
Lucia Roberta Tough "Lucy" Bronze (born 28 October 1991) is an English female footballer who plays for Manchester City Women in the FA WSL and for England at senior international level. Bronze plays primarily as a right back, however she can play anywhere in the defence or midfield. In 2014 she won the PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year award.
She previously played for Sunderland Women, Everton Ladies and Liverpool Ladies as well as North Carolina Tar Heels at college level in the United States.
Bronze also represented England at all youth levels, and featured in their squads at Euro 2013 and the 2015 World Cup, helping them to third place at the latter tournament.
Bronze began playing for Sunderland A.F.C. Women at under-12 academy level and joined the senior team when she turned 16 in 2007. She had previously captained the under-16 team. In 2007–08 Bronze was named Manager's Player of the Year as Sunderland finished third in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division. The next season she helped them win the Northern Division and gain promotion to the National Division. Bronze also appeared in the 2009 FA Women's Cup final, claiming the Player of the Match award in Sunderland's 2–1 defeat to Arsenal.