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Rachel Stowell

Rachel Stowell
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Stowell in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-07-27) 27 July 1977 (age 40)
Place of birth Bristol, England
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Bristol City Women
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1996 Bristol City Women
1996–2000 Southampton Saints
2000–2004 Fulham Ladies
2004–2005 Bristol City Women
2005–2006 Arsenal Ladies
2006–2008 Leeds United Ladies
2009–2010 Leicester City Women
National team
2002–2005 England 17 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:08, 31 December 2010 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:08, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Rachel "Macca" Stowell (née McArthur; born 27 July 1977) is a former English football player, who played as a central midfielder. She finished her career with Leicester City Women after season 2009-10, and is a former member of the England squad.

Stowell joined Bristol City Women aged 12 and played with her local club for seven years before moving to Southampton Saints. With Southampton, Stowell played in the 1999 FA Women's Cup final. She was a full-time professional player with Fulham from 2000 until 2003. Stowell later played for Bristol City Ladies again, Arsenal Ladies and Leeds United Ladies. Stowell joined Leicester City after a period of inactivity after childbirth and an ACL injury. She captained Leicester to third place in the 2009-10 FA Women's Premier League Northern Division, then retired at the end of the season.

Stowell made her senior England debut against Norway, playing at right-back in a 3-1 defeat at the Algarve Cup in March 2002.

She married former Wolves goalkeeper Mike Stowell in June 2009, following the birth of their daughter in April of the previous year. The two married whilst they both were in Leicester. Rachel being a Leicester City Women's player and her husband, Mike Stowell, being the goalkeeping coach at Leicester City FC


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