Ava Kuyken

Ava Kuyken
Personal information
Full name Ava Kuyken
Date of birth (2001-06-15) 15 June 2001[1]
Place of birth England
Height 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Arsenal 4[1] (0)
National team‡
2017– England U17 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:30, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 May 2018

Ava Kuyken (born 15 June 2001) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for FA WSL club Arsenal. She has dual UK-USA citizenship.

Club career

Ava made her competitive debut for Arsenal Women on 16 November 2017 aged 16 against Watford in the Continental Cup as a substitute in the 80th minute, coming on for Heather O'Reilly. She made her Women’s Super League debut on 7 February 2018 against Liverpool as a substitute in the 87th minute coming on for Jordan Nobbs.[2] She was a regular named squad player throughout the 2017–18 season, a year in which Arsenal won the Continental Cup, progressed to the final of the FA Cup and finished 3rd in the Women's Super League. She made four appearances in her first year with the 1st team.

2018–19 is another year with Arsenal, alongside competing her A-Level studies at Cherwell School in Oxford.

She has been selected and played consistently for England through the U15, U16, U17 and U18s. In 2017–18 the England U17 squad qualified via the elite rounds to the FIFA European finals in Lithuania. Ava made full appearances against Spain, Finland and Germany. They progressed to the semi-final, where they were knocked out by Germany.

Honours

Senior career

2018–19 Arsenal WFC

2017–18 Arsenal WFC

Youth career

2016–17 Arsenal FA Regional Talent Club – Tier 1 U16

2015–16 Arsenal FA Centre of Excellence U15.

2014–15 Oxford United FC FA Centre of Excellence U14.

2012–14 Somerset FA Centre of Excellence U12/U13.

2011–12 Devon FA Centre of Excellence U11

References

  1. 1 2 "England – A.Kuyken". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Liverpool Ladies 0–3 Arsenal Ladies". 7 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
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