Sophie Ingle
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Sophie Ingle | ||
| Date of birth | 2 September 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Llandough, Penarth, Wales | ||
| Playing position | Defender / Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Liverpool | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vale Wanderers F.C. | |||
| Dinas Powys L.F.C. | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2012 | Cardiff City | ||
| 2012–2013 | Chelsea | 22 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Bristol Academy | 27 | (2) |
| 2015– | Liverpool | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009– | Wales | 52 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:41, 17 December 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:41, 17 December 2015 (UTC) |
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Sophie Ingle (born 2 September 1991) is a Welsh footballer who plays for FA WSL club Liverpool and is the captain of the Wales national team. She has previously represented Bristol Academy, Chelsea and Cardiff City. Ingle plays as either a defender or midfielder.
Ingle began her football career with boys' team Vale Wanderers. Despite making an appeal to the Football Association of Wales (FAW), rules prevented Ingle from playing with the boys beyond the age of 12. She spent a year away from football and then had brief spells with Vale Wanderers' girls and Dinas Powys Ladies. This preceded the teenaged Ingle's move to Cardiff City Ladies.
After a period in the reserves, Ingle broke into Cardiff's FA Women's Premier League team during season 2007–08. After winning the Welsh Cup twice with Cardiff, Ingle signed for WSL outfit Chelsea Ladies ahead of the 2012 campaign.
Chelsea manager Matt Beard deployed Ingle as a central defender and praised her impact after Chelsea's 2012 FA Women's Cup Final defeat to Birmingham: "Sophie Ingle, we initially brought in as a left back but you can see from her quality on the ball and distribution and reading of the game is good as well, she has created a few goals for us with balls in behind which something we haven’t had before."
In February 2014, Ingle left Chelsea and moved nearer to home by joining Bristol Academy. She rose to captain The Vixens, but the club were relegated after the 2015 season. Ingle became a transfer target for other clubs and decided to join Liverpool in December 2015: "Liverpool is a massive club and once I was aware of their interest there was only one team I wanted to sign for".
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