Felicity Gibbons

Felicity Gibbons
Personal information
Full name Felicity Gibbons
Date of birth (1994-07-09) 9 July 1994
Place of birth Maidstone,England
Playing position Defender/Striker
Club information
Current team
 Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 3
Youth career
Castle Colts
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010-2013 Charlton Athletic
2013-2014 Watford F.C.
2013 → Gillingham L.F.C. (loan)
2014-2015 Brighton & Hove Albion 17 (10)
2015-2016 Millwall Lionesses 17 (10)
2016-2017 Gillingham L.F.C. 19 (33)
2017- Brighton & Hove Albion 25 (1)
National team‡
2013 England U19 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 October 2018

Felicity Gibbons (born 9 July 1994) is an English football defender and striker currently playing for Brighton & Hove Albion.[1]

Early life

Gibbons was born in Maidstone, England and began playing football at the age of eight. She played for her youth side the Castle Colts in Kent.[2]

Club career

Gibbons started her senior career at Charlton Athletic before moving on to Watford F.C.. While at Watford she went on a four month loan ar Gillingham L.F.C. in the fall of 2013. [3] She then moved onto her first spell at Brighton & Hove Albion for the 2014/2015 season. During this season she scored 10 goals in 17 appearances and won the club's Women's Player of the year. [4]. In 2016 Gibbons left the Seagulls for the Millwall Lionesses. She then returned to Gillingham L.F.C. for the 2016/2017 season. While at the Kent club she scored 33 goals in 19 appearances and won the FA WPL Division One South East Top Goal Scorer award. [5]. She then rejoined Albion in August 2017 ahead of the club's first-ever season in FA WSL2. Gibbons has been utilized both as a striker and a defender as Brighton & Hove Albion moved up to England's top flight, the FA WSL, for the 2018-2019 season.

International career

Gibbons was part of the England U19 team for the 2012-2013 period.

References

  1. ↑ "Felicity Gibbons".
  2. ↑ "Felicity Gibbons". Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  3. ↑ [://kentishfootball.co.uk/news/wehavealottolookforwardtosaysgillinghamskippervickyashton-jones "We have a lot to look forward to, says Gillingham skipper Vicky Ashton-Jones"] Check |url= value (help).
  4. ↑ "Felicity Gibbons".
  5. ↑ http://www.thefa.com/news/2017/sep/08/fa-womens-awards-080917. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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